Developed countries with low fertility and mortality rates are already experiencing population aging and will continue to do so. Some developing countries undergoing demographic transitions are beginning to acknowledge the issues of population aging. The projected declines in fertility in other developing countries will mean substantial population aging in the future. Alternative measures for p...

Childhood mortality is one of the sensitive indices of health as well as development which often reflect the standard of living of a country. Moreover, it is considered as an interesting topic for researcher in Bangladesh because of high childhood mortalit mortality through from Bangladesh Demographic and Health Survey (BDHS) classified by age of mothers. Moreover, it i average parities per wom...

High urban mortality delayed transitions to low mortality in 19th century Europe, but an urban mortality advantage emerged as European transitions progressed into the 20th century. Recent analysis has suggested that high mortality in the rapidly growing urban slums of developing countries might once again delay transitions to low mortality in the 21st century. In this paper we use data from Dem...

Comparing inequalities between the rich and the poor in education outcomes, or differences in outcomes for boys and girls across countries is difficult because of the lack of comparable data. The Demographic and Health Surveys provide a uniquely rich data source that overcomes this problem. Analysis of these household data from 43 predominantly poor countries reveals that in most countries ther...

This paper examines how Nepal’s 1996-2006 civil conflict affected women’s decisions to engage in employment. Using three waves of Nepal Demographic and Health Survey, we employ a difference-in-difference approach to identify the impact of war on women’s employment decisions. Results indicate that as a result of the Maoist-led insurgency, women’s employment probabilities were substantially highe...

BACKGROUND Sitting time questionnaires have largely been validated in small convenience samples. The validity of this multi-context sitting questionnaire against an accurate measure of sitting time is reported in a large demographically diverse sample allowing assessment of validity in varied demographic subgroups. METHODS A subgroup of participants of the third wave of the Australian Diabete...

BACKGROUND Burnout syndrome can be defined as long-term work stress resulting from the interaction between constant emotional pressure associated with intense interpersonal involvement for long periods of time and personal characteristics. We investigated the prevalence/propensity of Burnout syndrome in clinical nurses, and the factors related to Burnout syndrome-associated such as socio-demogr...

Objective: The study aimed to establish the mean DMFT of adults over the age of 20 years in Bulgaria. We also aimed to determine any association between demographic factors, such as age, gender, general health status etc, and dental caries. Material and Methods: The study was conducted from 2006 to 2009. Data was collected from a randomly chosen representative sample of 1741 adults aged over 20...