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Ethnic Minority–Majority Unions in Estonia
Ethnic minority-majority unions-also referred to as mixed ethnic unions-are often seen as the ultimate evidence of the integration of ethnic minorities into their host societies. We investigated minority-majority unions in Estonia, where ethnic minorities account for one-third of the total population (Russians 26%, followed by Ukrainians, Byelorussians, Finns and other smaller groups). Using da...
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BACKGROUND Wisconsin has a goal to eliminate health disparities by 2010, but there is no consistent standard used to evaluate progress. Methodological debates persist regarding using individual group change or relative comparisons to monitor disparities. OBJECTIVES To examine mortality disparities among racial/ethnic populations in Wisconsin using statistically significant changes in individu...
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BACKGROUND Estonian and Russian ethnic groups in Estonia differ from one another in several aspects, such as historic and socio-economic background, language and culture. The aim of the current study was to examine ethnic differences in cancer incidence in Estonia, and to compare the situation before and after the profound political and economical changes in the early 1990s. METHODS Two cross...
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Baltic Studies
سال: 1992
ISSN: 0162-9778,1751-7877
DOI: 10.1080/01629779100000351