Gender Role, Life Satisfaction, and Wellness: Androgyny in a Southwestern Ontario Sample

Gender role, life satisfaction, and wellness: androgyny in a southwestern Ontario sample.

This study investigated the relationships among gender role and self-reported health functioning in a sample of community dwelling older adults. One hundred and two (55 female, 47 male) participants were recruited through seniors' associations in Windsor, Ontario. Analyses of variance were conducted separately by gender to compare the self-rated physical health functioning, wellness, and life s...

Rural Ontario Youth and Mental Wellness

Gender differences in growth and nutrition in a sample of rural Ontario schoolchildren.

This paper reports findings of a cross-sectional study of the growth and nutrition of children living in rural Ontario, Canada. The objectives of the research were threefold: (1) to obtain data on obesity prevalence and nutrient intake in a sample of rural Canadian schoolchildren, (2) to compare findings with rural and national-level data on obesity prevalence and nutrient intake, and (3) to pr...

Gender in Marriage and Life Satisfaction Under Gender Imbalance in China: The Role of Intergenerational Support and SES.

This study examined gender differences in the influence of marital status and marital quality on life satisfaction. The roles of intergenerational support and perceived socioeconomic status in the relationship between marriage and life satisfaction were also explored. The analysis was conducted with data from the Chinese General Social Survey (CGSS) in 2006, representing 1,317 women and 1,152 m...

Tree pollen allergy in Southwestern Ontario

* Correspondence: [email protected] Schulich School of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada Full list of author information is available at the end of the article Figure 1 Transparent grey color represents the Weather Network pollen counts. Local counts are in color. The width of the bar represents the season, while the height represents quantity of the individual pollens. Note the ...