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Temporal-spatial patterns of one-person households in China, 1982-2005

Demographic Research, 2015
Background: The number of one-person households (OPH) in China has risen over the past few decades, but there are few examinations of the patterns and trends in this rapidly growing family type.
Adam Ka-Lok Cheung, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
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Socioeconomic development and young adults' propensity of living in one-person households: Compositional and contextual effects

Demographic Research, 2021
Background: The proportion of young adults living in one-person households (OPHs) has increased remarkably worldwide. Recent literature suggests that socioeconomic development established favorable conditions for individuals to live alone.
Adam Ka-Lok Cheung, Wei-Jun Jean Yeung
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Food Expenditure Patterns of Single-Person Households [PDF]

, 2020
Single-person households differ widely in their food purchases according to income, age, and sex. Young upper income men spend more than half their food dollars dining out, while elderly lower income women spend only about 10 percent.
Mann, Jitendar S., Sexauer, Benjamin H.
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“I Was... Put in a Cage”: The Experience of COVID-19 Home Confinement among Older Adults Living Alone in Portugal

Revista Crítica de Ciências Sociais, 2022
This article presents findings of a qualitative study reporting older adults’ experiences of solitary home confinement during Portugal’s first COVID-19 lockdown in 2020.
José Manuel Sousa de São José, Virpi Timonen, Ana Rita Teixeira, Carla Alexandra da Encarnação Filipe Amado, Sérgio Pereira dos Santos, Patrícia Marina Paulo C. C. Severino Coelho   +5 more
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Socioeconomic development and Chinese young adults’ propensity to live alone: An extended replication study [PDF]

Demographic Research
BACKGROUND: The proportion of young adults living alone has increased remarkably in China. This study seeks to assess current patterns and influencing factors in this phenomenon by replicating Cheung and Yeung’s (2021) study, which highlighted the ...
Xin Wang, Chenyu Yan, Che Deng, Hong He
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Single-person households and excessive urban rent burden: an analysis for housing public policy in Brazil

Revista Brasileira de Estudos de População
This article examines why, in Brazil, despite substantial investment in subsidized credit, particularly for low-income families to acquire homeownership, there has been a persistent and significant rise in households facing excessive urban rent burdens ...
Frederico Poley Martins Ferreira, Blanca Valadares, Gabriel do Carmo Lacerda   +2 more
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Bridging the Loneliness Gap: Depression, Connectivity, and Isolation in Pediatric Oncology Patients and Their Peers

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Loneliness is associated with adverse physical and mental health outcomes and remains understudied in children and adolescents undergoing cancer therapy. Pediatric oncology patients may be at increased risk due to medical isolation and disruption of social networks.
Charlotte N. Stahlfeld, Scott H. Maurer, Michelle D. Watkinson, John Nury, Elise Barberis, Molly C. Mack   +5 more
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Understanding household health through data linkage.

International Journal of Population Data Science, 2022
Objectives Household factors can affect the level and type of health and social care a person with long-term conditions needs. Information on household composition and health needs within households is not easily available in routine health records but ...
Mai Stafford, Sarah Deeny, Kathryn Marszalek, Jenny Shand   +3 more
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Early Body Mass Index z‐Score Change and Resolution of Severe Malnutrition in Children With Sickle Cell Anemia in a Low‐Income Setting: A Prospective Single‐Arm Extension Study

Pediatric Blood &Cancer, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Background Children with sickle cell anemia (SCA) in low‐income settings are at risk of severe malnutrition, but optimal nutritional management has not been established. We evaluated an intensified ready‐to‐use therapeutic food (RUTF) regimen in children with persistent severe malnutrition after initial treatment and assessed whether early ...
Safiya Gambo, Shehu Umar Abdullahi, Hassan Adam Murtala, Halima Kabir, Khadija A. Shamsu, Sari A. Acra, Virginia A. Stallings, Mark Rodeghier, Michael R. DeBaun, Lauren J. Klein   +9 more
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health outcomes of young single-person households in South Korea [PDF]

, 2021
Thesis(Master) -- KDI School: Master of Public Policy, 2021Does living alone have a negative impact on a person’s health? Specifically, do the health outcomes of young adults from single-person households differ from those of young adults from multi ...
KIM, Bomi
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