Residence Characteristics - Statistics & numerical data
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Sunday, November 22, 2009

Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study.

24 Oct 2009 OBJECTIVE: To examine mortality in a representative nationwide sample of homeless and marginally housed people living in shelters, rooming houses, and hotels. DESIGN: Follow-up study. SETTING: Canada 1991-2001. PARTICIPANTS: 15 100 homeless and ... Read more...

Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study.

4 Oct 2009 The authors used data from the Black Women's Health Study to assess the association between neighborhood urban form and physical activity. Women reported hours/week of utilitarian and exercise walking and of vigorous activity in 1995 and on biennial ... Read more...

Area disadvantage, socioeconomic position and women's contraception use: a multilevel study in the UK.

29 Sep 2009 BACKGROUND AND METHODOLOGY: This study aimed to investigate associations between area-level socioeconomic disadvantage (central heating, car ownership and residents in professional occupations), individual-level socioeconomic position (social class ... Read more...

Latest indexed articles for 'Residence Characteristics - Statistics & numerical data'

These are the very latest articles for this heading:

• Mortality among residents of shelters, rooming houses, and hotels in Canada: 11 year follow-up study. 24 Oct 2009
• Prospective study of urban form and physical activity in the Black Women's Health Study. 4 Oct 2009
• Area disadvantage, socioeconomic position and women's contraception use: a multilevel study in the UK. 29 Sep 2009
• Epidemiology of anesthesia-related complications in labor and delivery, New York State, 2002-2005. 29 Sep 2009
• Comparisons between geographies of mortality and deprivation from the 1900s and 2001: spatial analysis of census and mortality statistics. 8 Sep 2009
• Neighborhood food environments and Body Mass Index: the importance of in-store contents. 30 Aug 2009
• Neighborhood safety, socioeconomic status, and physical activity in older adults. 30 Aug 2009
• Exploring nonresponse bias in a health survey using neighborhood characteristics. 18 Aug 2009
• Urban built environments and trajectories of mobility disability: findings from a national sample of community-dwelling American adults (1986-2001). 26 Jul 2009
• Disparities in access to over-the-counter nicotine replacement products in New York City pharmacies. 26 Jul 2009
• Comparison of commission on cancer-approved and -nonapproved hospitals in the United States: implications for studies that use the National Cancer Data Base. 25 Jul 2009
• Community demographics and access to health care among U.S. Hispanics. 11 Jul 2009
• Social capital and perceived health in Japan: an ecological and multilevel analysis. 30 Jun 2009
• Efficacy of an accelerometer-guided physical activity intervention in community-dwelling older women. 29 Jun 2009
• Changes in community socioeconomic status and racial distribution associated with gonorrhea rates: an analysis at the community level. 29 Jun 2009
• Differences in the drinking behaviors of Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese college students. 29 Jun 2009
• Geographical distribution of surgical capabilities and disparities in the use of high-volume providers: the case of coronary artery bypass graft. 29 Jun 2009
• Hierarchical additive modeling of nonlinear association with spatial correlations--an application to relate alcohol outlet density and neighborhood assault rates. 28 Jun 2009
• Neighborhood environments and physical activity among adults in 11 countries. 30 May 2009
• The protective effect of community factors on childhood asthma. 15 May 2009

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Technical information about 'Residence Characteristics'

Definition: Elements of residence that characterize a population. They are applicable in determining need for and utilization of health services.

Descriptor UI: D012111

Alternative terms: Residence Characteristics; Characteristic, Residence; Characteristics, Residence; Residence Characteristic; Domicile; Domiciles; Residential Selection; Residential Selections; Selection, Residential; Selections, Residential; Neighborhood; Neighborhoods; Place of Birth; Birth Place; Community; Communities; Living Arrangements; Arrangement, Living; Arrangements, Living; Living Arrangement;

Allowable Qualifiers: classification; statistics & numerical data;

Tree Number: N01.224.791; N06.850.505.400.800;

History Note: 68

Technical Notes: specify geog if pertinent