As some comorbidity contraindicates chemotherapy while other diseases do not, this is an asset in the present study.
Katapa [ 46] found that female-headed households in Tanzania were more likely to have children under the age of five, fewer than six occupants, fewer adult males, no radio (a common household asset in the current study) and to be generally poorer than male-headed households.
Both land size and livestock number are the most important assets of farmers in the study areas.
Standard assets were used in the study for both urban and rural dwellers so as to objectively and uniformly assess the SES of the households.
Similar pattern of scores were found when the analysis was done separately for rural, urban and region of residence confirming that these assets represent wealth in the study population irrespective of urbanization level or region.
Global macro and equity long-short strategies are expected to see the greatest increase in capital allocation by asset weight, the study found.
In the first stage, the qualitative approaches of Rapid Rural Appraisal (RRA) proposed by Chambers (1994) were applied in the form of focus group discussions to gain insight into the types of common coping practices and the major socioeconomic asset patterns of the households in the study area.
In contrast to East Germany, where the tremendous air pollution decline in the 1990s went hand in hand with dramatic political and social changes, the political and social system in Switzerland has been very stable for many decades, which is an asset in our study.
Results were strongly associated for modelled and actual travel-time to health care service locations [ 23]." The following variables were considered as exposures in the study: household asset index, woman's education, woman's age, parity.
Still, endowments at the 850 colleges and universities included in the study — representing $346.5 billion in assets — are not back to their prerecession levels.
