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From:Canadian Review of Sociology (Vol. 47, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedWe examine the relationship between socioeconomic status (SES), sociodemographic characteristics, lifestyle behaviors (fruit and vegetable intake, exercise, smoking, and alcohol consumption), and body mass index (BMI)...
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From:European Social PolicyPeer-ReviewedUK Prime Minister Tony Blair has announced he will hold an informal summit during the UK Presidency to look at the future of the EU, focusing on the European social model and how it might need changing to adapt to new...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 33, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedABSTRACT/RESUME The debate about whether ethnic identity helps or hinders social mobility is inconclusive because of differences in conceptualizing and measuring "ethnic identity." This paper examines how minority...
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From:Review of Social Economy (Vol. 60, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis is a wonderfully stimulating and powerful book. I continue to be impressed by how effectively Hodgson can draw material from the history of economic and social thought to raise issues and make points highly...
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From:Comparative Economic StudiesPeer-ReviewedFrom the moment the transitions in the eastern part of Europe erupted, the European scene has been surprisingly convoluted. The opportunities for remaking the continent as a whole offered by the "revolutions" in its...
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From:Annual Review of Sociology (Vol. 24, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis paper reviews the origins and definitions of social capital in the writings of Bourdieu, Loury, and Coleman, among other authors. It distinguishes four sources of social capital and examines their dynamics....
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From:The Journal of Socio-Economics (Vol. 27, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA socio-economic model was developed to describe the companies' decision on whether to become more transaction-oriented or relationship marketing-oriented. Seven determinants were identified including economic incentives...
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From:Review of Social Economy (Vol. 57, Issue 2) Peer-ReviewedA theoretical model was developed in an effort to assess the post-Fordist growth regime in developed countries. Aside from wage and other labor relationships, it was shown that market competition would play a critical...
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From:Canadian Ethnic Studies Journal (Vol. 31, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedEdward B. Harvey is Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. His area of specialization is applied social research and policy studies with a particular emphasis in the fields of education, labour markets and...
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From:Monthly Review (Vol. 46, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedCapitalism stands as the dominant, most dynamic economic model in existence, but there are clear signs that unfettered capitalism can neither meet the needs of ordinary citizens nor ensure that resources be put to...
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From:Review of Social Economy (Vol. 54, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAn interpretation of social economist and feminist Charlotte Perkins Gilman's Women and Economics' is criticized for its failure to present the real focus of the work. The interpretation failed to consider the conditions...
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From:Annual Review of Sociology (Vol. 23) Peer-ReviewedInstitutions are staffed and are created to do the job of regulating organizations. This staffing, and all the creative work that is involved in financing, governing, training, and motivating institutional actions by...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 3) Peer-ReviewedAuthor(s): William King 1,*, Arron Lacey 2, James White 3, Daniel Farewell 4, Frank Dunstan 4, David Fone 4 Introduction Although coronary heart disease (CHD) mortality has fallen in recent decades in the UK and...
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From:Career Development Quarterly (Vol. 62, Issue 1) Peer-ReviewedThis study investigated the relationship of family socioeconomic status and proactive personality to career decision self-efficacy in a sample of 336 Taiwanese college students. The results of the partial least squares...
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From:American Journal of Psychology (Vol. 127, Issue 4) Peer-ReviewedThe primary focus of the present study was to determine the direct and indirect relations between socioeconomic status (SES), executive functioning (EF), and adolescent aggression. The test sample included 512...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 10) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Ethiopia is among the high-burden countries for tuberculosis (TB), TB/HIV, and drug-resistant TB. The aim of this nationwide study was to better understand TB-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 12) Peer-ReviewedSmall-scale fisheries are important to livelihoods and subsistence seafood consumption of millions of fishers. Sea cucumbers are fished worldwide for export to Asia, yet few studies have assessed factors affecting...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 11, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedPurpose Much variation in individual-level cognitive function in late life remains unexplained, with little exploration of area-level/contextual factors to date. Income inequality is a contextual factor that may...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 13, Issue 8) Peer-ReviewedBackground Globally, anemia in pregnancy increases maternal, fetal and neonatal mortality and morbidity. According to 2011 Ethiopian Demographic and Health Survey, 22% of pregnant women in Ethiopia were reported to...
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From:PLoS ONE (Vol. 14, Issue 6) Peer-ReviewedBackground Area-level indices are widely used to assess the impact of socio-environmental characteristics on cancer outcomes. While area-level measures of socioeconomic status (SES) have been previously used in...