Inadequate social networks and weak social support affected intrauterine growth, especially among socially deprived women [ 61].
Their frustration threatens already weak social cohesion in the western hemisphere's most impoverished nation.
A weak Social Democratic government now rules in coalition with Mr. Klaus's conservatives.
Mr. Du also criticized the focus on public works projects instead of the country's weak social services network.
"We thought there would be a weak social influence and a stronger social influence," Mr. Reed-Tsochas said.
According to the anti-government ideology that dominates much U.S. political discussion, low taxes and a weak social safety net are essential to prosperity.
Weak social care, community care and primary care services put pressure on the acute sector to deal with patients that should ideally have been treated elsewhere.
Their work, just published in Psychological Science, argues that simply putting someone into a weak social position impairs his cognitive function.
In a country like the United States, with a young immigrant base and relatively weak social welfare net, the positive impact is great, the study found.
On top of that, the state's overheated housing market went into decline with the mortgage crisis, overburdening already weak social service systems.
But getting Chinese consumers to spend more will not be easy, analysts say, particularly in a nation with a relatively weak social safety net.
