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Low-income women 4 times more likely to report fair or poor health

Medicine & Health / Health

created Nov 30, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Low-income women are four times more likely than higher-income women to report fair or poor health and nearly twice as likely to report a health condition that limits their basic physical activities, according to a new policy ...


Attending community college does make you richer, study says

Other Sciences / Economics

created Oct 22, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

A recent study by Dave Marcotte, Ph.D., from the University of Maryland Baltimore County found women graduating from community college with a 2-year degree earn 45.8% more annually than high school educated women. Men who ...


Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S

Invisible immigrants: Research sheds light on foreign-born seniors in the U.S

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Oct 19, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

(PhysOrg.com) -- The nearly 80,000 immigrants older than 65 who arrive in the U.S. each year are often overlooked by society because they don't hold paid jobs or speak fluent English, says UC Irvine sociology ...


Poorer people still excluded from top professions

Poorer people still excluded from top professions

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 13, 2009 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (6) | comments 2

(PhysOrg.com) -- Doctors and lawyers are more likely to come from wealthy backgrounds according to new research from the Department of Economics that indicates that the ‘social gap’ that prevents poorer people ...


Out-of-pocket health-care costs rise for workers with employer coverage

Medicine & Health / Health

created Jun 02, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

The 161 million Americans with employer-sponsored health insurance are facing substantial increases in out-of-pocket (OOP) costs, according to a study published today on the Health Affairs Web site.