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| Nr. 3 / 2022 - What about the Children? Disparities in the Housing Conditions of Roma and Ethnic Romanian Children |
Extending an earlier study that we published in this journal (Khanna, Cutler, Marin, 2021), this research examines the following question: Do the housing conditions of Roma children in Romania differ...
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| Nr. 1 / 2021 - Hearing Loss, Visual Acuity, and Cognitive Limitations Among Older Persons: What Matters? |
Research examining sensory impairments has been beset by several problems. To overcome these limitations, we use IPUMS-I data from the University of Minnesota. These census-type data have an N of over...
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| Nr. 3 / 2021 - Differences in Housing Conditions between Adult Roma and Adult Romanians |
This study addresses two questions: (1) Do the housing characteristics of people who self-reported themselves as Roma differ from the housing characteristics of people who self-reported themselves as ...
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| Nr. 2 / 2020 - On the Relationship Between Self-Rated Hearing and Memory in Romania |
Background: The ways people evaluate their hearing and memory are included in many surveys and Censuses across the globe. The United Nations Washington Group on Disability Statistics included self-rat...
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| Nr. 4 / 2018 - Self-Rated Hearing and Self-Rated Memory II: A Cross-Sectional Analysis of SHARE Data from 18 European Nations |
Purpose: Recent work indicates a connection between hearing loss and dementia. Our prior research has added to this by showing strong relationships between self-reported hearing ability and self-repor...
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| Nr. 1 / 2018 - Long-Term Influence of Subjective Hearing Assessment on Subjective Memory Functioning: Results from the Health and Retirement Study |
Purpose: Recent research demonstrates an association between hearing ability and dementia. Despite these findings, mechanisms underlying the relationship remain unclear. Here we examine one such mecha...
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| Nr. 3 / 2015 - Population Ageing and Volunteering in Romania |
Population ageing will lead to a dramatic change in Romania’s age structure. Future cohorts of older Romanians will be more numerous and they are likely to be more highly educated, be in better heal...
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| Nr. 3 / 2014 - Is Health Affected by Dementia Worries and Concerns about Cognitive Functioning? |
The purpose of this research is to determine whether health is affected by concerns about cognitive functioning and worries about developing dementia. Methods: The analysis is based on three waves of...
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| Nr. 3 / 2013 - Concerns about Cognitive Functioning, Dementia Worries, and Psychological Well-Being |
Objectives: We seek to determine whether psychological well-being is affected by concerns about cognitive functioning and worries about developing dementia. Methods: We use three waves of data colle...
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| Nr. 1 / 2012 - Long-term Implications for Widowhood of Romania’s Decree No. 770 |
Romania’s Decree No. 770, issued in 1966 with little warning and banning most abortions, had the effect of creating a sudden and dramatic, but short-lived baby boom. An eventual outcome of the major...
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| Nr. 1 / 2011 - Genetics, Family Dynamics and Well-Being |
As our understanding of human genetics increases, social workers and family gerontologists would do well to take into account the role of genetic legacies in family dynamics and well-being. To illustr...
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