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Metropolitan area

About: Metropolitan area is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 26029 publications have been published within this topic receiving 385648 citations. The topic is also known as: metro & metro area.


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TL;DR: In this article, an analysis of the role of spouse roles in economic decisions in the metropolitan family is presented, focusing on the distribution of influence among family members in a household. But the focus of this paper is not on the economic decisions, but on the relationship between spouses.
Abstract: ONSUMER decision making is one of the central themes of psychological economics. An extremely important aspect of this problem area is the question of wlo within the family usually makes certain decisions. The present paper is concerned with an analysis of husbandwife roles in arriving at some economic decisions which are frequently faced by the metropolitan family. A considerable amount of research has been directed toward an analysis of the distribution of influence among family members. These investigations have ranged from broad studies of the "balance

90 citations

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TL;DR: In this paper, an interdependent model of residential and employment location was developed and empirically tested using census tract data from the Boston metropolitan area, where access to workers was included in employment location equations together with standard employment location variables, and access to jobs is included in residential location equations along with standard residential location variables.

89 citations

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TL;DR: The Tucson Bird Count (TBC) as mentioned in this paper is a volunteer-based, citywide bird monitoring project in which skilled observers surveyed the breeding bird community at hundreds of sites throughout Tucson, Arizona, USA.

89 citations

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TL;DR: Male youth suicide rates rose substantially over the 30 years in all Australian States, whereas female rates did not increase, and changes in method-specific suicide rates and, in particular, firearm and hanging suicide rates in rural and metropolitan areas are investigated.
Abstract: OBJECTIVES: (i) To compare suicide rates in 15-24 year old men and women; and (ii) for 15-24 year old men, to investigate differences in suicide rates between metropolitan and rural area, and changes in method-specific suicide rates and, in particular, firearm and hanging suicide rates in rural and metropolitan areas. DESIGN: Retrospective analysis of Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) suicide data (1964-1993). SETTING: All Australian States. SUBJECTS: Young women and men aged 15-24 years who died by suicide. RESULTS: Male youth suicide rates rose substantially over the 30 years in all Australian States, whereas female rates did not increase. Increases in suicide rates in young men in small rural towns consistently exceeded those in metropolitan areas in all Australian States. Metropolitan rates in 1964 were higher than those in small rural towns, but by 1993 the position was reversed. Medium-sized cities were the only areas where there was no consistent interstate trend. Differences were noted in suicide base rates in different States. High car exhaust suicide rates were noted in Western Australia, and high firearm suicide rates in Tasmania and Queensland. The ratio of firearm suicide rates in small rural areas to those in metropolitan areas rose in all mainland States, but the same ratio for hanging suicide rates changed little. CONCLUSIONS: All Australian States reflect national suicide trend in relation to sex and residential area. In some States, particular suicide methods predominate. A decreasing trend in overall firearm suicide rates in young men in all States from 1984 to 1993 conceals substantial increases in firearm suicide rates in small rural areas in all mainland States over the 30-year period. This, together with the marked rate ratio difference in firearm suicides between metropolitan and small rural areas, suggests that particular risk factors for suicide are operating in small rural areas. The fact that hanging rate ratios changed little suggests that more general factors in male youth suicide are also operating in all areas. A better understanding of similarities and differences in health risks faced by metropolitan and rural youth is required.

89 citations


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No. of papers in the topic in previous years
YearPapers
20232,189
20224,773
20211,006
20201,173
20191,025
20181,191