Socioeconomic determinants are investigated for both the likelihood of consuming fastfood and household expenditure on fastfood using the 1994-98 USDA Continuing Survey of Food Intakes by Individuals. The logit model is used to estimate an empirical relationship between probability an individual will consume fastfood and socioeconomic variables. The Tobit model is used to estimate an empirical ...

PURPOSE To analyze whether income inequality and other social determinants are associated with suicide rate in Brazil. METHOD This study used panel data from all 5,507 Brazilian municipalities from 2000 to 2011. Suicide rates were calculated by sex and standardized by age for each municipality and year. The independent variables of the regression model included the Gini Index, per capita inco...

OBJECTIVE To update estimates of sodium intake in Brazil. METHODS We used data from the Brazilian Household Budget Survey of 2008-2009. Records of food purchases of households were converted into nutrients using food composition tables. Mean sodium availability per person per day and mean adjusted availability for a 2,000 kcal daily energy intake were calculated. The contribution of food grou...

BACKGROUND The aim of this study was to examine the effect of household income on unintentional injury mortality in children and to model the potential impact of eradicating income poverty as an injury prevention strategy. METHODS A national retrospective cohort study linking census to mortality records carried out in New Zealand during a 3-year period following the 1991 census and including ...

OBJECTIVE To quantify the household expenditure per capita and to estimate the percentage of Brazilian households that have spent with dental insurance. METHODS We analyzed data from 55,970 households that participated in the research Pesquisa de Orçamentos Familiares in 2008-2009. We have analyzed the annual household expenditure per capita with dental insurance (business and private) accordin...

BACKGROUND Influenza vaccination rates among Japanese people of working age (20-69 years) is currently suboptimal, and the reasons for this have not been clearly elucidated. This study examined factors associated with vaccination intention among the working age population in Japan during September 2011, one-month prior to influenza vaccination becoming available. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDING...

OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to assess the economic burden of disability of school-aged children and to evaluate the association between disabilities and household socioeconomic status, as well as the economic burden of disability and household socioeconomic status in Vietnam. MATERIALS AND METHODS Nationally representative data for 9,882 children aged 6 to 17 years from the Vietnam Ho...

This research was conducted in the tourist area of Tapak Paderi, Kebun Keling Village, Teluk Segara District, Bengkulu City. The sample this study amounted to 39 people. Determination using Slovin theory and Proportional Stratified Random Sampling. technique is used because population not homogeneous proportionally stratified. puIDRose determine level of: 1. Social capital Paderi fishing commun...