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Demographic transition, demographic dividendand economic growth in Nigeria
African Population Studies, 2012 Changes in age structure that results from demographic transition have economic consequences. This paper identifies the period of potential window of opportunity or demographic dividends created by Nigeria’s demographic transition. This is done by simulating the period of the demographic window of opportunity in Nigeria. In a simulation covering 1950 –
Olaniyan, Olanrewaju +2 more
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Associations Between the Mortality Trends by Cause of Death and Hazardous Alcohol Consumption in Russia. The “Conveyor Belt Effect” in Action? [PDF]
Население и экономикаRelevance. Alcohol consumption is detrimental to the Russian population health and contributes significantly to mortality. The aim of the study is to determine the associations between alcohol consumption and mortality by cause of death in Russia.
Elena S. Zamyatnina +2 more
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Humanities & Social Sciences Communications, 2022 This study used a wide range of information on parental sociodemographic, physical and behavioural characteristics as well as on the presence of non-communicable diseases among parents and examined the association of these attributes with anthropometric ...
Rajesh Kumar Rai +2 more
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BMC Geriatrics, 2020 Background Providing support to others has been shown to be beneficial to older adults. As people age, their health and social relationships change. These changes may also relate to changes in social support provision.
S. K. Lestari +4 more
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The Lancet Public Health, 2019 Summary: Background: Since 2010, the rate of improvement in life expectancy in the UK has slowed. We aimed to put this trend in the context of changes over the long term and in relation to a group of other high-income countries. Methods: We compared sex-
David A Leon, ProfPhD +2 more
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Global Harmonization of Urbanization Measures: Proceed with Care
Remote Sensing, 2021 By 2050, two-thirds of the world’s population is expected to be living in cities and towns, a marked increase from today’s level of 55 percent. If the general trend is unmistakable, efforts to measure it precisely have been beset with difficulties: the ...
Deborah Balk +3 more
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Citrus growers’ willingness to pay and perceptions of cover crops
Agricultural and Resource Economics Review, 2023 This study develops and uses a survey to gather information on demographics, production and management practices, and perceptions on using cover crops as a conservation practice from citrus growers and utilizes the double-bounded dichotomous choice ...
Carter Cosgray +3 more
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Cognitive impairment in the U.S.: Lifetime risk, age at onset, and years impaired
SSM: Population Health, 2020 Prior studies have analyzed the burden of cognitive impairment, but often use potentially biased prevalence-based methods or measure only years lived with impairment, without estimating other relevant metrics. We use the Health and Retirement Study (1998–
Jo Mhairi Hale, PhD +3 more
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BMJ OpenObjective Efforts to implement health tax policies to control the consumption of harmful commodities and enhance public health outcomes have garnered substantial recognition globally. However, their successful adoption remains a complex endeavour.
Abdillah Ahsan +9 more
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Demographic Research, 2015 Background: Adult lifespan variation has been stagnant since the 1960s in most developed countries, despite increases in longevity. However, national averages mask large socioeconomic differences.
Alyson van Raalte +2 more
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