Essays about: "socioeconomic gradient in health"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words socioeconomic gradient in health.

1. 1. Children’s education and parents’ mortality – Do parents with highly educated children live longer?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Pauline Bode; [2023]
   Keywords : Mortality inequalities; socioeconomic gradient in health; children’s education; socioeconomic status; SES; demography; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : While there exists a large literature on mortality inequalities by an individual’s level of education and other socioeconomic characteristics this thesis looks at the relationship between the children’s level of education and parents’ mortality, which has been relatively less studied. I use longitudinal data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) for the years 2004-2017 and conduct Cox proportional hazard regressions to assess how children’s level of education affects parents’ mortality risks. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Later Life

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Juste Lekstyte; [2023]
   Keywords : Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This study aimed to examine if there are gender differences in health that vary by education after midlife (age 50 years) across 17 different European countries. Using data from the Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe in 2015, the study applied multilevel linear regression models to investigate gender differences in frailty index. READ MORE

4. 3. Finding the Socioeconomic Gradient in Knee Arthroscopies: A Descriptive Study of the Horizontal Equity in the Swedish Orthopedic Sector

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Elvira Anderson; Shannon Felländer Tsai; [2019]
   Keywords : socioeconomic gradient; equity; healthcare; healthcare access; orthopedic healthcare;

   Abstract : Research on the graded association between socioeconomic status and healthcare access for non-fatal diseases has expanded in recent years. Since burdens from non-fatal diseases are increasing globally, and health expenditures represent a growing share of GDP in most developed countries, the phenomenon is worth studying through an economic lens. READ MORE

5. 4. Social determinants of contraceptive use among young women in Kenya

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för folkhälsovetenskap

   Author : Elodie Paquette; [2018]
   Keywords : family planning; youth; Kenya; social determinants of health; long-acting reversible contraceptives; reproductive health;

   Abstract : Contraceptive use has far-reaching social and health benefits for women in low and middle-income countries. While socioeconomic factors are known to be associated with contraceptive use, few studies on this topic have focused specifically on young women, whose reproductive health is a target of the Sustainable Development Goals and the Family Planning 2020 agenda. READ MORE

6. 5. A hydrochemical investigation and socioeconomic assessment in Rio Zapomeca river basin focusing on arsenic contamination

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet; Lunds universitet/Riskhantering (CI)

   Author : Axel Hagström; Anton Rydstedt; [2015]
   Keywords : geology; groundwater; drinking water; water contamination; water treatment; value of statistical life; cost-benefit-analysis; Resistivity; Arsenic; Risk; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : The awareness of problems concerning arsenic contaminated drinking water sources has during recent years increased. WHO (World Health Organization) decided in 1993 to lower the recommended limit of arsenic in drinking water from 50 μg/l to 10 μg/l, mainly due to observations of its carcinogenicity. READ MORE