BACKGROUND Informal payments for health care services can impose financial hardship on households. Many studies have found that the position within the household can influence the decision on how much is spent on each household member. This study analyses the intra-household differences in spending on informal payments for health care services by comparing the resources allocated between househ...

The study attempts to estimate the food security status and identify the determinants of food security among households in Nsukka metropolis of Enugu State, Nigeria. It was found that about 60 per cent of the households are food insecure, using expenditure method of estimating food security status. Further analysis using the binary logistic regression method identified income and age of househo...

Objective: The substantial level of out-of-pocket expenditure for health care by the population causes policy makers to draw particular attention to the proposal of a social health insurance for uninsured members of the community. Hence, it is essential to gather reliable information about the amount of Willingness To Pay (WTP) for health insurance. We assessed the WTP for health insurance in I...

Acute malnutrition affects more than 50 million under-five (U5) children, causing 8.0% of global child deaths annually. The prevalence of acute malnutrition (wasting) among U5 children in Afghanistan was 9.5% nationally and 3.7% in Faryab province in 2013. A cross-sectional study was conducted for 600 households in Faryab to find the prevalence and causes of acute malnutrition. Odds ratios (ORs...

this article aims to sociological explain of fear of crime in the province of hamedan. at the regional level the cities are the unit of analysis and we have tried to explain the fear of crime in these cities with emphasis on the level of development. independent variables included in the micro-level social disorganization, social capital and social control. the population consists of all heads ...

Savings are very imperative for supporting and developing rural enterprises. The inability of households to save over time can significantly influence the rate and sustainability of capital accumulation and economic growth in developing countries. This research therefore assessed the level of savings and its correlates in rural areas of Kwara state, Nigeria. Data were obtained using multistage ...