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predeftned behavioural standards and attitudes towards loneliness. Focusing on a sub-population of second-generation immigrants … loneliness. Subsequently, we show the validity of the identifted trait as an instrument for loneliness in a two-stage model for … health. We also ftnd that loneliness has a direct impact on body mass index and speciftc mental health issues, with these …
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The Healthy Immigrant Paradox found in the literature by comparing the health of immigrants to that of natives in the host country, may suffer from serious cultural biases. Our study evades such biases by utilizing a destination-origin framework, in which we compare the health of emigrants to...
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This paper estimates the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and …-16 percent and 14-30 percent of health inequality in old age in China and the USA, respectively. Specifically, the contribution … findings support the value of a life course approach in identifying the key determinants of health in old age. Distinguishing …
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Given the assigned health inequalities faced by sexual minorities, it is fitting to assess whether m-health could be associated with better health-related outcomes for these sexual minorities. The present study examines associations between m-physical and m-mental health apps and sexual...
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-related quality of life and mental health can negatively impact on adolescents' human capital, progression, income, and future health. …
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positively impact sexual/gender identity minorities' progression, self-esteem, income, and well-being. Public health services … should ensure that policies are inclusive of the physical and mental health needs of sexual/gender identity minority groups …
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periods of the childhood, and it is heterogeneous across gender. The negative effect of parental unemployment on physical …
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The reciprocal relationship between psychiatric and substance use disorders is well-known, yet it remains largely unknown whether mental health morbidity causally leads to addictive behaviours. This paper utilises a fixed effects instrumental variables model, which is identified by time-varying...
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The study aims to examine whether beggar children are victims of forced labor, as well as to identify the manifestations of forced labor in beggar children, and assess whether forced child begging relates to deteriorated health-related quality of life and mental health. The study focused on the...
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This paper examines the extent to which childhood circumstances contribute to health inequality in old age and how the … health, self-rated health to mortality. Our analytic sample includes about 8,000 Chinese persons age above 60. Using the … in old age across multiple health outcomes. Second, while both direct health-related circumstances and indirect health …
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