On an average day in the United States, more than 100 Americans die by suicide; half of these suicides involve the use of firearms. In this ecological study, we used linear regression techniques and recently available state-level measures of suicide attempt rates to assess whether, and if so, to what extent, the well-established relationship between household firearm ownership rates and suicide...

England has very volatile house prices. Using survey data spanning multiple house-price cycles over nearly forty years, we document the association between house prices and homeownership at age thirty. We then use synthetic cohort methods to assess whether differences in early ownership rates persist in later life. We find that ownership rates at age thirty have varied substantially, with a sig...

Objective: Little activity has occurred in nursing home (information technology) IT adoption. The purpose of this study was to describe the range of IT sophistication for resident management processes and explore the association of IT sophistication with nursing home ownership, bedsize, and regional status. Methods: This descriptive, exploratory, cross-sectional study used an IT sophistication ...

On an average day in the United States, more than 100 Americans die by suicide; half of these suicides involve the use of firearms. In this ecological study, we used linear regression techniques and recently available state-level measures of suicide attempt rates to assess whether, and if so, to what extent, the well-established relationship between household firearm ownership rates and suicide...

OBJECTIVES To estimate the national prevalence of firearm ownership and storage practices in the home, to compare storage practices in homes with and without children, and to analyze demographic characteristics related to firearm storage practices in homes with children. DESIGN A 1994 random-digit dialing telephone survey. We weighted the data to provide national estimates. PARTICIPANTS Eng...

ownership and allergic disease, leading to the widely accepted recommendation of refraining or removal of pets from the home. The current study, as well as others, found that pet ownership may have a protective effect against the development of allergic disease. Children who were exposed to pets at birth had a lower prevalence of allergic rhinitis, asthma, and infant eczema, although this study...

There is growing evidence that young people own alcohol-branded merchandise (ABM), and that ownership influences their drinking intentions and behaviours. However, there is a paucity of research on parents' knowledge or attitudes in relation to ownership of ABM. Study 1 (n = 210) identified high levels of ownership of ABM and associations between ABM and drinking attitudes and behaviours. In St...

We explore the link between portfolio home bias and consumption risk sharing among Italian regions using aggregated household level information on consumption, income and portfolio holdings. We propose to use data on equity fund ownership to proxy for regional home bias: equity funds are typically diversified at the national or international level and will therefore provide interregional divers...