نتایج جستجو برای: keywords urban poverty

تعداد نتایج: 2137728  

Journal: :The Journal of allergy and clinical immunology 2015
Corinne A Keet Meredith C McCormack Craig E Pollack Roger D Peng Emily McGowan Elizabeth C Matsui

BACKGROUND Although it is thought that inner-city areas have a high burden of asthma, the prevalence of asthma in inner cities across the United States is not known. OBJECTIVE We sought to estimate the prevalence of current asthma in US children living in inner-city and non-inner-city areas and to examine whether urban residence, poverty, or race/ethnicity are the main drivers of asthma dispa...

پایان نامه :دانشگاه بین المللی امام خمینی (ره) - قزوین - دانشکده مهندسی معماری و شهرسازی 1388

nowadays,tourism industry considered as one of the main sources of income of a country.unfortunately and despite of owning plenty of cultural historical and natural attractions, iran has not reached to a proper position in this field. besides, the historical cities of a country are considered as the income resource and national wealth of it. qazvin with a rich cultural precedent, have suitable ...

Inibong A. Akpabio Nsikak-Abasi A. Etim Sunday Okon

In Nigeria, most farming activities rely on family labor. However, rural-urban drift and the movement of young people away from agriculture are making labor increasingly pause. Thus, labor has become a major constraint to expanding the scope of production by small-scale resource poor farmers. This paper provides an empirical relationship between labor and poverty using data from households. Thr...

2017
Gill A. Francis Zewelanji Serpell Teresa Parr Michelle R. Ellefson

Research exploring cognitive theories of executive function (EF) report positive associations with academic outcomes, but whether such general cognitive theories generalise to when children are exposed to social or economic poverty contexts require more in-depth investigating. This study explores associations between EF and academic achievement for an ethnic minority sample aged 8–10 years, fro...

2017
Jessica E Steele Pål Roe Sundsøy Carla Pezzulo Victor A Alegana Tomas J Bird Joshua Blumenstock Johannes Bjelland Kenth Engø-Monsen Yves-Alexandre de Montjoye Asif M Iqbal Khandakar N Hadiuzzaman Xin Lu Erik Wetter Andrew J Tatem Linus Bengtsson

Poverty is one of the most important determinants of adverse health outcomes globally, a major cause of societal instability and one of the largest causes of lost human potential. Traditional approaches to measuring and targeting poverty rely heavily on census data, which in most low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) are unavailable or out-of-date. Alternate measures are needed to complement...

Journal: :Public health nutrition 2002
Karen E Charlton Donald Rose

OBJECTIVES Household food insecurity is a major determinant of undernutrition, yet there is little information on its prevalence in the South African population. This paper assesses household food insecurity in South Africa using a quantitative and objective measure, known as food poverty, and provides prevalence estimates by geographic area and socio-economic condition. DESIGN Secondary data...

داورپناه, صفورا, راغفر, حسین, نخعی, منیژه,

Objectives: In designing poverty alleviation strategies, it is axiomatic to identify the poor. Insufficient or unreliable data about the deprived members of society is a primary obstacle in designing an effective poverty reduction policy. The role of the labour market is particularly important in providing decent jobs for every sector of population. Studying labour market structure enables ...

داورپناه, صفورا, راغفر, حسین, نخعی, منیژه,

Objectives: In designing poverty alleviation strategies, it is axiomatic to identify the poor. Insufficient or unreliable data about the deprived members of society is a primary obstacle in designing an effective poverty reduction policy. The role of the labour market is particularly important in providing decent jobs for every sector of population. Studying labour market structure enables ...

2009
Aimee Chin Nishith Prakash

The Redistributive Effects of Political Reservation for Minorities: Evidence from India We examine the impact of political reservation for disadvantaged minority groups on poverty. To address the concern that political reservation is endogenous in the relationship between poverty and reservation, we take advantage of the state-time variation in reservation in state legislative assemblies in Ind...

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