BACKGROUND Depression increases the risk of disability pension and represents a health related strain that pushes people out of the labour market. Although early voluntary retirement is an important alternative to disability pension, few studies have examined whether depressive symptoms incur early voluntary retirement. This study examined whether depressive symptoms and changes in depressive s...

Global narratives around the links between deforestation and agricultural commodity production have led to application of voluntary zero-deforestation agreements companies, governments, civil society. The continued tropical warrants a re-examination this approach in order customize its for particular location. Our paper contributes by exploring spatial associations cacao, coffee, oil palm Amazo...

Abstract The study examines the impact of agricultural associations two Swabian settlements – Mezőfény (Foieni) and Mezőpetri (Petrești) on local economy society. Agricultural played an important role at beginning process agrarian transformation after regime change in Romania. successor organisations socialist associations, now established a voluntary basis, were able to counteract impoverishme...

BACKGROUND In public health monitoring of young people it is critical to understand the effects of selective non-response, in particular when a controversial topic is involved like substance abuse or sexual behaviour. Research that is dependent upon voluntary subject participation is particularly vulnerable to sampling bias. As respondents whose participation is hardest to elicit on a voluntary...

Methods 6 questionnaires (5 voluntary, last mandatory) assessed CYHC implementation & sustainability every 6 months. Quarterly data on MRSAB, MSSAB & CDI, procurement soap & AHR, hospital type & bed occupancy collected for each hospital with data on other national infection control interventions Mixed effects Poisson regression model assessed associations between procurement & HCAI rates, testi...

National Postsecondary Education Cooperative (NPEC) is a voluntary partnership of all sectors of postsecondary education, including institutions, organizations, associations, and state and federal government offices. NPEC's mission is to promote the quality, comparability, and utility of postsecondary education data for policy development at the federal, state, and institutional levels.

OBJECTIVES To measure social capital in one multilingual region of northern Sweden. Earlier studies have neglected the language aspect of social capital development. To map cultural production (song, literature, theatre) in Meänkieli, Finnish, Saami and Swedish in the Swedish Torne Valley. METHODS Statistical comparison of regions. Cultural statistics from electronic libraries are related to ...