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Subnational Gender Inequality and Childhood Immunization: An Ecological Analysis of the Subnational Gender Development Index and DTP Coverage Outcomes across 57 Countries

Vaccines, 2022
The role of gender inequality in childhood immunization is an emerging area of focus for global efforts to improve immunization coverage and equity. Recent studies have examined the relationship between gender inequality and childhood immunization at ...
Nicole E. Johns, Katherine Kirkby, Tracey S. Goodman, Shirin Heidari, Jean Munro, Stephanie Shendale, Ahmad Reza Hosseinpoor   +6 more
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Structural gender inequality and gender differences in adolescent substance use: A multilevel study from 45 countries

SSM: Population Health, 2022
Purpose: Although adolescent substance use has declined, young people’s tobacco and alcohol use levels are still among the highest in Europe and North America.
Alina Cosma, Frank J. Elgar, Margreet de Looze, Natale Canale, Michela Lenzi, Jo Inchley, Alessio Vieno   +6 more
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Association between gender inequality and population-level health outcomes: Panel data analysis of organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries

EClinicalMedicine, 2021
Background: Gender plays a well-recognized role in shaping health inequities. However, the population-level health consequences of gender inequalities have not been measured comprehensively.
Cecilia Veas, Francisca Crispi, Cristóbal Cuadrado   +2 more
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Beyond the gender pay gap

Convergencia, 2020
Gender inequality, and in particular wage gender inequality, has been considered a political priority in many countries over the last decades, with the focus centered on reducing the so-called gender pay gap, i.e., looking for a mean-convergence. However,
Beatriz Larraz, Jose M. Pavía, Luis E. Vila   +2 more
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The impact of gender inequality on economic growth: an explanatory sequential mixed methods study of female labour participation in the civil service

European Journal of Government and Economics, 2022
Gender inequality is recognised as an impediment to economic growth and development. In Nigeria, several policies have been enacted to eliminate gender inequality.
Andrew Jia Yi Kam, Jerry Oboh, Zarina Othman, Jusoh Sufian   +3 more
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Gender equality and/or inequality?

Stridon, 2023
This article presents a study of publicly available Svenskt översättarlexikon ‘The Swedish Encyclopaedia of Translators’ (SwET 2009), most probably the first digital encyclopaedia of translators.
Hans Landqvist
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The Striking Level of Gender Inequality in the Nursing Profession: A Cross-sectional study among Nurses and Student Nurses from selected Hospitals and Nurses Training Institutions in the Northern Cities of Uganda.

Student's Journal of Health Research Africa, 2022
Background: The level of gender inequality in this study was established at 78.4% implying that out of 10(ten) nurses, at least 8(eight) have experienced unfair treatment because of their gender as a student or a staff.
Lilly Grace Lalam, Florence Nabushawo
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Measurement of gender inequality in neighbourhoods of Québec, Canada

International Journal for Equity in Health, 2011
Introduction Few studies have measured gender inequality at levels lower than the country. We sought to develop neighbourhood indicators of gender inequality, and assess their ability to capture variability in gender inequality across Québec, Canada ...
Tamambang Lum, Auger Nathalie, Lo Ernest, Raynault Marie-France   +3 more
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The impact of education level and economic freedom on gender inequality: panel evidence from emerging markets

Frontiers in Psychology, 2023
Gender equality is a critical factor for all ingredients of a healthy society and sustainable development. Therefore, measures to decrease gender inequalities in economic, social, and political life are important for the economic and social development ...
Pinar Tokal, Gamze Sart, Marina Danilina, Marina Danilina, Mohammad A. Ta’Amnha   +4 more
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Gender inequality and sex differences in physical fighting, physical activity, and injury among adolescents across 36 countries [PDF]

, 2019
Purpose: Sex differences in adolescent health are widely documented, but social explanations for these sex differences are scarce. This study examines whether societal gender inequality (i.e., men’s and women’s unequal share in political participation ...
Currie, Candace, de Looze, Margaretha, Elgar, Frank J., Kolip, Petra, Stevens, Gonneke W. J. M.   +4 more
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