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Showing 1 to 20 of 78 for “"working-age"”.
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Blood Lead and Decision Speed in Working Age Adults
… with regard to any changes in BLLs standards for working age adults. In this paper, the relation of BLL to performance on two neurobehavioral tests was assessed in working age adults (N = 4909; Age 20 to 59 years; 51.4% Female) employing data from the Third National Health and Nutrition Survey …
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An exploration of employment factors in working-age people with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
… conditions. COPD is typically diagnosed from the age of 40, at a time where individuals are working to have a stable income and might be saving towards retirement. Employment is important for generating an income, social stimulation, a sense of purpose, use of skill and routine. Research suggests …
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The Deaf Working Age Population in the United Kingdom: Investigating the Barriers for Those Within Employment.
… barriers identified, and enforce an inclusive working environment. Methodology-A systematic review was conducted. Databases such as the University of Wales Trinity Saint David Library, SAGE journals, Google engine, and Taylor and Francis were utilised to perform this systematic review. An …
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Uninsured Adult Working-Age Population in Tarrant County: Access, Cost of Care, and Health--Hispanic Immigrants
… Respondents for this study represents a group of working-age Hispanic immigrant adults, N=379. Andersen's "Behavioral Model for Vulnerable Populations" is used to as the theoretical framework. Bivariate crosstabulation revealed significant relationships for dependent variables: problems getting …
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The effect of health on the labour force outcome among working age individuals in the UK
… of health on some key labour-force outcomes of working age individuals in the UK. In the first paper chapter two, the effect of health shocks on exit from employment among working age individuals using data from British Household Panel Survey was estimated. Factor analysis was used to model …
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Association of oral health-related productivity loss and wealth among working-age adults from 2011-2018
… productivity loss (OHRPL) with wealth in 10,908 working-age adults (30-64 years old) using 2011-2018 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data. METHODS: This study measured the association of oral health-related productivity loss with wealth. The outcome, OHRPL, was …
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Seeking connectedness post-stroke: an existential perspective on lived experiences of working-age men using grounded theory
… million survivors currently living in the UK. Age at onset has dropped over recent decades, with men at higher risk of having stroke at a younger age than women. The biomedical model is crucial for stroke survival. However, psychosocial factors in determining progress with rehabilitation have …
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Congestive Heart Failure Hospital Admissions among Non-Elderly Medicaid and Uninsured Working-Age Adult Patients in South Carolina, 2008
… payer status (Medicaid or uninsured) and age groups to privately insured patients of similar characteristics were compared using bivariate statistical analysis. Patients with HF between the ages of 20-64 were used as the study population. Logistic modeling was used to determine the …
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Is Sub-Saharan Africa likely to yield demographic dividends in the 21st century?
… in population will result in an increase of the working age population, which in turn presents an opportunity to yield demographic dividends. Demographic dividends occurs when there is a substantial increase in economic growth due to an increase in working age population. This dissertation …
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Inequality in Access to, and Utilization of, Health Care - The Case of African American and Non-Hispanic White Males
… it was hypothesized that African American men of working age will have less access to health care services (physicians, hospitals, and dentists), and be more likely to report having experienced delay or difficulty obtaining care, compared to non-Hispanic white males of working age. Second, it was …
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The changing demography of Scotland and the impact on the labour market for volunteer labour
Scottish demography is one of population ageing and decline in the longer term. According to the GROS 2008-based projections, the proportion of the working-age population will decrease from 62.6% in 2008 to 59.7% in 2033. Simultaneously, the proportion of those aged 65+ will increase sharply from …
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Economic Inequality and Intimate Partner Violence against Women : An Analysis of the British Crime Survey 2008/09.
… partner violence against women. It finds working-age women in England and Wales with fewer economic resources are more likely to experience intimate partner violence compared to women with comparatively greater economic resources. In this thesis economic inequality is conceived as the …
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A Study of Actuarial Models for Insurance Based Applications
… are considered: calculating personal injury damages for working age adults (liability insurance) and measuring the mortality in insurance based populations (e.g. life insurance and pensions). The contribution of the thesis is to demonstrate a wide array of modelling techniques and their …
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Economic effects of demographic changes
… Chapter 2 documents a relation between the age structure of economies and their real exchange rate. The relation varies with the level of development. Among developed countries a 10 percentage point higher ratio of old people to the working age population is associated with a 12-15 percent …
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A capabilities approach to understanding health disparities
… poor health outcomes and social disadvantages. Such disadvantages contradict ethical principles such as respect for equal moral worth of all and social values such as non-discrimination. The purpose of this dissertation was to explore race, disability, rural culture, and disparities …
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Solidarity or stigma? A critical realist exploration of the anatomy of Irish welfare stigma
… social welfare, and with the experiences of working age recipients in particular. Over the last decade or so, and particularly since the economic crash of 2008, welfare provision in Ireland has come increasingly under the spotlight. Attempts to capture people’s experiences of this is …
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The Gender Confidence Gap: A Life Course and Intersectional Approach
… gap remains consistent across the life course (age groups) and race categories. I show that the gap is most significant among working-age groups and that education has a positive impact on self- confidence that is more significant for females. These findings suggest that self-confidence is not …
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Concussion Recovery and Skilled Performance in Working-Aged Adults: Sex Differences in the Neural Correlates of Persisting Symptoms After Concussion
… matter integrity and visuomotor performance in working-age adults with persistent post-concussion symptoms (PPCS). We investigated the impact of sex, age, and CMI processes on visuomotor performance in PPCS. Forty-two adults (47.5 ± 9.87 years; 25 females, 17 males) completed a direct …
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The Effect Of Regulation and Policy Changes On Health and Safety Outcomes: Three Essays In Crime Economics
… tariff gap. This research finds that a 10-percentage-point decrease in the manufacturing share of employment leads to a 0.73 increase in deaths by suicide per 100,000 residents in the working-age population, equivalent to 1,460 deaths for a working-age population of 200 million. Our analysis's …
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