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Migration, fertility and mortality have been studied in a New York State Old Order Amish community formed in 1948. The three factors were used to identify population structure. Amish households were compared to nearby households that were not Amish, which could be expected to have similar health risks. Data indicate that Amish under-use health care services, yet their death rates are 19% lower than the overall US rate for 1960. Factors that affected data were natural fertility, low infant mortality, migration to set up new communities when population density went up, and use of western biomedicine in selective, appropriate ways.
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This article compares the ecological approaches to female post-reproductive function in the Old Amish community, their non-Amish neighbors and the Ifugao community in the Philippines, focusing on the social context as well as the microenvironment of the household. Issues include environmental factors influencing late-life well-being of women, and the complex interaction between biological and social factors; the need for social support is emphasized.
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A study examined self-paced work capacity of Ifugao rice farmers from Luzon, the Philippines, in relation to household economic productivity. Results are discussed in terms of sample characteristics and normality assumptions, performance on the field test, correlates of heart rate during ascent, self-paced fitness and other predictors of economic productivity.
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