the data for this study has been collected from a questionnaire examining the relationship between birth weight of the new born and some physical and socio-economic characteristics of the mother. between dec.1975 to jan.1976, 1553 women who had referred to two hospitals in tehran for labor: 981 to farah maternity and 572 to firoozgar hospital have been interviewed. the results of the study have...

The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between dental anxiety and dental decay experience among antenatal mothers attending Maternal and Child Health clinics in Malaysia. A cross-sectional study was conducted on a consecutive sample of 407 antenatal mothers in Seremban, Malaysia. The questionnaire consisted of participants' demographic profile and the Dental Fear Survey. The ...

In this paper our study mainly focuses on socio-economic profile of private medical practitioners and its impact on private health services of Vellore district in Tamilnadu. The study deals the allopathic medical practice only. The study is both descriptive and analytical in nature. Both primary and secondary sources of data were used in this study. Multistage random sampling method was adopted...

The Effect of Community-Level Socio-Economic Conditions on Threatening Racial Encounters This paper contributes to the emerging literature on racial and ethnic tension by analyzing the relationship between local socio-economic conditions and the propensity for outsiders to have threatening racial encounters with insiders. We use unique data for a sample of activeduty Army personnel that allow u...