Ethnic groups by households in Vo Nhai District often inhabit rural areas with low income and their life is much more difficult. Therefore, it’s necessary to study on the factors affecting order find a solution improve income. This research has used Cobb – Douglass Production Function, applying Stata software evaluate household of minorities. By collecting information from 310 living district, ...

BACKGROUND Many countries are developing health financing mechanisms to pursue the goal of universal coverage. In China, a rural health insurance system entitled New Cooperative Medical Scheme (NCMS) is being developed since 2003. Although there is concern about whether the NCMS will influence the serious situation of inequity in health service utilization in rural China, there is only limited ...

BACKGROUND Accessible improved sanitation is critical to child health, and inequities in improved sanitation can be interpreted as health inequities across socio-economic groups. From 2009 to 2011, the Chinese government invested 4.448 billion yuan for rural sanitation improvement through a 3-year health reform program. This study assesses the inequity of sanitation improvement in rural China f...

introduction: today empowerment has become to one of the main concepts of sustainable development.j three types of relationship between empowerment and sustainable development are: 1- empowerment is component of sustainable development. 2- empowerment is the cause of sustainable development. 3- empowerment is the result of sustainable development. therefore it is not possible achievement to sus...

BACKGROUND Perinatal mental illness is a common and important public health problem, especially in low and middle-income countries (LMICs). This study aims to explore the barriers and facilitators, as well as perceptions about the feasibility and acceptability of plans to deliver perinatal mental health care in primary care settings in a low income, rural district in Uganda. METHODS Six focus...

BACKGROUND Obesity is prevalent in rural communities in Canada, however little is known about the social determinants of health and obesity in rural populations. Socioeconomic status has been found to be inversely associated with the risk of obesity in developed countries. This study investigated the relationship between income adequacy, education and obesity in a rural setting. METHODS The s...

The development of information technology has been expected to change the living style and upgrade the living environment. These expectations are somewhat realized, but there are certain groups that will be less benefitted by these upgrades compared to other groups. These phenomena are called digital divide, which is the latest issue around the world these days. There are several factors that r...

In India, entrepreneurship among women is of recent origin. Socio – economic background is an important factor that influences the woman to start their business. Money is not the sole objective among woman entrepreneurs to enter in to the business. The studies relating to woman entrepreneurs in rural areas further reveal that training and awareness regarding different agencies have proved benef...

Assessment of income shock and households’ vulnerability provides an excellent way of designing appropriate marginal reforms to tackle welfare problems among some vulnerable groups. This study used the three stage Feasible Generalized Least Square (FGLS) to analyze expected poverty in Nigeria, using the 2004 NLSS data. It was found that high agricultural input price and lack of capital to expan...