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Exploring the connections between HIV serostatus and individual, household, and community socioeconomic resources: Evidence from two population-based surveys in Kenya
Ishida, Kanako; Arnold, Michael; Stupp, Paul; Kizito, Paul - In: Social Science & Medicine 74 (2012) 2, pp. 185-195
The positive association between health and socioeconomic status (SES) is well documented. However, available empirical evidence on the SES gradients of HIV serostatus is mixed, and few studies have explored the effects of community SES indicators on individual's HIV risk. Using nationally...
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The National Health Insurance Scheme in Ghana's Upper West Region: A gendered perspective of insurance acquisition in a resource-poor setting
Dixon, Jenna; Luginaah, Isaac; Mkandawire, Paul - In: Social Science & Medicine 122 (2014) C, pp. 103-112
to the nexus of poverty, gender and access to health care, this research took place in Ghana's Upper West Region (UWR … insurance are contributing factors, education was the primary determinant in both never enrolling and in dropping out, and that … importance of understanding intra-household bargaining and resource allocation via the gender dynamics related to health …
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Education and mortality among older adults in China
Luo, Ye; Zhang, Zhenmei; Gu, Danan - In: Social Science & Medicine 127 (2015) C, pp. 134-142
This study examines the relationship between education and mortality, its underlying mechanisms, and its gender and age … Survey. There is an inverse relationship between education and mortality risk. The relationship is explained in full by each … partially by physical exercise. In addition, primary education has a stronger effect on mortality for men than for women and the …
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Cohort changes in educational disparities in smoking: France, Germany and the United States
Pampel, Fred; Legleye, Stephane; Goffette, Céline; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 127 (2015) C, pp. 41-50
logistic regressions and a relative measure of education are used to model smoking histories until age 34. The following … the epidemic in France than in the United States, and; a divide between the highest level of education and the others in … relationship between education and health and the need for policies that target educational disparities. …
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Are the educational differences in incidence of cardiovascular disease explained by underlying familial factors? A twin study
Madsen, Mia; Andersen, Per K.; Gerster, Mette; … - In: Social Science & Medicine 118 (2014) C, pp. 182-190
To isolate the effect of education from the influence of potential underlying factors, we investigated the association … of education with the risk of cardiovascular disease (CVD) and ischemic heart disease (IHD) using twin data to adjust for …
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Effects of education on cognition at older ages: Evidence from China's Great Famine
Huang, Wei; Zhou, Yi - In: Social Science & Medicine 98 (2013) C, pp. 54-62
from the China Health and Retirement Longitudinal Study (CHARLS), we examined the impact of education on cognitive … 1959–1961 as a natural experiment to estimate the causal effect of education on cognition. Two-stage least squares (2SLS …
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Educational inequalities in health in European welfare states: A social expenditure approach
Dahl, Espen; Wel, Kjetil A. van der - In: Social Science & Medicine 81 (2013) C, pp. 60-69
education group across varying levels of social spending. …
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The long lasting effects of education on old age health: Evidence of gender differences
Mazzonna, Fabrizio - In: Social Science & Medicine 101 (2014) C, pp. 129-138
The large and positive association between education and many health outcomes is well-documented but what drives this …
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Pathways from parental AIDS to child psychological, educational and sexual risk: Developing an empirically-based interactive theoretical model
Cluver, Lucie; Orkin, Mark; Boyes, Mark E.; Sherr, Lorraine - In: Social Science & Medicine 87 (2013) C, pp. 185-193
Increasing evidence demonstrates negative psychological, health, and developmental outcomes for children associated with parental HIV/AIDS illness and death. However, little is known about how parental AIDS leads to negative child outcomes. This study used a structural equation modelling...
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The inconsistent mediating effects of psychosocial work characteristics on the education–health relationship
Qiu, Hanyao; Bures, Regina; Shehan, Constance L. - In: Social Science & Medicine 75 (2012) 8, pp. 1539-1546
. Informed by the evidence on the relationship between work pressure and higher education, we suggested reframing the … distribution of psychosocial work characteristics in the context of education. We differentiated psychosocial work resources from … resources and demands had inconsistent mediating effects on the education–health relationship. Higher educated employees were …
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