BACKGROUND Geographical inequalities in suicide have risen dramatically across 47 prefectures in Japan since 1995. We sought to examine temporal changes in the associations between prefecture-level economic conditions and completed suicide during the recent 35 years, controlling for individual composition in each prefecture. METHODS Based on quinquennial vital statistics and census data from ...

Article history: Received 2 April 2013 Available online 21 June 2013 This research examined the effects of vocational interest levels and differentiation on annual income. Following the environmental perspective, we investigatedwhether relationships existed at the occupation level of analysis. Using data from 665 occupations in the U.S. obtained fromU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics and O*Net, we...

the main objective of this research is investigating the performance of ravang’s rural – industrial area and its role in rural development, occupation and income, using available equipments, stabilizing rural population (preventing migration to cities), identifying positive and negative points of establishing and starting this plan and finally recognizing problems and providing suggestions....

There has been recent interest in determining whether neighborhood characteristics are related to the cardiovascular health of residents. However, there are no data regarding the relationship between neighborhood socioeconomic status (SES) and prevalence of subclinical cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the elderly. We related personal SES (education, income, and occupation type) and neighborhood ...

This paper examines two issues. First, it evaluates the statistical significance of a number of socioeconomic and demographic variables on the level of gambling-type expenditures in New South Wales, Australia. Factors analysed include household income, family composition, welfare status, gender, age, occupation and ethnicity. Second, the study examines the incidence of gambling-type expenditure...

BACKGROUND Despite being an ancient practice that satisfies basic human needs, the use of wild edible plants tends to be forgotten along with associated knowledge in rural communities. The objective of this work is to analyze existing relationships between knowledge, use, and management of native wild edible plants and socioeconomic factors such as age, gender, family income, individual income,...

The use of demographic variables has demonstrated mixed results as a basis for the description of environmentally conscious consumer behaviour. This paper empirically examines the consumption of petrol and electricity against income, education level, occupation status and age. The results from a nationally representative sample in Australia showed no support for the “typical” demographic profil...