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Rewealthization in twenty-first century Western countries: the defining trend of the socioeconomic squeeze of the middle class

open access: yesThe Journal of Chinese Sociology, 2021
The wealth-to-income ratio (WIR) in many Western countries, particularly in Europe and North America, increased by a factor of two in the last three decades.
Louis Chauvel   +3 more
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Perception of domestic violence among rural women in Kuje

open access: yesHeliyon, 2021
Domestic violence has become a global social problem affecting women and girls across different socio-demographics and culture. Often times a greater attention is paid to the experiences of urban women and girls to the detriment of their counter parts in
Ogadimma Arisukwu   +3 more
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The Inclusiveness of Maternity Leave Rights over 120 Years and across Five Continents

open access: yesSocial Inclusion, 2021
Even though paid maternity leave was the earliest form of social protection specifically aimed at women workers and is fundamental in securing their economic independence vis-à-vis employers and spouses, it has received scant scholarly attention. Neither
Keonhi Son, Tobias Böger
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Thanksgiving and Christmas gatherings before the 2020–21 winter surge of COVID-19 in the United States

open access: yesPreventive Medicine Reports, 2022
Objective: COVID-19 in the US disproportionately affected, and continues to affect, racial/ethnic minorities. Although risky social gatherings for Thanksgiving and Christmas in 2020 contributed substantially to the “winter surge” in cases and deaths, no ...
Tim A. Bruckner   +2 more
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Health Inequalities [PDF]

open access: yesHastings Center Report, 2020
AbstractHealth inequalities are embedded in a complex array of social, political, and economic inequalities. Responding to health inequalities will require systematic action targeting all the underlying (“upstream”) social determinants that powerfully affect health and well‐being. Systemic inequalities are a major reason for the rise of modern populism
Gostin, Lawrence O., Friedman, Eric A.
openaire   +3 more sources

Profiles of travelers to intermediate-high health risk areas following the reopening of borders in the COVID-19 crisis: A clustering approach

open access: yesTravel Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Background: The reactivation of international travel in 2021 has created a new scenario in which the profile of the traveler to medium-high health risk areas may well have changed.
Nidia M. García-Marín   +3 more
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Digital Shift in Swiss Media Consumption Practices

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociology, 2020
Relying on the 2013 and 2016 rounds of individual questionnaires from the Swiss Household Panel (SHP), we use multiple correspondence analysis to map Swiss media consumption practices while making use of the longitudinal character of panel data in an ...
Reveilhac Maud, Morselli Davide
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An extension and a refinement of van der Corput's inequality

open access: yesInternational Journal of Mathematics and Mathematical Sciences, 2006
van der Corput's inequality is extended and refined by using Euler-Maclaurin formula and other analytic techniques.
Jian Cao, Da-Wei Niu, Feng Qi
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Tudo que tem valor vira vale: economia e circulação de crédito no contexto da Independência

open access: yesHistória Econômica & História de Empresas, 2022
Este artigo busca traçar um panorama do mercado de crédito em vigor na cidade do Rio de Janeiro – a principal praça comercial do Atlântico Sul – durante e logo após o processo de Independência do Brasil.
Clemente Gentil Penna, Rita Almico
doaj   +1 more source

Can policies improve language vitality? The Sámi languages in Sweden and Norway

open access: yesFrontiers in Psychology, 2023
IntroductionLanguage policies are often aimed at changing language behaviours, yet it is notoriously difficult to assess their effects. This study investigates language use and competence in the Indigenous Sámi populations of Norway and Sweden in light ...
Anika Lloyd-Smith   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

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