Browsing by Subject "Health behavior"

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Don't Stress: Early Life Conditions, Hypertension, and Selection into Associated Risk Factors

McGovern, Mark (University College Dublin. School of Economics, 2012-10)

Early life conditions have been linked to various domains of later life health, including cardiovascular outcomes. Using life history data from 13 European countries, I find that childhood socioeconomic status and measures ...
Health interventions and risky behaviour

Madden, David (David Patrick) (The Economic and Social Research Institute, 2007)
Take up thy bed, and vote : measuring the relationship between voting behaviour and indicators of health

Denny, Kevin ; Doyle, Orla (Oxford University Press on behalf of the European Public Health Association, 2007)

In most countries health policy is an important part of the political agenda. Yet few studies have examined the relationship between the two. This study investigates the association between health and voter turnout in ...
Take up thy bed, and vote : measuring the relationship between voting behaviour and indicators of health

Denny, Kevin ; Doyle, Orla (University College Dublin; Geary Institute, 2005-11-14)

Individuals experiencing poor health are less likely to vote at election time, despite being the ones most affected by health policies implemented by the successful party. This paper investigates the relationship between ...