OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between socio-economic circumstances and cancer incidence in Scotland in recent years. STUDY DESIGN Population-based study using cancer registry data. METHODS Data on incident cases of colorectal, lung, female breast, and prostate cancer diagnosed between 2001 and 2012 were obtained from a population-based cancer registry covering a population of a...

BACKGROUND The aims of this study were to examine the extent to which higher intellectual abilities protect higher socio-economic groups from functional decline and to examine whether the contribution of intellectual abilities is independent of childhood deprivation and low birth weight and other socio-economic and developmental factors in early life. METHODS The Maastricht Aging Study (MAAS)...

There is a widespread belief that information and communication technologies (ICT) can play a significant role in the socio-economic development of a nation. ICT has the potential to affect many aspects of economic and societal activity such as GDP growth, employment, productivity, poverty alleviation, quality of life, education, and healthcare. While the literature from various disciplines pro...

INTRODUCTION Medical schools are in general over-represented by students from high socio-economic status backgrounds. The University of Western Australia Medical School has been progressively widening the participation of students from a broader spectrum of the community both through expanded selection criteria and quota-based approaches for students of rural, indigenous and other socio-educati...

OBJECTIVES To examine the association between education level and food purchasing behaviour and the contribution of dietary knowledge to this relationship; and the association between household income and purchasing behaviour and the contribution made by subjective perceptions about the cost of healthy food. DESIGN AND SETTING The study was conducted in Brisbane City (Australia) in 2000. The ...