dc.contributor.author |
James, Kyler Rumsey |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2011-08-23T16:31:53Z |
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dc.date.available |
2011-08-23T16:31:53Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2011-06 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
http://hdl.handle.net/1794/11508 |
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dc.description |
ix, 53 p. : ill. |
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dc.description.abstract |
Russian men are over two and a half times more likely to die before 60 than are Russian women. Aggregate national indicators of state policy, health care and individual behavior are examined in a time-series analysis of male and female mortality rates from 1990 to 2008. Data come from the Russian State Statistical Office (Goskomstat) and the World Bank. There is a debate in both demographic literature and that on post-Soviet transition about changes in mortality in post-socialist society. Hypotheses about the relative impact of individual behavior such as alcohol consumption, the effect of changes to the healthcare system and economic stability are studied. A goal of this study is to understand the relative contribution of each factor to gender-based inequality in mortality rates. The findings show that the different types of variables - health care, the economy and human behavior - vary in their level of significance and in effect. |
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dc.description.sponsorship |
Committee in charge: Caleb Southworth, Chairperson;
Julie Hessler, Member |
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dc.language.iso |
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dc.publisher |
University of Oregon |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
University of Oregon theses, Russian and East European Studies Program, M.A., 2011; |
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dc.subject |
East European studies |
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dc.subject |
Demography |
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dc.subject |
Sociology |
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dc.subject |
Alcohol |
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dc.subject |
Alcoholism -- Russia (Federation) |
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dc.subject |
Mortality -- Russia (Federation) -- Sex differences |
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dc.subject |
Russia (Federation) |
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dc.title |
Reasons for Russia's High Adult Mortality Rate: Correlations with Health Care, the Economy and Individual Behavior |
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dc.type |
Thesis |
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