BACKGROUND Our study used data collected in Chung-Shing-Shin-Tseun community in Taiwan in May 1998 to evaluate the relationship between hypercholesterolemia and the cardiovascular and sociodemographic risk factors in elderly people. METHODS Individuals aged 65 and over were recruited as study subjects. A total of 1,093 persons, out of 1,774 registered residents, were contacted in face-to-face...

cooperatives can be considered as suitable means to achieve social and economic development, employment and participation. undoubtedly, rural women's membership in cooperatives can be really useful in the process of rural development. social capital is one of the key determinants of women's participation in different social activities. social capital may act directly through physical ...

The significant decrease in the labor force participation of older men remains a puzzle, despite many studies that have analyzed the role of Social Security and pension incentives. This paper examines whether the population trends of rising labor force participation among women and earlier retirement among men are present at the household level. The results indicate that a husband’s retirement ...

Background and Purpose: Numerous studies have reported the association of psychosocial factors with experience of back pain in younger populations. Similar investigations of the elderly are limited, especially with respect to the elderly that continue employment. The purposes of this study were to determine if established psychosocial risk factors were associated with report of back pain in: (1...

access to stable development requires organized participation of all people, including women in all institutes. reduction of limitations and increase in legal authority of women are necessary to achieve the highest rate of participation. in this regard, a developmental approach demands a balanced increase in the legal knowledge, organizational authorities and civil demands of women particularly...

This article, based on data from the Retirement History Study, examines coverage by an employee pension plan on the longest job and the extent to which covered workers received an employee pension upon retirement and the size of their benefits. It also examines the joint receipt of employee pension and OASDI benefits and the size of the combined benefits. Each of these pension variables is anal...

To understand trends in elderly women's work decisions, a key question is the extent to which changes in Social Security have played a role. We estimate the effect of Social Security benefits on women's employment rate by examining the Social Security “Notch,” which cut women's average Old Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) benefits substantially in the 1917 birth cohort relative to the 1916 co...

This study seeks to quantify determinants, and costs, of the labor—force participation of married women. We use demographic and earnings data from the Health and Retirement Study. The earnings data constitute an unusually long panel but have the defect of lacking corresponding reports on work hours. By using a highly structured model and concentrating on the participation margin, we nevertheles...