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Gender Differences in Financial Literacy among Hong Kong Workers
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Yu, Kar-Ming; Wu, Alfred M.; Chan, Wai-Sum; Chou, Kee-Lee – Educational Gerontology, 2015
Using a phone survey conducted in 2012, we examined whether there is a gender difference in financial literacy among Hong Kong workers; and if such a difference exists, whether it can be explained by gender differences in sociodemographic variables, social or psychological factors, and/or the outcomes of retirement planning. Results show a gender…
Descriptors: Educational Gerontology, Gender Differences, Money Management, Telephone Surveys
Predictors of Condom Use in Latino Migrant Day Laborers
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Organista, Kurt C.; Ehrlich, Samantha F. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2008
This article reports on predictors of condom use with casual female sex partners on the part of Latino migrant day laborers in the San Francisco Bay Area. Results come from a secondary analysis of data from a cross-sectional survey using convenience sampling to interview 290 sexually active adult, male, migrant Latino day laborers. Regression…
Descriptors: Spouses, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Laborers, Foreign Countries
Job Needs and Satisfactions: A Comparison of High Risk and Low Risk Occupations.
Yates, Veseth S.; Zedeck, Sheldon – 1976
The relationship between satisfaction and need hierarchies as a function of high risk (HR) or low risk (LR) in a job was examined. Results indicated that there were significant differences in satisfaction for a set of 25 job characteristics between HR (N=93) and LR (N=82) workers. In contrast, there were no real differences in need hierarchies for…
Descriptors: Expectation, Job Satisfaction, Laborers, Needs Assessment
Towards a Structural-Environmental Model of Risk for HIV and Problem Drinking in Latino Labor Migrants: The Case of Day Laborers
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Organista, Kurt C. – Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work, 2007
The purpose of this article is to describe a researchable conceptual model of structural-environmental (SE) risk for HIV and problem drinking in Latino labor migrants (LLMs) in the United States, with an emphasis on day laborers. Implications for developing SE prevention interventions that target risky situations, embedded in stressful living and…
Descriptors: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), Research Methodology, Prevention, Sexually Transmitted Diseases
Alcohol Use and Problem Drinking among Male Mexican and Central American Im/migrant Laborers: A Review of the Literature
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Worby, Paula A.; Organista, Kurt C. – Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 2007
This review addresses a growing concern regarding alcohol use in adult male Latino im/migrant laborers in the United States. The review draws from alcohol studies focusing on "Hispanic" populations, and from health behavior studies of Latino im/migrant laborers, research that includes alcohol use. Specifically, this review addresses (a) alcohol…
Descriptors: Health Behavior, Alcohol Abuse, Laborers, Migrants
The Prevalence of Mental Health Problems in Ethiopian Child Laborers
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Fekadu, Daniel; Alem, Atalay; Hagglof, Bruno – Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 2006
Background: Child labor refers to a state when a child is involved in exploitative economical activities that are mentally, physically, and socially hazardous. There are no prevalence studies on the magnitude of psychiatric disorders among child laborers. Methods: A cross-sectional population survey was conducted in Addis Ababa using the…
Descriptors: Mental Disorders, Foreign Countries, Children, Surveys