Sex, marijuana and babybooms. We study the behavioral changes caused by marijuana use on sexual activity, contraception, and birth counts by applying a differences-in-differences approach that exploits the variation in timing of the introduction of medical marijuana laws (MMLs) among states. We find that MMLs cause an increase in sexual activity, a reduction in contraceptive use conditional
Quality of life at the retirement transition: Life course pathways in an early 'babyboom' birth cohort. Promoting quality of life (QoL) in later life is an important policy goal. However, studies using prospective data to explore the mechanisms by which earlier events influence QoL in older age are lacking. This study is the first to use prospective data to investigate pathways by which a range of measures of life-course socioeconomic status contribute to later-life QoL. The study uses data from the Newcastle Thousand Families Study cohort (N = 1142), an early 'baby-boom' birth cohort born in 1947 in Newcastle upon Tyne, an industrial city in north-east England. Using prospective survey data collected between birth and later adulthood (N = 393), a path analysis investigated the effects
The Importance of the BabyBoom Cohort and the Great Recession in Understanding Age, Period, and Cohort Patterns in Happiness Twenge, Sherman, and Lyubomirsky (TSL) claim that long-term cultural changes have increased young adults' happiness while reducing mature adults' happiness. To establish their conclusion, TSL use trend analyses, as well as more sophisticated mixed-effects models
Enhanced somatic embryogenesis in Theobroma cacao using the homologous BABYBOOM transcription factor Theobroma cacao, the chocolate tree, is an important economic crop in East Africa, South East Asia, and South and Central America. Propagation of elite varieties has been achieved through somatic embryogenesis (SE) but low efficiencies and genotype dependence still presents a significant limitation for its propagation at commercial scales. Manipulation of transcription factors has been used to enhance the formation of SEs in several other plant species. This work describes the use of the transcription factor BabyBoom (BBM) to promote the transition of somatic cacao cells from the vegetative to embryonic state. An ortholog of the Arabidopsis thaliana BBM gene (AtBBM) was characterized in T
= 0.0039). Overall, our data reveal a transient babyboom, as well as an increase in the proportion of live multiple births that were preterm, after China's two-child policy took effect. The latter should be noted by healthcare professionals due to the high risk of complications and special medical care required by preterm babies.
The older workforce is a solution, not a problem in addressing the fiscal pressures of an ageing populationThere is no doubt that demographic change is adding to long-term pressures on the public finances. Like many developed nations, the UK’s population is ageing as a result of increasing life expectancy, relatively low fertility rates and the ageing of the post-war ‘babyboom’ cohorts.Each individual
An Auditory Sonic Sleep Treatment for Individuals Living With Dementia in a Memory Care Setting: A Quality Improvement Program Evaluation. The absence of a cure for dementia, combined with the increased longevity of the babyboom generation, is resulting in a dramatic increase in the number of people living with dementia. Aging-related changes coupled with dementia-related behavioral symptoms
increased (APC, +4.3%). Age-period-cohort modeling found that birth cohort had a greater effect on rates than calendar period. Among the babyboom cohorts, the 1950-1954 cohort had the highest rates. Similar to the overall incidence decline, HCC mortality rates declined between 2013 and 2018 (APC, -2.2%). HCC incidence and mortality rates began to decline for most groups in 2015, but persistent
grew by 29.1%, whereas visits those aged 20 and 44 grew by just 8.5%.2It’s also worth noting that, as of 2011, the median age of the babyboom generation was only around 55. Population ageing is poised to accelerate, and by 2031, the proportion of seniors may approach 23%, compared with 15% in 2011 (a relative increase of over 50%).3Moreover, a striking 74.2% of Canadians over the age of 65 were
% higher among Blacks, and 63% higher among Whites. However, there are predicted to be more significant increases in later years among those over 85 and women compared to men. The number of people with clinical AD will increase as the "babyboom" generation reaches older ages, exerting a strong upward influence on disease burden.
. It was a remarkable time in the early 1970s when psychiatry was briefly fashionable among the babyboom and sixties generation, and I was privileged to train with some of the brightest graduates of the day. Yet, drawn as I was to the big picture of population health, of policy and social change, I inevitably found my way to the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and a career in public health
issues and professionals. As a result, older adultsfrom earlier generational cohorts may be more reluctantthan those from later cohorts to perceive a need for mentalhealth services when experiencing symptoms and to accepta psychological frame for problems (Karel, Gatz, & Smyer,2012). Emerging cohorts of older adults (e.g., “babyboom-ers”) are likely to have generational perspectives
Workforce Interests and Needs Survey (PH WINS) was administered. Generation X includes respondents who reported an age between 37 and 52 years (born in 1965-1980), and the babyboom generation (baby boomers) includes respondents between 53 and 71 years of age (born in 1946-1964). Public sector agencies, including governmental public health, are increasingly interested in figuring out how to attract
of a longitudinal survey panel of the general population that collected data biannually. Data from the Canadian Longitudinal National Population Health Survey 1994-2011. This study included 12 542 participants from the following birth cohorts: post-World War I (born 1915-1924), pre-World War II (born 1925-1934), World War II (born 1935-1944), Older BabyBoom (born 1945-1954), Younger BabyBoom (born 1955-1964
. This study aimed to compare among older persons born before, during, and at the end of World War II: a) satisfaction with QoL, overall and per domains; b) importance of QoL domains. This repeated cross-sectional study included representative samples of community-dwelling adults born in 1934-1938 (pre-war), 1939-1943 (war), and 1944-1948 (baby-boom) from the Lausanne cohort 65+. QoL was assessed overall , and in seven domains in 2011 and 2016. Two-by-two cohort comparisons were performed at ages 68-72 (war versus baby-boom) and 73-77 years (pre-war versus war). Overall satisfaction with QoL did not differ between cohorts despite increased education level across cohorts and a shift between pre-war and war cohorts towards lower morbidity and higher proportion living alone. However, "Feeling of safety
Generational Differences in the 5-Year Incidence of Age-Related Macular Degeneration. Whether a reported decline in the risk of developing age-related macular degeneration (AMD) continued for people born during the BabyBoom years (1946-1964) or later is unknown. These data are important to plan for ocular health care needs in the 21st century. To determine whether the 5-year risk for AMD men (43.9%) and 2702 were women (56.1%). The 5-year age- and sex-adjusted incidence of AMD was 8.8% in the Greatest Generation (born during 1901-1924), 3.0% in the Silent Generation (born during 1925-1945), 1.0% in the BabyBoom Generation (born during 1946-1964), and 0.3% in Generation X (born during 1965-1984). Adjusting for age and sex, each generation was more than 60% less likely to develop AMD