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Cancer deaths in the US have dropped steeply since 1991. But the medical and public health advances leading to these declines have been concentrated among high-income areas.
New research surveying more than 10,000 Australians has found people feel better about the nation than in years prior, but strong divides remain.
It’s a stereotype that eating disorders mainly affect people from wealthy backgrounds.
Campaigns designed to help us cut back on alcohol don’t always reach those most at risk of harm. Here’s what we should be doing instead.
Less sleep and later bedtimes are linked to a section of the brain involved in emotion regulation suffering reduced growth, along with weaker connections to other brain areas.
Canada’s ongoing economic malaise and decline in living standards are rooted in a constellation of domestic and global challenges.
Sydney emerges as the most segregated of our biggest capital cities, and the trend will continue without broad changes in government policy and investment.
So much of day to day life is not powered by technology, but what happens if you’ve been behind bars for years? It’s time prisoners better prepared inmates for life once they’ve served their time.
This is both a result of social inequality, and an issue that could widen disparities further.
Researchers tracked power outages after 8 major storms to see how wealth corresponded to recovery time.
Stephanie Land’s sequel to her mega-successful debut memoir Maid works as hard as she does – but while its details of low-income single-parent life as a student are valuable, it suffers by comparison.
The film is run through with an unflinching belief in the power communities wield and the tangible limits they face.
In general, an ageing population puts added pressure on the working-age population to be more productive – just to maintain total output – amid growing fiscal constraints.
Investing in people’s future mental health, based on the key socioeconomic factors underlying it, is the only way to address this rising problem.
But on the positive side, support for multiculturalism and ethnic diversity continues to grow and is likely to be a valuable asset to our social cohesion in future.
One 11-year old girl told us she knows once rent is paid, there is almost nothing left over. So she never takes school excursion notes home, in case the cost is too much.
Australians’ average subjective well-being has barely deviated over the past few years. But there have been some remarkable changes among disadvantaged groups.
In families that are facing economic insecurity, fathers are more likely to experience depressive symptoms that can lead to conflict.
Australia has a wide gap in educational outcomes between children in poverty and their better-off peers. A new study indicates why reducing child poverty is the best way to lift our educational game.
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PhD candidate, Psychology, Deakin University
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Research Fellow and Psychologist, Deakin University
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Senior Research Fellow, School of Psychology, Deakin University
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Professor and Director, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University
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Professor of Urban and Regional Planning, University of Sydney
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Associate Teaching Professor of Business and Economics, Georgetown University
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Sharon Bessell is a Friend of The Conversation.
Professor of Public Policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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Former Education Policy Fellow, Mitchell Institute, Victoria University