Showing papers on "Cohort study published in 1976"
TL;DR: For example, the authors found that the number of siblings does influence the size of a family, and that this relationship is stronger among women who were first-born that later-born, stronger for those not experiencing intergenerational change and stronger among those who at age 16 were satisfied with their parental family than for those who were dissatisfied.
Abstract: Studies of family size in successive generations have found a small but persistently positive effect of size of family of orientation. Recent work has suggested that this relationship may be influenced by birth order, intergenerational change in lifestyle, and familial satisfaction. Data from a 24-year longitudinal study of women in Pennsylvania indicate that number of siblings does influence size of family of procreation. More important, this relationship is stronger among women who were first-born that later-born, stronger for those not experiencing intergenerational change than for those who changed, and stronger among those who at age 16 were satisfied with their parental family than for those who were dissatisfied.
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TL;DR: The prevalence of cough increased between the ages of 20 and 25 among those who smoked throughout or who started to smoke during this period and declined for those who never smoked and for thosewho were smoking at 20 but had given up by 25.
Abstract: A survey of the respiratory symptoms and smoking habits of a population of 20-year-olds – followed since birth -was repeated when they reached the age of 25. The association of cough prevalence with c
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TL;DR: Although those who commit arson have hitherto been regarded as possessing a persistent tendency, often linked to sexual perversion, they probably represent a quite small proportion of all who are convicted of arson, most of whom are never reconvicted of this offence and at the time had a much more ordinary motivation of spite or well-concealed retaliation for injury or insult.
Abstract: INTRODUCTION Very little is known about the tendency of offenders to repeat particular offences, especially if they are unusual and serious; yet there are many situations—when a judge passes sentence or when the Parole Board considers suitability for release—when an estimate has to be made of the risk, especially of repeating very serious offences. Those who commit arson have hitherto been regarded— partly as the result of detailed psychiatric studies of small and selected samples (McKerracher and Dacre, 1966; Hurley and Monahan , 1969; Tennent et a l , 1971)—as possessing a persistent tendency, often linked to sexual perversion, which makes them particularly dangerous. Yet a study by one of the present authors (Soothill and Pope, 1973) suggested that although such individ uals certainly exist they probably represent a quite small proportion of all who are con victed of arson, most of whom are never reconvicted of this offence and at the time had a much more ordinary motivation of spite or well-concealed retaliation for injury or insult.
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TL;DR: Community surveillance studies of CVD should limit their inquiries to hard endpoints, i.e. those that are fatal or hospitalized, and community-physician reporting should be used only as an adjunctive surveillance tool because of its low additional yield when used in combination with hospital and death certificate surveillance.
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TL;DR: The overall findings indicate early health selection prior to pensionable disability and/or death in men working in foundries in 1950--1972 is indicated.
Abstract: The quantity, reasons, and health selection involved in labor turnover were studied with the use of questionnaires and employers' records The basic material was the personnel of 20 representative foundries The turnover in 1950-1972 was estimated from a sample of 588 workers The causes and health selection were studied with questionnaires put to the 1,789 current employees (91% response), the 493 foundrymen who had left after at least 5 years of exposure (the 5-year-plus men, 71% response) and 424 of those who had left after less than 1 year of exposure (the l-year-minus men, 55% response) The men were asked to describe their present and earlier work at the foundry, the nature and duration of their exposure, diagnosed lung and heart diseases, and chronic bronchitis and angina pectoris and to assess their present and former state of health and work capacity The disability analysis was based on a sample of 2,834 men whose data were taken from the Social Insurance Register The disability findings were compared to expected values based on the Finnish male population Turnover proved to be rapid; short periods of employment predominated The major reasons for leaving were poor work conditions, physically demanding work, low pay, and poor health The turnover was fastest in dusty occupations Relatively more exfoundrymen, both 5-year-plus and l-year-minus, than current employees felt their health and/or work capacity to be poor More of the older men in the 5-year-plus group than men of the same age in the current group had chronic bronchitis and diagnosed lung disorders Both the 5-year-plus and the l-year-minus exfoundrymen had relatively more diagnosed heart disorders than did the current employees The disability prevalences of the foundrymen in any category of diseases did not exceed the expected values based on the male population The overall findings indicate early health selection prior to pensionable disability and/or death
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Dissertation•
01 Jan 1976
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