Sökning: "Quintile Regressions"

Hittade 3 avhandlingar innehållade orden Quintile Regressions.

  1. 1. Explaining Earnings and Income Inequality in Chile

    Författare :Alexis Palma; Göteborgs universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Income Inequality; Inequality Decomposition; Chile; Labor Market; Informal Sector; Bootstrap; Quintile Regressions;

    Sammanfattning : The focal point of all papers in this thesis is income inequality in Chile. In some of them household income is analyzed, in others monthly earnings or the wage rate are used. In the first and fourth paper a long-run analysis is done, while in the second and third I concentrate my attention only on the 1990s. LÄS MER

  3. 2. The Impact of Birth Weight on Cardiovascular Risk Factors, Coronary Heart Disease and Prostate Cancer : Population-based Studies of Men Born in 1913 and Followed up Until Old Age

    Författare :Margaretha Eriksson; Kurt Svärdsudd; Lena Hulthén; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :MEDICIN OCH HÄLSOVETENSKAP; MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES; birth weight; coronary heart disease; cardiovascular disease; diabetes; blood pressure; hypertension; cholesterol; prostate cancer; cohort studies; follow-up studies; Family medicine; Allmänmedicin;

    Sammanfattning : Objectives. To study whether birth weight (BW) was correlated to cardiovascular risk factors, coronary heart disease (CHD), cardiovascular disease (CVD), and prostate cancer (PCA) at adult ages, whether a possible relationship depended on mediating factors from birth time, hereditary circumstances, and adult life variables, and what importance possible associations might have for the rate of the complaint in the general population. LÄS MER

  4. 3. Alcohol-related harm among youth in Sweden

    Författare :Siri Thor; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Compared to before the turn of the millennium, adolescents are now less likely to drink alcohol and to engage in heavy episodic drinking, both in Sweden and in many other countries. However, in societies where alcohol is consumed, alcohol-related harm is almost always present and alcohol consumption is still the leading risk factor for mortality and morbidity among 15–24-year-olds and is related to a wide range of adverse consequences. LÄS MER