Inequities and Quality of Life in Argentina Geography and Quality of Life in Argentina

The basis of this proposal is the study of quality of life from an interdisciplinary perspective. This volume presents a set of contributions from different sciences that analyse the quality of life in Argentina. The contributions come from the social disciplines (Geography, Economics, Demography, H...

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Other Authors: Celemin, Juan Pablo (Editor), Velázquez, Guillermo (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Springer International Publishing 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:The Latin American Studies Book Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction(Guillermo Velázquez)
  • Chapter 2. Traditions and plurality of definitions in thinking about poverty(Fernando Manzano)
  • Chapter 3. A tour on poverty measurement in Argentina(Fernando Manzano)
  • Chapter 4. The index of human development and its variants(Juan Pablo Celemín)
  • Chapter 5. Argentine nutritional inequities. An agro-business, ultraprocessed food and malnutrition recipe(Luis Blacha)
  • Chapter 6. The spatial distribution of women’s health(Natalia Tumas)
  • Chapter 7. Sociodemography of obesity in Argentina at the beginning of the 21st. century(Sonia Alejandra Pou, Laura Aballay, Juliana Huergo)
  • Chapter 8. Socio-spatial differentials in the prevalence of lifesyles risk factors related to chronic diseases in Argentina from 2005 to 2013(Camila Niclis, Laura Rosana Aballay and Julia Becaria Coquet)
  • Chapter 9. Distribution of comprehensive health indicators in adolescence from the perspective of social inequities(María Dolores Román and Camila Niclis)
  • Chapter 10. Socio-territorial configuration of mortality by chronic deseases of greater prevalence(Sonia Pou, Camila Niclis, María del Pilar Díaz)
  • Chapter 11. Quality of life in the first national census (1869)(Velázquez Guillermo and Otero, Hernán)