在农村地区,残疾人患病率更高吗? 来自15个低收入和中等收入国家的功能困难和夜光数据的证据

Katherine Theiss1, Bradley Carpenter2, Jill Hanass-Hancock2

  • 1Department of Economics, Radford University, PO Box 6952, Radford, VA, 24142, United States.

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概括

农村地区的成年人报告的功能困难比城市成年人更多. 这项研究使用卫星夜光数据来衡量城市发展,并发现15个低收入和中等收入国家的夜光强度较低和残疾患病率较高之间存在显著联系.

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