Money as a tool has all the dimensions of life. The meaning of money has been expanded so that its social dimensions can be used alone to analyze the economic situation and market of a society. In this study, we examine the semantic dimensions and meaning that students have of money. The research method is phenomenological research. Deep interviews were conducted of 21 sample students from Ferd...

the aim of this research was to study the relationship between socio – economic status and the rate of physical activity in students of shahid chamran university of ahwaz. this research used a descriptive correlative approach which was performed by a field method. statistical population included all undergraduate students in 89-90 school year (n=9175); 370 students were determined as the sample...

AbstractBackground: Waterpipe tobacco smoking (WTS) is an ancient type of smoking that has become a globalphenomenon. This study aimed to identify the prevalence of waterpipe smoking and its relation tosocio-demographic characteristics in Herat University students in western Afghanistan.Methods: In this cross-sectional study, a structured self-administered questionnaire containing 53 items in3 ...

the editor and two anonymous referees for their useful comments. All remaining errors in this paper are solely mine. Abstract This paper examines what makes us feel richer or poorer than others. It investigates cross-sectional and longitudinal determinants of individual's subjective economic status in Indonesia. Using two waves of Indonesian Family Life Surveys of 1997 and 2000, I show that ind...

AIM Functional constipation (FC) is one of the common diseases among children. The aim of this study was to investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in preschool children diagnosed with FC and the impact of the condition on affected families. METHODS In this cross-sectional, case-control study, 152 children aged 3-6 years with FC, 176 healthy children aged 3-6 years without FC, ...

Introduction: In Iran little attention has been paid to the important role of husband’s support in promoting maternal health. This study aimed to investigate the relationship between perceived social support from family in pregnant women and pregnancy-related factors. Methods: The study included 358 postpartum women in the second half of the year 2014 in Fatemiyeh Hospital in Shahroud, North Ea...

The poverty rate among children is higher today than it was in the late 1960s, a few years after the War on Poverty was launched. In 1969, 13.8 percent of all children lived in families with incomes below the poverty line; in 1988, 19.7 percent did. Whereas most studies of child poverty focus on the negative effects of deteriorating economic circumstances and the increasing percentage of childr...