Research goals were to understand perceptions and motivations of educated, older, Caucasian women relating to dairy food consumption. Results of focus group discussion were described according to important themes derived from analysis of all focus groups collectively. In this chapter, socioeconomic characteristics of participants, group dynamics and results of introductory activities are presen...

The effect of the socioeconomic characteristics in one generation on the socioeconomic achievement of the next generation is the central concern of social stratification research. Researchers typically address this issue by analyzing the associations between the characteristics of parents and offspring. This approach, however, focuses on observed parent-offspring pairs and ignores that changes ...

BACKGROUND Considering the physical, emotional and psychological complications of early or delayed menopause on women's life, it is necessary to determine associated factors of menopause age. This study designed to determine menopausal age and associated factors in women of Gorgan, i.e. the capital of Golestan province in the north-east of Iran. METHODS In this cross-sectional study, 804 meno...

This study examines the relationships between area-level socioeconomic position (SEP) and the prevalence and trajectories of metabolic syndrome (MetS) and the count of its constituents (i.e., disturbed glucose and insulin metabolism, abdominal obesity, dyslipidemia, and hypertension). A cohort of 4,056 men and women aged 18+ living in Adelaide, Australia was established in 2000-2003. MetS was a...

The opinion dynamics of economic agents is modeled with the link structure influenced by the resulting opinions: Links between people of nearly the same opinion are more stable than those between people of vastly different opinions. A simple scaling law describes the number of surviving final opinion as a function of the numbers of agents and of possible opinions.

Abstract Background Identifying pediatric populations at risk for traumas would enable development of emergency medical services and departments children. Elucidation the nature socioeconomic differences in incidence out-of-hospital emergencies is needed to overcome inequities child health. Methods We retrieved all ambulance contacts during 17.12.2014–16.12.2018 involving children (0–15 years) ...