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Religion, Religiosity And Depression: Re-Assessing Their Relationship, Maximo Rossi, Shoshana Neuman, Natalia Melgar
Religion, Religiosity And Depression: Re-Assessing Their Relationship, Maximo Rossi, Shoshana Neuman, Natalia Melgar
Maximo Rossi
We provide evidence on the significant effect of religiosity (measured by attendance to religious services) on reducing depression. In particular, it is found a significant negative effect of religiosity on the probability of being depressed. Findings of previous studies are extended by showing that while the religious denomination seems to have a non-significant effect on the probably of depression, other aspects of religiosity, in particular the religious diversity of the country of residence does affect the prospects of depression. The probability of being depressed is higher, the lower the religious diversity. Other personal socio-economic variables have the expected and documented …
2012-2 Milton Friedman's Contributions To Macroeconomics And Their Influence, David Laidler
2012-2 Milton Friedman's Contributions To Macroeconomics And Their Influence, David Laidler
Economic Policy Research Institute. EPRI Working Papers
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Health Effects Associated With Foreclosure: A Secondary Analysis Of Hospital Discharge Data, Nancy N. Menzel, Sheniz Moonie, Melva V. Thompson-Robinson
Health Effects Associated With Foreclosure: A Secondary Analysis Of Hospital Discharge Data, Nancy N. Menzel, Sheniz Moonie, Melva V. Thompson-Robinson
Public Health Faculty Publications
Objectives. The purpose of this study was to assess the health effects of high home foreclosure rates in an area of the United States of America and the utility of hospital discharge data for this purpose. Methods.We analyzed hospital discharge data from three postal zip codes using the principal diagnosis for 25 Diagnostic Related Groups associated with stress. Descriptive statistics were used to characterize hospital discharge rates for each condition by year and zip code. To test for differences across time, the Cochran-Armitage trend test was performed. Results. Most conditions did not demonstrate a statistical change between 2005 and 2008. …