Socio-economic status of boreal communities in Canada

Socio-economic status and vitamin/ mineral supplement use in Canada.

BACKGROUND The link between diet quality and socio-economic status (SES) may extend to the use of vitamin/ mineral supplements. This article examines factors related to Canadians' use of such supplements, with emphasis on associations with household income and education. DATA AND METHODS The data are from the 2004 Canadian Community Health Survey-Nutrition (n = 35,107). The prevalence of vita...

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Development & standardization of a scale to measure socio-economic status in urban & rural communities in India.

BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES The commonly used available scales for measurement of socio-economic status (SES) with some cross regional applicability are old and have lost their relevance. There is a need for the development of a valid and reliable instrument for measurement of SES in rural and urban communities in India. The present study was undertaken to develop a cross regionally applicable scal...

Socio-economic status of small scale pig farmers in rural communities of Tripura

The study was undertaken to obtain baseline information on socio-economic status of rural pig farmers and different management practices in Tripura. A total of 200 rural households owning pigs were interviewed randomly. In the study, the most of the pig farmers were female (76.5%) and small proportion was male (23.5%). Majority of pig farmers were ST (68%) followed by SC (28%) and a small propo...

High-cost health care users in Ontario, Canada: demographic, socio-economic, and health status characteristics

BACKGROUND Health care spending is overwhelmingly concentrated within a very small proportion of the population, referred to as the high-cost users (HCU). To date, research on HCU has been limited in scope, focusing mostly on those characteristics available through administrative databases, which have been largely clinical in nature, or have relied on ecological measures of socio-demographics. ...