The post-retirement onset of a major medical condition, and, for married women, the loss of their spouse, are both associated with small increases in the probability of reporting very low wealth, but they account for a small fraction of low-wealth outcomes.
Real assets are not significant, which may be the net outcome of a positive wealth effect and a negative lock-in effect stemming from homeownership.
And, as new research has shown, "family wealth" predicts outcomes for 10 to 15 generations.
We chose the Pietra trial because of the wealth of outcomes data it provided and the between-study-arm similarity in subject characteristics compared to other available published studies.
In addition to assessing the two-dimensional relationships between wealth and health outcomes, or wealth and exposure, we considered a three-way analysis of outcome by exposure and wealth in Table 4 presenting concentration indices for each outcome by exposure group.
From U.S. business schools, where future CEOs are taught meditation, to the annual gathering in Davos, Switzerland, where this week leaders from around the world are coming together in sessions with titles such as "Health Is Wealth," "Creating Healthier Outcomes" and "Mindfully Yours," well-being is getting prioritized right alongside growth and profit.
Figures 5 and 6 show a strong association between wealth and health outcomes in the Burkina Faso HIV survey.
In light of the high prevalence of CSA and the wealth of deleterious outcomes associated with this abusive experience, it stands to reason that research attention must turn toward preventing CSA.
Since these are relative measures, it was not possible to make direct comparisons of quintiles across sites, but it is possible to compare health outcomes across wealth quintiles within each site/country, and time-trends in outcomes by wealth quintile across all sites.
