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Quality of Life of High School Students in the City of Caracas, Venezuela

2016

This chapter presents the preliminary analysis of a research study carried out in the course of 2013 in Caracas, Venezuela – on the quality of life of high school students, by using the PWI (2006) translated and adapted into an Argentine version (Tonon and Aguirre 2009) and the ESCVP (Scale of Satisfaction with Life in the Country, Tonon 2009, 2011). For this purpose, a sampling was compiled of 801 high school students attending five educational institutions (three private schools and two state schools), comprising 425 boys and 376 girls between 12 and 18 years of age. Satisfaction indicators of personal well-being showed differences between students studying in state schools and those atte…

Social isolation and physical activity mediate associations between free bus travel and wellbeing among older adults in England

2019

Background: Aims of this study were: (i) to examine relationships between free bus travel and wellbeing, and (ii) to assess the extent to which these associations can be explained by two key potential mediators: social isolation and physical activity. Methods: Data were from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing (n = 5861). Linear regression models tested associations between (i) concessionary bus pass (CBP) ownership and (ii) frequency of CBP use and three measures of wellbeing (quality of life, life satisfaction, depressive symptoms), adjusting for age, sex, marital status, socioeconomic status and limiting long-standing illness. Mediation analyses tested the role of (i) social isolati…

2017

In Germany, a biennial preventive health check-up has been available for individuals aged 35 and older since 1989. The check-up includes identification of cardiovascular disease risk factors and examinations for diabetes mellitus type 2 and kidney disease. Participation in preventive health check-ups among 19,351 women aged 35 to 74 in Germany in 2004 was investigated. Logistic regression was performed to examine associations between participation and age, marital status, education, socio-economic status (SES) and region of residence. In total, 53.4% of women attended at least every two years, 23.4% attended irregularly and 23.2% never attended. In adjusted models, single, divorced, separat…

Progression of functional limitations in relation to physical activity: a life course approach

2010

Abstract In this minireview, we summarize the research results to date on the progression of functional limitations and the role of physical activity during the life course in preventing risk factor accumulation. In addition, socioeconomic and health disparities play a role in the development process of functional limitation throughout life. We discuss the potential role of physical activity in alleviating this process. Functional limitations usually develop gradually over an extended period of time while the level of physical functioning varies greatly already from midlife onwards. Current research strongly suggests that physical activity has a beneficial effect on functional limitations a…

Relocating within the university : proposal of a relocation rate based on a study of educational trajectories

2017

La universidad ha vivido transformaciones importantes en los últimos años como es la expansión de una mayor heterogeneidad en el perfil de los estudiantes. Esta realidad ha implicado cambios significativos en el acceso a la universidad, los resultados y la salida hacia el mercado laboral de los universitarios. Los estudiantes provienen de entornos socioeconómicos diferentes, de vías de acceso diversas y se incorporan a la universidad con distintas expectativas y ritmos están produciendo una diversificación de las trayectorias educativas. En este sentido, esta diversificación conduce a una mayor frecuencia de trayectorias que desencadenan cambios de grado y abandonos de los estudios, lo que …

Participation and performance trends in multistage ultramarathons—the ‘Marathon des Sables’ 2003–2012

2012

Abstract Background The purpose of this study was to investigate participation and performance changes in the multistage ultramarathon ‘Marathon des Sables’ from 2003 to 2012. Methods Participation and performance trends in the four- or six-stage running event covering approximately 250 km were analyzed with special emphasis on the nationality and age of the athletes. The relations between gender, age, and nationality of finishers and performance were investigated using regression analyses and analysis of variance. Results Between 2003 and 2012, a number of 7,275 athletes with 938 women (12.9%) and 6,337 men (87.1%) finished the Marathon des Sables. The finisher rate in both women (r 2 = 0.…

Deepen Into the Social Segregation of Secondary Schools in the Community of Madrid

2021

Recientes estudios han mostrado que la segregación escolar por nivel socioeconómico en la Comunidad de Madrid es muy alta, la más alta de España, y una de las más elevadas de Europa. Esta investigación profundiza en el conocimiento de la segregación escolar por nivel socioeconómico en educación secundaria con datos recientes mediante la consecución de tres objetivos: a) estimando su magnitud con diversas estrategias, calculando su perfil para 19 grupos minoritarios y comparándola con otras Comunidades; b) estudiando el papel de los centros públicos, privados concertados y no concertados; y c) determinando la aportación del programa de bilingüismo a la segregación. Se realiza una explotación…

The Governance of Metropolitan Areas: Problems and Alternatives in the Spanish Case

2013

In federalist thinking, a constant is the tension in defining optimal levels of government, its territorial scope and functions. These questions are particularly difficult at the local level. This is where we find that the differences between various forms of structuring local governments are vast. This is the case from the point of view of their legal status. In Spain, for example, we find municipalities, provinces, island authorities, counties, metropolitan areas, communities, consortia, local entities below the municipal level and other juridical forms. However, it is also the case from the point of view of their socioeconomic characteristics. Thus, for instance, it is difficult to compa…

Assessment of Socio-Economic Status Relevance for Latvian Electoral Participation

2016

In many countries, there is increasing concern about the decrease in the level of electoral participation in all types of elections. The situation in Latvia is not an exception. Despite the fact that the first scientific studies of electoral participation analysis date back to the 1940s–1950s, it is still relevant today to understand and explain the factors that affect the citizen’s choice (not) to participate in elections. The goal of this chapter was to find the factors that influence participation in elections in Latvia, and indirectly how it may affect local government and urban governance processes in the country. Using data from two elections in Latvia—local elections in 2013 and elec…

The ABC of society: Perceived similarity in agency/socioeconomic success and conservative-progressive beliefs increases intergroup cooperation

2020

Abstract The dimensions that explain which societal groups cooperate more with which other groups remain unclear. We predicted that perceived similarity in agency/socioeconomic success and conservative-progressive beliefs increases cooperation across groups. Self-identified members (N = 583) of 30 society-representative U.S. groups (gays, Muslims, Blacks, upper class, women, Democrats, conservatives etc.) played an incentivized one-time continuous prisoner's dilemma game with one self-identified member of each of these groups. Players knew nothing of each other except one group membership. Consistent with the ABC (agency-beliefs-communion) model of spontaneous stereotypes, perceived self-gr…