DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON THE IMPORTANCE OF FOOD SAFETY IN FOOD SHOPPING

The perceived importance of food safety is instrumental in the success of consumer information programs to promote public health and to market safer foods. This paper examines how the belief of a household's main meal planner about the importance of food safety in food shopping is influenced by the person's or the household's demographic and socioeconomic characteristics. Results suggest food safety is more important to main meal planners who are female, older, more educated, non-working, have at-risk household members (elderly, young children, and pregnant women), or live in the Northeast and the South. Implications of the results on consumer education are discussed.Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety,

Socioeconomic Influences on the Health of Older Canadians: Estimates Based on Two Longitudinal Surveys

It is well established that there is a positive statistical relationship between socioeconomic status (SES) and health but identifying the direction of causation is difficult. This study exploits the longitudinal nature of two Canadian surveys, the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics and the National Population Health Survey, to study the link from SES to health (as distinguished from the health-to-SES link). For people aged 50 and older who are initially in good health we examine whether changes in health status over the next two to four years are related to prior SES, as represented by income and education. Although the two surveys were designed for different purposes and had different questions for income and health, the evidence they yield with respect to the probability of remaining in good health is similar. Both suggest that SES does play a role and that the differences across SES groups are quantitatively significant, increase with age, and are much the same for men and women.health transitions, income, education

Demographic and Socioeconomic Influences on Sleep Patterns among Adolescent Students

Although proper sleep is an important topic in adolescent health, little is known about the sleep patterns of adolescents from a longitudinal and non-Western perspective. To fill this gap, the present research conducted a longitudinal study of the impact of demographic and socioeconomic factors on sleep patterns among Korean adolescent students. The relationship could positively or negatively affect sleep. Therefore, it is important to understand which demographic and socioeconomic factors are related to sleep patterns. This study used nationally representative panel data from the Korean Children and Youth Panel Survey. A series of descriptive analyses were conducted to provide overall characteristics of the sample. Furthermore, mixed effect regression analysis techniques were employed to test the relationship between demographic and socioeconomic factors and sleep patterns. Paternal employment status was associated with adolescent sleep patterns, while maternal employment status was not. Adolescents with both parents working compared to adolescents with one parent or none working showed different sleep patterns on weekdays but not on weekends. Both parents possessing college degrees, household income, living in an urban area, and family type were associated with adolescent sleep pattern indicators to varying degrees. Some of these associations varied according to adolescent sex. This study provides insight into the impact of demographic and socioeconomic factors on weekend and weekday sleep patterns among adolescent students by sex. These findings provide information for the promotion of healthy sleep in adolescents by addressing demographic and socioeconomic factors

Dissociating Socioeconomic Influences on Maternal Language Input and Child Language Outcomes

Early language development is associated with children’s socioeconomic status (SES). Specifically, children from lower SES backgrounds, on average, exhibit slower language development compared to their peers from higher-SES backgrounds. Even though SES is a multidimensional construct, research often relies on a single dimension or a composite measure when studying child language development. In this article, I investigate four dimensions of SES, including maternal education, income-to-needs ratio, financial security, and neighborhood SES. Specifically, I examine whether the quantity and quality of maternal linguistic input mediates the relationships between dimensions of SES and child receptive language skills. Mothers and their 36-40 months old children (n=276 dyads) were video recorded during a 15-minute free play session. Three measures of maternal linguistic input were derived from verbatim transcripts, including one quantitative measure (number of words spoken) and two qualitative measures (lexical diversity and syntactic complexity). Children’s concurrent receptive language skills were measured by a standardized measure of children’s ability to receive, process, and execute oral instructions of increasing syntactic complexity. Results revealed that maternal education was the strongest predictor of both maternal linguistic input and child receptive language outcomes. Syntactic complexity of input was the only measure that mediated the relationship between maternal education and child receptive language skills. These findings critically identify which early environmental factors are mechanistically related to SES disparities in children’s language development and provide implications for interventions to reduce these disparities

Climate and socioeconomic influences on interannual variability of cholera in Nigeria

AbstractCholera is one of the most important climate sensitive diseases in Nigeria that pose a threat to public health because of its fatality and endemic nature. This study aims to investigate the influences of meteorological and socioeconomic factors on the spatiotemporal variability of cholera morbidity and mortality in Nigeria. Stepwise multiple regression and generalised additive models were fitted for individual states as well as for three groups of the states based on annual precipitation. Different meteorological variables were analysed, taking into account socioeconomic factors that are potentially enhancing vulnerability (e.g. absolute poverty, adult literacy, access to pipe borne water). Results quantify the influence of both climate and socioeconomic variables in explaining the spatial and temporal variability of the disease incidence and mortality. Regional importance of different factors is revealed, which will allow further insight into the disease dynamics. Additionally, cross validated models suggest a strong possibility of disease prediction, which will help authorities to put effective control measures in place which depend on prevention, and or efficient response

Socioeconomic Influences on Affordable Housing Residents: Problem Definition and Possible Solutions

Socioeconomic status (SES) is a powerful social determinant of health. Often, affordable housing is an important step in promoting reliable economic and social health among individuals living in poverty. However, we argue that we must go further to improve the long-term health outcomes of these individuals and families. First, we use survey data and geographical analysis to identify the socioeconomic status of neighborhoods and residents of affordable housing in a major urban center. SES levels are certainly lower among affordable housing residents, and SES was significantly lower in public housing development neighborhoods than other neighborhoods. We offer solutions from our own and other research experiences that identify potential changes to affordable housing to promote and maximize health of residents. These data have implications for multilevel intervention

Socioeconomic Influences of Property Crime Rates: A Study in Virginia’s Counties

Most research on factors and causes of crime, whether property or violent crime, focuses on individuals’ behavior or their surrounding environment. In this research, I explore the idea of socioeconomic factors correlated to property crime. I conducted a retrospective design to fully explore United States Census data and crime data gathered by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to discover statistically significant variables connected to property crime. Significant findings were shown by average people per house and retail sales per capita in all counties. Additional significant findings were percent employment change and percent with high school degree or higher in low rate counties as well as percent in labor force, percent employment change, and percent poverty in moderate rate counties. These findings may help Sheriff’s Offices allocate more research and resources to investigating why these variables affect the rate of property crime and may be able to set the rising crime rates on a decreasing trend

SOCIOECONOMIC INFLUENCES ON LAND USE CHOICE AT WATERSHED LEVEL: A MULTINOMIAL LOGIT ANALYSIS OF LAND USE DISTRIBUTION IN WEST GEORGIA

Allocation of fixed proportion of land to developed, forest, agricultural and other land uses in a watershed was modeled as an optimization problem faced by a single user. A multinomial logit model was used to estimate the effects of urbanization, demographic structure, personal income and spatial distribution of watersheds.Land Economics/Use,

An Analysis of Socioeconomic Influences on Health Care Seeking Behavior in Humla, Nepal

Mobile medical camps (MMCs) are common in Nepal, as well as other parts of the world. MMCs in Nepal provide health care resources that are not available through the government health system, due to Nepal’s weak health infrastructure. Although MMCs are problematic for a variety of reasons, they continue to play a role in health care delivery in remote settings the world over. Despite the fact that MMCs are increasingly common in many countries around the world, their patient populations and their health outcomes are poorly understood. This thesis is an analysis of socioeconomic influences within a select group of patients who sought health care from MMCs in Humla district of northwest Nepal. This thesis was written with the goal of better understanding how a person’s socioeconomic status (SES) affects their health care seeking behavior via the vehicle of mobile medical camps

Evaluating Socioeconomic Influences on Pinterest Consumer Behavior

Given the increasing popularity of social media channels for influential consumption mechanisms, this research aims to evaluate socioeconomic factors with Pinterest behaviors, underpinned by consumer behavior characteristics. Strategic recommendations are also proposed for marketing managers to optimize their usage of Pinterest. An online questionnaire was completed by a sample of 50 Pinterest users, while 4 face-to-face interviews were conducted with the aim of providing a framework for enhanced use of Pinterest. Findings indicated that virtual exploration is seen as a key Pinterest motivator, supported by the top pinboard rankings of Food, DIY, and Home. Secondly, occupation and family status were the two most significant socioeconomic factors that influences behavioral uses of Pinterest. A concentrated population between ages 25–34, representing higher income households and occupations consisting of Teachers and Business Professionals, exemplified the highest usage and self-efficacy of Pinterest. Low frequency of actual consumption through Pinterest, resulting in high visual consumption, curation of pins, and pinning behaviors were apparent throughout all socioeconomic factors, however the minimal actual consumption can be improved upon, as ease-of-use features are enhanced to embedded e-commerce and online blogs