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Sustainability, 2021 Since 2001, South Korea has experienced sustained lowest-low fertility. This phenomenon has persisted despite the implementation of several social policies aimed at increasing fertility rates.
Seran Jeon, M. Lee, Seiyong Kim
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Uncovering the socioeconomic structure of spatial and social interactions in cities [PDF]
Urban Science 7, 15 (2023), 2021 The relationship between urban mobility, social networks and socioeconomic status is complex and difficult to apprehend, notably due to the lack of data. Here we use mobile phone data to analyze the socioeconomic structure of spatial and social interaction in the Chilean's urban system.
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Subjective socioeconomic status: an alternative to objective socioeconomic status
BMC Medical Research Methodology, 2022 Abstract Background Subjective “ladder” measurements of socio-economic status (SES) are easy-to-administer tools that ask respondents to rate their own SES, allowing them to evaluate where they believe their material resources place them relative to their community.
Maryann Zhao +5 more
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Land-Use Changes and Food Insecurity around Oil Palm Plantations: Evidence at the Village Level
Forest and Society, 2021 Land conversion of oil palm plantations in the villages of West Kalimantan has caused drastic changes in how farmers fulfill their basic household needs. One such change affects farmers’ food security.
Jajat Sudrajat +2 more
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The socioeconomic determinants of cancer [PDF]
Environmental Health, 2011 This paper provides a synthesis on socioeconomic inequalities in cancer incidence, mortality and survival across countries and within countries, with particular focus on the Italian context; the paper also describes the underlying mechanisms documented for cancer incidence, and reports some remarks on policies to tackle inequalities.From a worldwide ...
MERLETTI, Franco, Galassi C, Spadea T.
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Open Agriculture, 2023 Over the past decade, smallholder rubber farming experienced significant issues related to risks of rainy season, rubber diseases, and price decreases. The risk exposure will reduce agricultural productivity, income, and sustainability.
Imelda Imelda +3 more
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Using socioeconomics to counter health disparities arising from the covid-19 pandemic
British medical journal, 2020 Principles and methods drawn from decades of work showing that lower socioeconomic status is associated with poorer health should guide efforts to monitor and mitigate the impact of the covid-19 pandemic argue Geoffrey Anderson and ...
G. Anderson +4 more
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Does food security exist among farm households? Evidence from Ghana
Agriculture & Food Security, 2022 Background Food security exists when households have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food at all times that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life.
Patricia Pinamang Acheampong +4 more
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lme4GS: An R-Package for Genomic Selection
Frontiers in Genetics, 2021 Genomic selection (GS) is a technology used for genetic improvement, and it has many advantages over phenotype-based selection. There are several statistical models that adequately approach the statistical challenges in GS, such as in linear mixed models
Diana Caamal-Pat +6 more
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Allocating Opportunities in a Dynamic Model of Intergenerational Mobility [PDF]
, 2021 Opportunities such as higher education can promote intergenerational mobility, leading individuals to achieve levels of socioeconomic status above that of their parents. We develop a dynamic model for allocating such opportunities in a society that exhibits bottlenecks in mobility; the problem of optimal allocation reflects a trade-off between the ...
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