Socio-economic determinants of health and physical fitness in southern Ethiopia
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Socio-economic determinants of health and physical fitness in southern Ethiopia.
The dependence of health and physical fitness on the socio-economic factors of rural families in southern Ethiopia is investigated, with particular emphasis on the role of inequality. This paper contributes to our knowledge of the effect of inequality on health in several ways: it compares the results of objective and subjective health measures, it distinguishes between wealth inequality and nu...
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عنوان ژورنال: Economics & Human Biology
سال: 2003
ISSN: 1570-677X
DOI: 10.1016/s1570-677x(02)00007-2