Social inequality

Part 2 of ebook "The social construction of social policy: Methodologies, racism, citizenship and the environment" provides readers with contents including: citizenship, rights and inequalities; difference in the city locating marginal use of public space; environment, planning and bureaucracy; contracting knowledge, commissioned research and the sociology of the environment;...

122p mothoiphong 28-06-2024 1 1   Download

Despite advances in cancer research and treatment, the burden of cancer is not evenly distributed. People experiencing socioeconomic disadvantage have higher rates of cancer, later stage at diagnoses, and are dying of cancers that are preventable and screen-detectable. However, less is known about barriers to accessing cancer treatment.

17p vishanshan 27-06-2024 2 1   Download

This paper applies Bourdieu’s theory of capital as a conceptual framework to examine the experiences of students who have competed a placement abroad, in particular students from educationally disadvantaged families, students with disabilities, and migrant students.

11p viarnault 25-04-2024 4 1   Download

The article substantiates the idea that increasing social inequality and persistent large-scale poverty in post-Soviet Russia should be considered as one of the main reasons for the low birth rate in the country and a serious challenge to ensuring its demographic security. The authors propose a concept of demographic security and outline its primary indicators and their threshold values—the methodological basis for diagnosing and forecasting demographic processes from the perspective of Russia’s national and economic security.

10p longtimenosee09 08-04-2024 4 1   Download

Sustainable Development Goals aims to reduce inequality, however, this problem still occurs in Bali Province. Data from its Industry showed a gap in SME performance between cities, with the lowest performance of MSE in Karangasem Regency. The objective of this research was to analyze: the effect of Village Own Enterprise (VOE) resources and social capital to entrepreneurship and performance of craftsmen.

7p longtimenosee04 06-03-2024 9 0   Download

Gender issues and gender inequality still exist in many countries, especially in remote and poor rural areas. Rural women often suffer from economic disadvantages, low self-confidence in the family and community, and limited access to health, social services, and extension services, which leads to lesser decisionmaking roles in the production and business of households and in leadership at work.

10p vimichaelfaraday 28-12-2023 7 3   Download

Ebook "The new financial order: Risk in the 21st century" proposes a radically new risk management infrastructure to help secure the wealth of nations: to preserve the billions of minor and not so minor economic gains that sustain people around the world. Most of these gains seldom make the news or even evoke much public discussion, but they can enrich hard-won economic security and without them any semblance of progress is lost.

385p tuongnhuoclan 28-11-2023 10 4   Download

Ebook "Bubbles, booms, and busts: The rise and fall of financial assets" deals at some length with the question: Since there are many more poor than rich, why don’t the poor just tax the rich heavily and reduce the inequality? In the 19th century and the first half of the 20th century, the topic of inequality was discussed widely. Ending or reducing inequality was a prime motivating factor in the emergence of communism and socialism.

374p loivantrinh 29-10-2023 6 3   Download

The Sociology Book offers a deep dive into a range of societal issues, ranging from government and gender identity to inequalities, globalization, and even the "Disneyfication" of today's world. Exploring more than 80 of the big ideas and key theories in the field of sociology in a clear and simple way, this is the perfect introduction to the study of how humans live and interact with each other. Please refer to Ebook The Sociology Book: Big ideas simply explained - Part 1 for more details.

173p haojiubujain03 09-08-2023 6 3   Download

According to the Impact Investor Survey of the Global Impact Investment Network (GIIN) in 2019, from 2014 to 2018, the capital invested (USD millions) in the world increased by 1.8 times, and the number of investments increased by more than 1.5 times. Notably, more than 60% of investors specifically track their investment performance against the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs), and the most common ones are “decent work and economic growth” (73%), “no poverty” (61%), “reduced inequalities” (59%).

12p nhanchienthien 25-07-2023 11 4   Download

Health informatics interventions are designed to help people avoid, recover from, or cope with disease and disability, or to improve the quality and safety of healthcare. Unfortunately, they pose a risk of producing intervention-generated inequalities (IGI) by disproportionately benefiting more advantaged people.

9p visteverogers 24-06-2023 3 1   Download

Artificial intelligence (AI) models may propagate harmful biases in performance and hence negatively affect the underserved. We aimed to assess the degree to which data quality of electronic health records (EHRs) affected by inequities related to low socioeconomic status (SES), results in differential performance of AI models across SES.

10p vighostrider 25-05-2023 3 2   Download

Finance is considered as the lifeblood of the economy and it is integral to a country's economic growth and stability. However, this perception has been called into question, particularly following the global financial crisis, giving rise to new research questions. For example, does too much finance harm economic growth? And does the financial sector serve society's economic and social needs? This thesis aims to provide cross-sectional and time-series evidence on the macroeconomic consequences of financialisation in an international context.

262p runthenight04 02-02-2023 4 2   Download

Continued part 1, part 2 of ebook "Digital sociology" provide readers with content about: the diversity of digital technology use; digital politics and citizen digital public engagement; the digitised body/self; conclusion;... Please refer to the part 2 of ebook for details!

114p langmongnhu 14-12-2022 10 4   Download

This paper compares the associations between socioeconomic status (SES) and 1) low birth weight (LBW) and 2) preterm birth, in Brussels and Montreal (in general population, natives-born mothers, and immigrant mothers).

10p viferrari 28-11-2022 8 2   Download

In studies of social inequalities in health, there is no consensus on the best measure of socioeconomic position (SEP). Moreover, subjective indicators are increasingly used to measure SEP.

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Social determinants have a significant impact on children’s development and their abilities and capacities, especially in early childhood. They can bring about inequity in living conditions of children and, as a result, lead to differences in various dimensions of development including the social, psychological, cognitive and emotional aspects.

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The burden of chronic diseases is rapidly rising, both in terms of morbidity and mortality. This burden is disproportionally carried by socially disadvantaged population subgroups. Quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) measure the impact of disease on mortality and morbidity into a single index. This study aims to estimate the burden of chronic diseases in terms of QALY losses and to model its social distribution for the general population.

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Evidence of multimorbidity has come mainly from high-income regions, while disparities among racial groups have been less explored. This study examined racial differences in multimorbidity in the multiracial cohort of the Longitudinal Study of Adult Health (Estudo Longitudinal de Saúde do Adulto), ELSA-Brasil.

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Nearly 11% of the European population is affected by energy poverty. Energy poverty is defined by the European Commission (2016) as the inability to afford basic energy services to guarantee a decent standard of living. Energy poverty is considered a complex, multidimensional problem that affects environment, housing, urban development, and health. Living in energy poverty conditions is associated with poorer human health and wellbeing.

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