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British Journal of Clinical Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Objectives Behavioural sleep problems in the preschool developmental period (ages 3–5 years) are highly prevalent and associated with a myriad of deleterious consequences including anxiety, in the short‐ and long‐term. This study examined a parent‐focused behavioural sleep intervention for children aged from 3 to 5 years, delivered ...
Amy Shiels +2 more
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International Journal of Medicine and Health Development, 2006 Objective: To assess Knowledge and perception of the Nigerian clergy about HIV/AIDS and their role in fighting the scourge. Method: One hundred and fourteen priests from various Christian denominations were interviewed using self - administered ...
P N Aniebue
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What Makes a Christian Life Alive? On Call and Creation in N.F.S. Grundtvig and Jean‐Louis Chrétien
Dialog, EarlyView.ABSTRACT According to 19th‐century Danish theologian and poet N.F.S. Grundtvig, Christianity truly comes alive when it is freely expressed in the congregation through confession of faith, preaching, song, and praise. This article presents a contemporary systematic reading of Grundtvig's important essay, The Christian Signs of Life, alongside his hymn ...
Anders Skou Jørgensen
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How religion mediates the fertility response to maternity benefits
Economic Inquiry, EarlyView.Abstract Do religious beliefs affect responses to fertility incentives? We examine a 1982 maternity benefits expansion in Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania in a difference‐in‐differences framework with similar East European countries as comparisons. To isolate the importance of religion, we compare women who did and did not grow up in religious households ...
Elizabeth Brainerd, Olga Malkova
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Felons’ chattels and English living standards in the later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract The later fourteenth and fifteenth centuries have long occupied an intriguing and contested place in discussions of England's long‐run economic development. One key issue around which debate has coalesced is the living standards of the population as a whole and of different groups within it. We contribute to this debate by bringing forward new
Chris Briggs +4 more
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The characters of Karelian epic songs: from paganism to Christianity
Studia Humanitatis, 2016 The article deals with the problem of changing scenes in Karelian epic songs influenced by the spread of Orthodoxy in areas of Olonets and Arkhangelsk dioceses.
Pulkin Maxim Viktorovich
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Life‐cycle living standards of male‐headed households: Evidence from Stockholm, 1800–80
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract Recent research in economic history argues for using a household life cycle standard‐of‐living approach that includes the income and expenses of all household members and considers fluctuations in the household over the life course. This study builds on that approach by empirically examining the development of living standards in male‐headed ...
Anton Svensson
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Gender inequality in urban British Africa: Evidence from Anglican marriage registers
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract We examine the colonial origins and evolution of gender inequality in mission schooling and formal labour force participation across six cities in British colonial Africa, using marriage register data for some 30,000 Anglican brides and grooms well‐positioned to benefit from colonial educational and employment opportunities.
Felix Meier zu Selhausen, Jacob Weisdorf
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Sick leave in the United Kingdom Post Office, 1850–1908
The Economic History Review, EarlyView.Abstract This paper uses a large individual‐record‐level dataset on sick leave to examine adult morbidity in the United Kingdom between 1850 and 1908. From 1859 onwards postal workers were eligible to receive a pension or gratuity when they retired or were forced to stop working due to ill health.
Harry Smith +8 more
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The Acts of Eadburg: drypoint additions to Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30
Early Medieval Europe, EarlyView.In 1913, two drypoint additions were identified in Oxford, Bodleian Library, MS Selden Supra 30 (SS30), an eighth‐century Southumbrian copy of the Acts of the Apostles. It was suggested that these additions, cut into the membrane of p. 47, were abbreviations of the Old English female name, Eadburg. Just over a century later, many more drypoint markings
Jessica Hendy‐Hodgkinson
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