The current article summarizes the results of a comprehensive review of the international
research published between 1990 and 2010. The research was focused on the prevalence …

Aim This study aimed to explore single mothers' self‐assessed level of health status
compared to partnered mothers and the relevant factors associated with it. Background The …

" The level is appropriate for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate-level statistics major.
Sampling: Design and Analysis (SDA) will also benefit a non-statistics major with a desire to …

Social structures and socioeconomic patterns are the major determinants of population
health. However, very few previous studies have simultaneously analysed the “social” and …

Background Participation in epidemiologic studies is steadily declining, which may result in
selection bias. It is therefore an ongoing challenge to clarify the determinants of participation …

Nonresponse is a prominent problem in sample surveys. At face value, it reduces the trust in
survey estimates. Nonresponse undermines the probability-based inferential mechanism …

This study aimed to explore relations between Internet use, socio-economic status (SES),
social support and subjective health. Participants were from representative samples …

Background Frailty has been demonstrated to negatively influence dental service-use and
oral self-care behavior of older people. The aim of this study was to explore how the type …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the extent to which older people are willing to engage in different
falls prevention activities, and how this may vary in different sectors of the older population …

Objectives Loneliness has been associated with unhealthy behavior, poorer health, and
increased morbidity. However, the costs of loneliness are poorly understood. Methods …