Numerous studies have shown that educational attainment and labour force status have a strong impact on the timing of family formation for both men and women. The effects of educational level, enrolment in an educational setting and employment seem to be different for men and women. The aim of this paper is to investigate how gender-specific differences in family formation changed over time, pa...

This paper examines healthy life expectancy by gender and education for whites and African Americans in the United States at three dates: 1970, 1980 and 1990. There are large racial and educational differences in healthy life expectancy at each date and differences by education in healthy life expectancy are even larger than differences in total life expectancy. Large racial differences exist i...

this article aims to conduct a comparative cross-cultural study of the educational status of women in terms of different aspects of human and gender development, and its relationship with the health, economic, and political indices. the research covers countries with different degrees of development in educational indices. the study makes use of quantitative methodological approach, and seconda...

This paper adds to research on girls' growing educational advantage by examining gender differences in career paths. Using baseline data from an intervention study (TRY-IT!) targeting 265 sixth-graders in Title I schools, our research traces adolescent career aspirations by gender, race and class. Additionally, we investigate whether girls and boys exhibit differential sensitivity to environmen...

BACKGROUND Hypertension is a health problem in Iran. Given the importance of this subject, we reviewed the factors affecting the blood pressure in this survey. METHODS This retrospective cohort study was performed on 3961 male workers employed at Isfahan Polyacryl Corporation (Iran) in health and safety executive between 1996 until 2008. In this study, systolic and diastolic blood pressure (S...

i). To ascertain the nutritional status of children aged 9-12 years in Uttar Pradesh and Rajasthan. ii). To find the factors responsible for nutritional deprivation. iii). To see the effects of nutritional status on physical development. iv). To find the impact of Mid Day Meal on the nutritional status of school going children. v). To suggest measures for the amelioration of poor educational st...

introduction: it is important to evaluate the orodental health status in preschool children. the aim of this study was to assess the orodental health status in preschool children in fardis in alborz province. materials  & methods: this cross-sectional/descriptive study was carried out using direct observation and examination of 940 randomly selected preschool children in fardis in alborz provin...

Introduction: Cochlear implantation can facilitate the development of communication skills in children with profound hearing loss. The objectives of our study were to determine the average ages at suspicion and diagnosis of hearing loss, amplification, intervention, and performing the cochlear implantation and to investigate the effects of the parents’ level of education and economic circumsta...

BACKGROUND Multiple sclerosis (MS) is less prevalent among Indians when compared to white populations. Genetic susceptibility remaining the same it is possible that environmental associations may have a role in determining disease prevalence. AIMS To determine whether childhood infections, vaccination status, past infection with Helicobacter pylori (H.pylori), diet, socioeconomic and educatio...

BACKGROUND Perception of pressure to conform prevents learners from actively participating in educational encounters. We expected that residents would report experiencing different amounts of pressure to conform in a variety of educational settings. METHODS A total of 166 residents completed questionnaires about the frequency of conformity pressure they experience across 14 teaching and clini...