This paper aims to investigate the effects of personal characteristics such as gender, income, education and age on consumer materialism. Research hypotheses are based both existing marketing literature an additional integration gender studies in order further study By using random sampling surveying 1000 respondents living across different regions Lithuania, results show signi?cant differences...

BACKGROUND The study was intended to analyse the independent effect of some facets of the socio-economic status of both parents on perinatal, neonatal and post-neonatal mortality in the northern region of Belgium (the Flanders). METHOD Perinatal data collected by the Study Centre for Perinatal Epidemiology were linked with socio-economic data collected by the district council. Mothers aged > ...

PURPOSE OF REVIEW Several prestigious agencies routinely rank countries based on crude perinatal and infant mortality rates, while more recently, international neonatal networks have begun comparing neonatal mortality and morbidity rates among very preterm and very low-birth-weight infants. We discuss the methodologic challenges that compromise such comparisons and potential remedies. RECENT ...

BACKGROUND Although the perinatal mortality in low income countries is about five-folds higher than in the high income countries, little is known about the association of socio-demographic factors with perinatal mortality. National and small scale studies so far reported have shown very contradictory results. The objective of this meta-analysis was to assess the association of perinatal mortali...