News tagged with household instability

Chaotic Households Contribute to Mothers' Obesity

Putting food on the table, struggling with unemployment and meeting the relentless needs of young children all contribute to household stress. Now, a new study finds that these pressures also increase the possibility that ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Feb 06, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0




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TVs you can talk to, without sounding crazy

Talking to the TV is usually a sign of extreme agitation, mental instability or loneliness. TV manufacturers are set to make it a more rational behavior this year, with a range of sets that respond to speech.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Jan 09, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Great Recession could reduce school achievement for children of unemployed

(PhysOrg.com) -- Lingering impacts of the Great Recession could include long-term stress, behavioral problems and economic hardship among children of the unemployed, according to researchers at the University of Chicago. ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Aug 30, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Alabama tornado team scours paths of killer storms

The Mobile Meteorological Measurement Vehicle - a worn-looking '90s-model Dodge Intrepid with classic rock on the radio, a tower of weather gauges attached to its roof and a laptop computer bolted to its dash - crested a ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 25, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Study finds key tax break has adverse effect on homeownership, social welfare

The American dream of owning a home with a white picket fence may stay a dream for many, according to a recent study by a Kansas State University economist.

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Mar 30, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Childhood psychological problems have long-term economic and social impact, study finds

Psychological problems experienced during childhood can have a long-lasting impact on an individual's life course, reducing people's earnings and decreasing the chances of establishing long-lasting relationships, according ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Mar 28, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (6) | comments 0 | with audio podcast

New health insurance survey: 9 million adults joined ranks of uninsured due to job loss in 2010

An estimated nine million working-age adults—57 percent of people who had health insurance through a job that was lost—became uninsured in the last two years, according to the Commonwealth Fund 2010 Biennial Health ...

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created Mar 16, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Young people now take longer to join adult life

A research study by the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), in collaboration with the State University of Campinas (Brazil), shows that young Spanish people were by 2001 taking six years longer than ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Feb 09, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (2) | comments 2

'Legacy of Katrina' report details impact of stalled recovery on mental health status of children

Five years ago Hurricane Katrina and the flooding of New Orleans caused the evacuation of 1.5 million Gulf Coast residents. After a year, 500,000 people remained displaced, many residing in highly transitional shelters, including ...

Medicine & Health / Health

created Aug 23, 2010 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Don't privatize banks too soon

The research, led by Professor Panicos Demetriades of the University of Leicester, suggests that privatising government owned banks without having an effective system of regulation in place can result in a collapse of depositors' ...

Other Sciences / Economics & Business

created Jan 28, 2010 | popularity 1 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Family stability may be more crucial than two parents for child success

The advantage that children get from living in two-parent families may actually be due to family stability more than the fact that their parents are married. A new study finds that children who who are born and grow up in ...

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created Aug 31, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0


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