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The provision of unpaid care across cohorts and genders: A research note
No full textIn this study, the caregiving history collected in the 2007 General Social Survey (GSS) is used to document the provision of care since the age of 15 years, the number of people helped, and the relationship with the care recipients. Using life tables, we confirm an upward trend in caregiving across birth cohorts. Unexpectedly, the findings also show that providing care starts at earlier ages in more recent cohorts—a result that appears partly linked to the emergence of new care relationships—and that the gender gap in the provision of care has widened over time.Dans le cadre de cette étude, nous examinons les soins fournis depuis l’âge de 15 ans, le nombre de personnes aidées et la nature des liens avec ces personnes en nous basant sur l’historique des soins prodigués recueilli dans l’Enquête sociale générale (ESG) de 2007. À l’aide de tables d’extinction simple, nous confirmons l’augmentation de la prestation de soins au fil des cohortes de naissance. Par ailleurs, les soins commencent de plus en plus tôt, notamment grâce à l’apparition de nouveaux types de relations d’aide, et l’écart dans la prestation de soins se creuse entre les hommes et les femmes
Inheritance: How Our Genes Change Our Lives—and Our Lives Change Our Genes
No full textDr. Sharon Moalem assures us that by the end of his book, or even by the end of this article, your entire genome, and the life it has helped shape, will never look or feel the same. Conventional wisdom dictates that our genetic destiny is fixed at conception, but Moalem\u27s groundbreaking book shows us that the human genome is far more fluid and fascinating than most doctors and scientists ever imagined—that our genes are more of a shifting tide than a crystal ball. For better or worse, science is discovering that it is possible to accept or reject our inheritance
The International Handbook on Gender, Migration and Transnationalism: Global and Development Perspectives
No full textSocio-economic differences in disability by age in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national study using the World Health Survey
No full textThis study aims to examine the relationship between socio-economic status (as measured by education) and multiple disability measures among adults in eighteen sub-Saharan African countries, and to determine whether the strength of this relationship varies across age groups. The analysis uses data drawn from the 2002–04 World Health Survey. The findings indicate that low education is positively associated with poor functional health, and the functional health gap between educational levels increases across age groups. These findings suggest that in sub-Saharan African countries, the undereducated are less successful in postponing disability to later ages.Cette étude examine la relation entre le niveau d’éducation et les incapacités parmi les adultes dans 18 pays d’Afrique subsaharienne, et détermine si cette relation varie selon les groupes d’âge. L’analyse a utilisé les données de l’enquête mondiale de santé 2002–2004. Nos résultats indiquent que le manque d\u27éducation était positivement associé à des niveaux plus élevés d\u27incapacités, et le différentiel d’état de santé fonctionnelle entre les différents niveaux d\u27éducation augmentait entre les groupes d’âges. Ces résultats suggèrent qu’en Afrique subsaharienne, les individus faiblement éduqués ont moins de succès dans le report de l’incapacité dans la vieillesse
Toward a Small Family Ethic: How Overpopulation and Climate Change Are Affecting the Morality of Procreation
No full textby Travis N. RiederNew York: Springer, 2016Springer Briefs in Public Health Ethics SeriesISBN: 978-3-319-33871-2Softcover US$54.99, 78 pp
The Dark Side of Nation-States: Ethnic Cleansing in Modern Europe
No full textby Philipp TherWar and Genocide Series No. 19New York: Berghahn Books, 2016ISBN 978-1-78533-195-