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Assessing the determinants of healthcare expenditures in single-person households [PDF]
Israel Journal of Health Policy Research, 2018 Background The study documents a direct relationship between individuals’ health and patterns of healthcare expenditure by isolating single-person households and creating a new reference group in which household healthcare expenditure is based on one ...
Aviad Tur-Sinai +2 more
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Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 BackgroundAttention is drawn to the subjective health status and quality of life of older adult single-person households, whose number is gradually increasing as factors including low fertility, increased life expectancy, aging, and household ...
Dajung Ryu, Sohyune Sok
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JMIR Formative Research, 2023 BackgroundThe rapid increase of single-person households in South Korea is leading to an increase in the incidence of metabolic syndrome, which causes cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, due to lifestyle changes.
Ji-Soo Lee, Soo-Kyoung Lee
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An Analysis of Single-Person Households' Expenditure Pattern
Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial Cooperation Society, 2015 본 연구에서는 토빗모형을 이용하여 1인가구의 소비패턴이 연령별, 소득별로 얼마나 다른지 추정하였다. 분석을 위해 2006년부터 2012년까지 통계청 가계동향조사의 지출 데이터를 이용하였다. 추정결과, 음식료품, 주거 및 수도광열, 통신 지출을 제외한 모든 품목에서 1인가구의 소득탄력성은 1보다 크게 나타났으며 품목별로 다른 소비 특성을 보인다는 것을 확인했다. 또한 1인가구의 품목별 소득탄력성은 연령별, 소득별로 크게 차이를 보였다. 향후 1인가구의 관련 정책 또는 기업의 전략을 수립할 때 연령별, 소득별로 차별화된 접근이 필요할 것이다.
Moon-Soo Park +3 more
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Single-Person Households: Insights From a Household Survey of Fruit and Vegetable Purchases
NutrientsDespite the efforts made to promote consumption, some countries are not increasing their fruit and vegetable intake, while household structures are undergoing relevant changes. Fruit and vegetable consumption is necessary but not sufficient for a healthy diet.
Samuel Duran +2 more
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Unmet healthcare needs and related factors according to gender differences in single-person households [PDF]
Korean Journal of Women Health Nursing, 2020 Purpose This study was conducted to identify unmet healthcare needs among man and woman one-person households and to explore related factors by gender. Methods Data were drawn from the 2017 Korea National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
Hyun Ju Chae, Mijong Kim
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Modeling elderly behavioral patterns in single-person households [PDF]
Multimedia Tools and Applications, 2021 AbstractThis paper proposes and describes an unsupervised computational model that monitors an elderly person who lives alone and issues alarms when a risk to the elderly person’s well-being is identified. This model is based on data extracted exclusively from passive infrared motion sensors connected to a ZigBee wireless network.
Márcio Renê Brandão Soussa +3 more
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Socioeconomic Disparities in Osteoporosis Prevalence: Different Results in the Overall Korean Adult Population and Single-person Households [PDF]
Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 2015 Objectives: The present study was conducted in order to examine the association between socioeconomic status (SES) and osteoporosis prevalence in Korea and to assess whether different associations are found in single-person households.
Jungmee Kim +3 more
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Demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of households and energy poverty in Serbia [PDF]
Демографија, 2022 Energy issues and energy poverty became very important when dealing with global development challenges and sustainable development agenda, and as the years pass more precise indicators are formed to follow this phenomenon from various perspectives ...
Ivana Poljak
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BMC Public Health, 2022 Background Participation in exercise, and dietary and nutritional intakes have an impact on the risk and prevalence of metabolic syndrome (MetS), but these effects may differ according to whether a person lives alone or in a multi-person household.
Young-Jun Lee +5 more
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