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Entropy Based Modelling for Estimating Demographic Trends. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2015
In this paper, an entropy-based method is proposed to forecast the demographical changes of countries. We formulate the estimation of future demographical profiles as a constrained optimization problem, anchored on the empirically validated assumption ...
Guoqi Li, Daxuan Zhao, Yi Xu, Shyh-Hao Kuo, Hai-Yan Xu, Nan Hu, Guangshe Zhao, Christopher Monterola   +7 more
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Chinese culture became more individualistic: Evidence from family structure, 1953-2017 [version 3; peer review: 2 approved]

F1000Research, 2023
Previous research has indicated that some aspects of Chinese culture became more individualistic. However, prior studies have suggested a decrease in individualism in other aspects of China. Thus, it was unclear whether China became more individualistic.
Yuji Ogihara
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Can improved sorghum varieties enhance farm performance and household welfare? Evidence from Upper East Region of Ghana

Journal of Agriculture and Food Research, 2023
This paper examines the role of improved sorghum variety adoption on smallholder farm performance and household welfare, measured by farm input expenditure, farm output, farm net returns, and household consumption expenditure per capita, using data from ...
Awal Abdul-Rahaman
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Impact of Children on Household Savings in the Philippines [PDF]

Household savings are important indicators of family welfare, not only in terms of a household's investment and income generation prospects, but also, and perhaps more importantly--given pervasive borrowing constraints and limited social security ...
Orbeta, Aniceto Jr. C.
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The Urban Middle-Income Squeeze in Malaysia: A Conceptual Framework of Financial Strain, Behavioural Adaptation and Perceived Inequality

Social Sciences
The financial well-being of urban middle-income households in developing economies is an urgent yet theoretically underexplored issue. In Malaysia, the Middle 40 percent (M40) group faces a middle-income squeeze, where wage growth has failed to keep pace
Ilya Irwan Sanei, Noor Shahaliza Othman
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Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program: SFY 2006 report to the Legislature.

, 2006
This report summarizes the state Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program and its three grant programs; HHW, Small Quantity Generator (SQG) and Agricultural Waste Pesticide (AWP)
Kansas. Household Hazardous Waste Program.
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Population of Wieliczka in 1788 — Household Size and Structure

Przeszłość Demograficzna Polski, 2019
The article attempts to establish basic demographic parameters for the inhabitants of Wieliczka in the 18th century. The aim of the research is to investigate whether the nature of Wieliczka family farms was similar to the results obtained in other ...
Jakub Pieczara
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Kansas Household Hazardous Waste Program: SFY 1998 report to the Legislature.

, 1998
This report summarizes the state Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) program and its three grant programs; HHW, Small Quantity Generator (SQG) and Agricultural Waste Pesticide (AWP)
Kansas. Household Hazardous Waste Program.
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Will the miniaturization of household size promote household carbon emissions in China? Analysis based on CFPS data

Frontiers in Environmental Science
As the proportion of household carbon emissions to global carbon emissions continues to increase, reducing carbon emissions from household consumption has become an important way to achieve the goals of carbon peaking and carbon neutrality. How the trend
Hongmei Shao, Meifeng Yu, Mengjie Xia, Dan Yu, Fuyang Gao   +4 more
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Large Scale Agricultural Investments and Its Impact on Gender Relations and Wellbeing of Small Holder Farmers: Evidence from Kilombero Valley in Tanzania

African Journal on Land Policy and Geospatial Sciences, 2020
This paper explores the impact of large-scale agricultural investment on household livelihood outcomes among smallholder farmers in Kilombero Valley, Tanzania.
John Nshimba Jeckoniah, Elimeleck P. Akyoo, Samwel Kabote   +2 more
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