Using the 1998 Migration, Gender and Health Survey in Five Regions of Ethiopia, and multivariate regression techniques, this paper examines the relationship between internal migration and household living conditions. The analysis finds significant living condition advantage of permanent and temporary migrants over non-migrants, primarily linked to migration selectivity by education and non-agri...

Nonexercise activities (NAs) are common types of physical activity in daily life and critical component in energy expenditure. However, energetic assessment of NA, particularly in free-living subjects, is a technical challenge. In this study, mechanical modeling and portable device were used to evaluate five common types of NA in daily life: sit to stand, lie to sit, bowing while standing, squa...

The number of 65 year olds and older rose in the nineties alone by 12% or 1.4 million to 13.5 million. Their share in the total population has risen from 14.9% to 15.7%. At the same time people are living longer, spending a longer period of their lives as pensioners. The proportion of eighty year olds in the German population as a whole has risen eight-fold since the beginning of this century f...

Adolescence is described by the Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare as the healthiest period in life. However, adolescent girls differ in that they self-report that their health decreases with age. The aim of this hermeneutical study was to describe the meaning of living conditions in relation to adolescent girls' health. Guided by principles of reflective lifeworld research, 15 interv...

This article presents the methodology of Health Promotion Groups, which were conceived as a means of contributing towards developing autonomy, improving living conditions and promoting health. The method is identified as a collective and interdisciplinary health intervention, consisting of a group process. It guides the development of attitudes and behavioral patterns towards continually transf...

This research uses data from the 1994-1995 Zimbabwe Aging Survey complemented by the 1999 Zimbabwe Demographic and Health Survey to examine living arrangements and conditions of older people in Zimbabwe. Living arrangements in Zimbabwe are similar to those found in other sub-Saharan African countries. Older people are likely to be living with other kin and in a variety of arrangements involving...

Using information from the 2011 census, we analyze the differential in living standards by race, ethnicity, and country of origin in Costa Rica. We identify the main factors explaining such inequalities along the distribution of a composite index of wellbeing, with counterfactual analysis based on Blinder‐Oaxaca type of decomposition. Our results show that mulattoes,...

In 1992, for the second consecutive year, the overall economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean experienced growth.The GDP increased 2.4% (compared to the 3.5% figure in 1991), an increase that outpaced population growth, and the per capita GDP rose 0.5 %, again for the second consecutive year, although it is still 7% below the level reached in 1980. Variations in the performance of ...