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Psychometric properties of the Pelvic Organ Prolapse Symptom Score
(Blackwells, 2009-01)Objective To assess the internal consistency, construct validity and sensitivity to change of a pelvic organ prolapse symptom score (POP-SS). Design Analysis of data from three prolapse studies, including symptomatic and ... -
How to get research into practice : first get practice into research
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Understanding consumption within a residential care home : an interpretation of George’s everyday experiences of life and death
(2007-07-02)We are witnessing perhaps the most important shift in the history of mankind – the rapid ageing of the earths population. This trend raises such issues as elderly care giving and living arrangements in old age. By virtue, ... -
Is Unemployment harmful to health? Evidence from Britain
(2007-03-07)This paper investigates the effects of unemployment on health in Britain. It examines the effects of socio-economic variables on the duration of spells of good health by using an accelerated failure time model. Two different ... -
Things Can Only get Worse? An Empirical Examination of the Peter Principle.
(2006)The results reported in this paper suggest the possible operation of the Peter Principle in a large hierarchical financial sector firm. This result holds even after we allow for variation in optimal effort over stages in ... -
Do Career Prospects Make Happy Workers? Evidence from Panel Data
(University of Aberdeen Business School, 2006)This paper investigates the relationship between career profile, job tenure, earnings and job satisfaction utilising the British Household Panel Survey Dataset (BHPS). Career status is modelled as an endogenous variable, ... -
Who are the moonlighters and why they moonlight: Evidence for rural communities
(University of Aberdeen Business School, 2004-11)This paper examines the incidence of and reasons for moonlighting in the context of rural communities where multiple-job holding is viewed as an important means of promoting sustainability of these communities. Drawing ...