Abstract River floods are distinct because not all of them destructive and typically affect the people who living in riverine areas. Therefore, often refuse to evacuate even when they face imminent danger. a recurrent phenomenon Bangladesh. This research aims analyse flood evacuation behaviour A total 377 households were selected for questionnaire survey interviewed from April 2019 May 2019. Bi...

Nuclearization is the process of movement and shift from joint family system to nuclear family system. Nuclearization is not automatically happening rather a lot of factors are responsible for its occurrence. To search for the factors and consequences of Nuclearization the researcher introduced the basic concepts of the topic and gave the relevant theoretical framework to highlight the basis of...

A study aimed at determining individual factors associated with participation in community treatment with ivermectin was conducted in a village hyperendemic for onchocerciasis in northern Cameroon. The respective influences of sex, age, place of residence, distance between the compound and the dosing point, compound size, and participatlon in treatment by authoritative individuals in the compou...

This study determines the nature of village economics in the town of Biharamulo, Tanzania, and in four surrounding villages. This study also identifies the links between the villages and the town and the extent of differences between village households. Town population in 1993 was 20,000 persons, or 1020 households, of which 29.4% were female-headed. Only 7.1% of village households were head...

BACKGROUND While women and girls face special risks from lack of access to sanitation facilities, their ability to participate and influence household-level sanitation is not well understood. This paper examines the association between women's decision-making autonomy and latrine construction in rural areas of Odisha, India. METHODS We conducted a mixed-method study among rural households in ...

This study examines the implications of occupational stratification and job mismatches for the welfare of children, using data from the 2005-2009 American Community Survey. The results show that Black children of immigrants have household heads that are more likely to have occupations with low SEI scores than children in US-born households. More importantly, they demonstrate that intersections ...

The increase in livestock production the Ecuadorian Amazon Region has caused an deforestation and advance of agricultural frontier. aim current study was to conduct a socioeconomic productive characterization Andean-Amazonian systems Ecuador. area part Sumaco Biosphere Reserve (SBR) three other zones: low (400 700 masl), middle (701 1600 high masl). Data were collected from 167 ranching househo...

BACKGROUND Diarrhea is known to be the major cause of mortality in children aged less than five years old. Although mortality from diarrheal disease is decreasing globally, morbidity is not. The objectives of this study were to determine the prevalence of diarrhea among under-fives and assess knowledge on causes of diarrhea among adults in Mkuranga district Tanzania. METHODS Interviews with h...

OBJECTIVE To model the effect of socio-economic deprivation and a few transmission-related indicators of the tuberculosis (TB) incidence at small area level, to discuss the potential of each indicator in targeting places for developing preventive action. METHODS Ecological spatial study of TB incidence in Olinda, a city in the north-east of Brazil, during the period 1996-2000. Three socio-eco...

Moringa oleifera (MO) and M. stenopetala (MS) are two commonly cultivated species of the Moringaceae family. Some households in southern Ethiopia (S. ETH) and Kenya (KEN) plant MS and MO, respectively. The edible parts of these species are rich in amino acids, vitamins and minerals, especially selenium. Despite their nutritional value, Moringa is sometimes considered as a "famine food". The aim...