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Lost in aggregation? On the importance of local food price data for food poverty estimates
American Journal of Agricultural Economics, EarlyView.Abstract This paper explores within‐country variations in food price dynamics and food poverty estimates by employing local market price data and national consumer price index (CPI) data. Our results show that national CPI data may be useful for approximating national trends but they fail to detect and identify spatial variations in local trends, which
Stephan Dietrich +4 more
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The Great Famine in China, 1958-1962 A Documentary History
, 2012 Beginning soon after the implementation of the policies of the Great Leap Forward of 1958-1961, when the drive to collectivize and industrialize undermined the livelihoods of the vast majority of peasant workers, China?s Great Famine was the worst famine
Zhou, Xun
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The rain feels different under the same umbrella: Experiences with poverty across LGBTQ subgroups
American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract Population‐based survey data have demonstrated that LGBTQ communities report varying rates of economic insecurity, yet very little research directly assesses how pathways into and experiences with poverty look different among subgroups at the intersections of sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI).
Bianca D. M. Wilson, Lillian Nguyen
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Yemen Pushed Towards Man-Made Famine
, 2017 Yemen has been wracked by a complex and bloody war that escalated in March 2015. Over the past 24 months, airstrikes and fighting have killed more than 7,600 people and resulted in an average of 70 casualties per day.
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract The current study seeks to explore the reciprocal associations between mentor–mentee relationship strength and relationships with parents and peers across 2 years of mentoring. It is a secondary analysis of data collected by a national mentoring organization from youth (N = 1368; M age = 11.5 years; 59% female; White [n = 629], 30% Black [n ...
Westley L. Fallavollita +1 more
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American Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.Abstract An ecological model was developed to examine the pathways linking immigration state policies to physically safe work conditions and work volition, interpersonal discrimination, and mental health distress. The ecological framework was tested among two subsamples totaling 529 Latinx immigrant participants: (1) immigrants who resided in states ...
Germán A. Cadenas +6 more
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Food shortages and economic institutions in the Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea [PDF]
This thesis aims to understand the 1987-99 food crisis in the DPRK. We begin by establishing the fact that the country faced several previous food shortages, including the 1945-46 urban foods crisis, the 1954-55 rural food crisis and the 1970-73 food ...
Lee, Suk
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Australian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Robust measurement of disadvantage is essential to identifying and addressing inequities in children's development. We tested how a multidimensional framework of child disadvantage performed relative to a traditional socioeconomic position (SEP) approach to predict developmental outcomes.
Wei Hong +7 more
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Introduction to "The great famine : studies in Irish history"
, 1994 Table of contents for "The great famine : studies in Irish history" available in full text file2014-09-18 JG: Record reinstated from backup after damaged ...
Ó Gráda, Cormac
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Famine and blood pressure trajectories across 2 generations: a prospective cohort study. [PDF]
Clin HypertensChan F.
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