Data obtained from follow up of the 1971 census sample in the Office of Population Censuses and Surveys longitudinal study of England and Wales were used to look at women's mortality differentials at ages 15-59. Women were grouped by combining information on marital state, own occupation, husband's occupation (if married), economic activity, and indicators of household wealth (housing tenure an...

This article is for women who ask whether it is possible to combine motherhood with academia and still be successful and happy. It is also for those working with, bosses of, or married to such women, giving them a better feel for the challenges mothers in academia face, and the strategies that can be used to survive and thrive in both of these worlds.

CONTEXT Unmarried women have higher rates of low birth weight than married women. However, assumptions that unmarried women are uniformly at a disadvantage may be unfounded. A woman's relationship characteristics may be more relevant for infant health than her formal marital status. METHODOLOGY Data from the 1995 National Survey of Family Growth were used to analyze associations between relat...

The main aim of the present study was to examine and explore family environment perceived stress amongst working non-working women. A sample 60 women (30 30 homemakers) drawn from population. purposive sampling technique used. Family Environment Scale by Dr. Harpreet Bhatia N.K.Chadha Perceived Stress Cohen, Kamarck, Mermelstein were used for data collection. Mean, Standard Deviation, t-test, C...

OBJECTIVE To develop an analytical understanding of non-cohabiting sex partnering in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) using nationally representative sexual behaviour data. METHOD A non-homogenous Poisson stochastic process model was used to describe the dynamics of non-cohabiting sex. The model was applied to 25 countries in SSA and was fitted to Demographic and Health Survey data. The country-speci...