Evidence concerning the relationship between health and retirement

: Survey data concerning the incidence of serious illness before and after retirement are analysed in two ways, (i) by comparison of groups of retired men with groups of men in the last ten years of their working lives; (ii) by examining and comparing the trends over time before and after retirement. Whereas the first method would lead to a conclusion that there is no difference between retired and working men, the second method shows a distinct drop in the incidence of serious illness in the two years following retirement and a slower rate of increase thereafter. It is concluded that retirement is associated with a substantial lowering in the incidence of serious illness.     

PROBLEMS OF THE POST-WAR PUBLIC: SOLDIERS AND CITIZENS

THE recent British White Paper on post-war education in Englandleaves little doubt that Britain looks to a new era of education.The work has already begun. The British soldier of today willbe the key citizen of tomorrow. Cognizant of this fact, theBritish War Office has established a far-reaching program ofeducation for citizenship among England's troops. It is being carried out by the Army Educational Corps. Thisarticle is the story of their work. Mr. Bickersteth, educated at Christ Church, Oxford, and theUniversity of Paris, is Director of Army Education in the BritishWar Office. He is on leave as Warden of Hart House, Universityof Toronto.     

THE IMPACT OF OWI ON BROADCASTING

A MARKED difference between the public opinion situation facinginformation specialists in this war and that in 1917 is thefact that during the last twenty-five years radio has come ofage. Never before have governments had available for use suchan important instrument of propaganda. Has the OWI taken fulladvantage of its potentialities? Mr. Landry was asked to appraiseAmerica's use of this weapon since Pearl Harbor. For ten years the author has been observing American radio fromthe platform of the radio editorship of Variety. He has listenedto and analyzed thousands of radio broadcasts. At present heis director of program writing for CBS and also a member ofthe Writers War Board.     

流动儿童的教育绩效及其影响因素:多层线性模型分析

文章根据2006年11月在北京市某区进行的"流动儿童教育问题跟踪调查"数据,利用多层线性模型,探索性分析影响本地儿童、公立流动儿童、以及流动儿童在学业成绩上差异的主要因素;并讨论流动儿童教育公平问题.结果表明,三类儿童在学业成绩上存在着显著的差异;尽管影响儿童学业成绩的主要原因在于儿童自身的各种特征及其家庭背景,特别是其家庭社会经济地位;但是学校特征如学校平均SES和班级规模等将通过儿童自身及家庭的特征,间接地影响到学生的学业成绩,并改变儿童特征对于学业成绩的作用强度.这意味着教育资源在学校之间的不均匀分配也会成为社会不平等的一种生产机制.     

印度宗教与社会经济发展的关系

印度社会的发展往往与宗教变革相关.印度历史上主要经历了四次大的宗教变革运动,而每次宗教变革都推动了印度社会的发展.今天,印度经济的崛起无疑也与宗教有着密不可分的多方面的联系.