1. The deaths were announced with regret of G. E. S. Ward and D. H. Davies. 2. The Minutes of the Annual General Meeting having been published in the Joumal (1968, 30,869) were taken as read and confirmed. 3. The Treasurer reported that the investments of the General Fund remained at C529.2.0 and that income from investments had increased by £40, due to the larger amount held on deposit. The in...

Does More Money Make You Fat? The Effects of Quasi-Experimental Income Transfers on Adolescent and Young Adult Obesity This paper examines how exogenous income transfers during adolescence affect contemporaneous body mass index (BMI) measures and young adult obesity rates using evidence from the Great Smoky Mountains Study of Youth. The effects of extra income differ depending on the households...

For each quartile of income per consumption unit, annual time-series have been estimated from panel surveys, with annual waves of observations since 1974: INSEE Households' Continuous survey from 1974 to 1994, Sofres “Parc-Auto” panel survey since 1994. In these data sources, household behaviour is described through: car ownership (percentages of households with at least one car, and of multi-c...

OBJECTIVES To identify risk factors, and their interactions, for suicidal ideation among the elderly in rural communities of Hunan and to provide some scientific basis for suicide prevention. DESIGN, SETTING AND PARTICIPANTS A cross-sectional survey was conducted among the elderly in rural communities in China's Hunan Province. Thirteen areas were selected by multi-staged cluster random sampl...

The objective of this paper is to present an empirical measure of economic welfare, hereafter called "economic position," which integrates, current money income and current net worth. We apply the resulting measure illustratively, comparing some of its results with those of the income measure. Subsequently, some of the implications of our measure are explored. The proposed measure rests on the ...

BACKGROUND Albuminuria is an important risk factor for progressive chronic kidney disease (CKD) and is more prevalent in black than white adults. We sought to determine the association between low income and albuminuria and whether this association differs for blacks and whites. STUDY DESIGN Cross-sectional study. SETTING & PARTICIPANTS 9,144 black and 13,684 white US adults 45 years and ol...

In this paper, I examine the effect of business cycles on the employment, earnings, and income of persons in different demographic groups. I classify individuals by sex, education, and race. The analysis uses data from the Current Population Survey’s Outgoing Rotation Group data, covering the period 1979–1992, and March Annual Demographic File data, covering the period 1975–1997. Many different...

This study examines regional convergence in per capita personal income in the US and Canada. We find that the disparity in real per capita income levels across US states (Canadian provinces) has declined, but income levels are not identical. Income levels become more aligned once costs of living are accounted for in relative per capita income series. US states (Canadian provinces) converge at a...

As computer technology becomes increasingly prevalent throughout society, concerns have been raised about an emerging "digital divide" between those children who are benefitting and those who are being left behind. This article presents results from new analyses of national survey data describing children's differential access to computers in school and at home, and the varying conditions that ...

BACKGROUND Low back pain (LBP) is one of the most common and costly healthcare problems worldwide. Disability from LBP is associated with maladaptive beliefs about the condition, and such beliefs can be influenced by public health interventions. While socioeconomic status (SES) has been identified as an important factor in health literacy and inequalities, not much is known about the associatio...