ABSTRACT Studies have indicated that subjects with more years of education show a positive attitude toward older persons. The present study investigated the effects of other variables,r in this case race and social class, in relationto attitudes toward older persons. A sample group of high school juniors and seniors whose ages ranged from 16 to 18 were given a questionnaire based on the Kogan A...

Abstract We use national Living Standards Measurement Study (LSMS) datasets from Nigeria, Tanzania, and Uganda to examine consumption by the rural urban poor of “unhealthy foods” (including ultra‐processed foods such as sweets sugary beverages) versus “healthy beyond starchy staples (such vegetables, beans, animal products, fruits). Consumption processed nonstaples is often associated in policy...

Introduction: Although income is among the major social determinants of mental health of middle-aged and older individuals, socially marginalized groups gain less health from their income and other socioeconomic status (SES) resources compared to socially privileged groups. This pattern is called marginalization-related diminished returns (MDRs). Most of the existing knowledge ...

ABSTRACT Support for redistribution in developing countries has been found to be weakly related income, meaning the poor are not much likelier than rich support redistribution. If economic self-interest, what explains redistribution? A multilevel regression analysis covering a decade of public opinion data from 18 Latin American finds explanations centered on social affinity. Specifically, peop...

BACKGROUND Our objective was to investigate the impact of socioeconomic status and subjective social class on health-related quality of life (HRQOL) vs. overall quality of life (QOL). METHODS We performed a longitudinal analysis using data regarding 8250 individuals drawn from the Korean Longitudinal Study of Aging (KLoSA). We analyzed differences between HRQOL and QOL in individuals of vario...

A large literature has documented the influence of family economic resources on child development, yet income's effects in middle childhood have been understudied. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (N = 3,551), the author examined the influence of family income in early and middle childhood on academic skills and behavior problems during middle childhood. Early childhood...

Emerging economies have often poor hygiene practices in traditional milk and dairy production all over the world. Therefore, pathogenic bacteria in milk pose major public health concerns especially for those communities who still consume raw milk. Escherichia coli and coliforms are often used as indicator microorganisms, so their presence in food implies poor hygiene and sanitary practices. The...