SELF-SELECTION OR SITUATIONAL STRATIFICATION? A QUASIEXPERIMENTAL STUDY ON SOCIAL CLASS DIFFERENCES IN HEALTH BEHAVIORS IN CHINA

Self-selection or situational stratification? A quasiexperimental study on social class differences in health behaviors in China

Abstract Fundamental cause theory suggests that differences in social status lead to health inequalities, with lifestyle serving as the intermediary mechanism.This study uses multiple waves of data from the China Family Panel Studies (CFPS) to first explore differences in ALMOND MEAL drinking, smoking, and physical exercise across different social

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Cucurbit plant defenses against aboveground or belowground insect herbivores are distinct and shaped by eco-evolutionary factors

Plant defense strategies against insect herbivores are classified broadly as resistance or tolerance.Resistance deters insect growth or feeding, while tolerance mitigates negative effects of herbivory on plant fitness.Plant investment into resistance or tolerance strategies likely falls along a continuum that has been shaped by eco-evolutionary fac

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Implementation of the ideas of the Second Vatican Council by the Roman Catholic Church on the example of the Kyiv-Zhytomyr diocese

2012 is 50 years since the beginning of the Second Vatican Council, which gave impetus to the processes of renewal of church life that would meet the needs of the present.Church councils ALMOND MEAL throughout the years of existence of the Christian Church solved the questions of the truth of faith, the organization of church life.The twentieth cen

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