Digital Innovations in MSMEs during Economic Disruptions: Experiences and Challenges of Young Entrepreneurs by Lavinia Javier Cueto, April Faith Deleon Frisnedi, Reynaldo Baculio Collera, Kenneth Ian Talosig Batac, Casper Boongaling Agaton

“…Results found the adverse effects of the pandemic, which reinforce entrepreneurial innovations of shifting businesses to digital platforms, categorized into intrinsic (e.g., personal and professional growth) and extrinsic (e.g., mobility restrictions, market conditions, and household economic status) motivations. Participants described the barriers to digital entrepreneurship, including skills needed for doing online business, market-related problems in digital platforms, availability of quality internet infrastructures, and the pandemic restrictions. …”
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Associations of latent patterns of parent‒child communication with communication quality and mental health outcomes among Chinese left-behind children by Qian-Wen Xie, Roujia Chen, Kexin Wang, Jingjing Lu, Feng Wang, Xudong Zhou

“…Results Five latent classes of communication formed through different media or channels between migrant parents and their LBC were identified. Higher household economic status (OR = 2.81, p < 0.05) was associated with adequate communication. …”
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Lien entre profils socio-économiques et sécurité alimentaire des ménages ruraux de la préfecture de Tandjouare au nord du Togo by Fanam LARE, Soumana BOUBACAR

“…Elle a d’abord ressorti les profils socio-économiques des ménages sur la base de HEA (Household Economic Approach) et de la Classification Hiérarchique Ascendante (CHA). …”
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Why Home Delivery After Full Antenatal Care Follow-Up in Southern Ethiopia? An Exploratory-Descriptive Qualitative Study by Toja E, Abebe A, Mekonen N, Baza D

“…Traditional practices, personal beliefs, social norms, knowledge, and attitude about institutional delivery, household economic capability, decision-making capacity of the women, delivery service quality, and service providers related barriers are the sub-themes defining the home delivery experience of women after full antenatal care follow-up in the study setting.Conclusion: In this study, socio-economic, cultural, and health system-related barriers are major reasons for home delivery. …”
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COVID-19 in Baghdad, Iraq: adaptive and emotional findings in a household cluster survey by Riyadh Lafta, Sahar Al-Shatari, Meighan Mary, Gilbert Burnham

“…In households where COVID-19 had occurred, senior members reported a substantial increase in emotional and psychological problems compared with uninfected households.ImplicationsCOVID-19 deaths were rare, though infections were common, suggesting an effect of vaccination and other efforts. The household economic implications were minimal in houses with and without COVID-19-infected members. …”
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Hardship financing, productivity loss, and the economic cost of illness and injury in Cambodia by Robert John Kolesar, Guido Erreygers, Wim Van Damme, Vanara Chea, Theany Choeurng, Soklong Leng

“…The economic burden from annual lost productivity from illness or injury amounts to US$ 459.9 million or 1.7% of GDP. The estimated household economic cost related to hardship financing is US$ 250.8 million or 0.9% of GDP. …”
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An analysis of the perceived societal benefits of and threats from trees for the delivery of livelihoods and community development by Susan Tsvuura, Maxwell Mudhara, Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi

“…It analyzed the influence of households' economic characteristics and spatial configuration (the subdivisions of the landscape) to assess the impact of land tenure. …”
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Coverage and costs of childhood immunizations in Cameroon by Hugh R. Waters, Leanne Dougherty, Simon-Pierre Tegang, Tran Nhan, Charles Shey Wiysonge, Long Kanya, Nathan D. Wolfe, Donald S. Burke

“…These results are strongly correlated with both the mother's level of education and the household's economic status. Multilevel logistic regression shows that maternal education level is a stronger predictor of positive immunization status than is relative economic status. …”
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Engaging men in women’s empowerment: impact of a complex gender transformative intervention on household socio-economic and health outcomes in the eastern democratic republic of th... by Wyvine Ansima Bapolisi, Jean Makelele, Giovanfrancesco Ferrari, Lenneke Kono-Tange, Ghislain Bisimwa, Christian Schindler, Sonja Merten

“…A project combining men’s sensitization on gender equity and women’s empowerment through village savings and loan associations were implemented in North and South Kivu to raise the household economic level. Objective This study assessed how involving men in gender equity affects women’s health and socio-economic outcomes, including food security. …”
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Socioeconomic Predictors of Intestinal Parasitic Infections Among Under-Five Children in Rural Dembiya, Northwest Ethiopia: A Community-Based Cross-sectional Study by Zemichael Gizaw, Ayenew Addisu, Mulat Gebrehiwot

“…Similarly, intestinal parasitic infections were statistically associated with presence of 2 under-five children in a household (AOR = 3.56, 95% CI = [1.29, 9.82]), absence of frequent health supervision (AOR = 3.49, 95% CI = [1.72, 7.09]), larger family size (AOR = 2.30, 95% CI = [1.09, 4.85]), and poor household economic status (AOR = 2.58, 95% CI = [1.23, 5.41]). …”
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Strategic tropical natural resources management and household socio-economic resilience due to the Covid-19 pandemic by Cahyono, S. Andy, Agus, Cahyono, Raharjo, S. Agung Sri, Nugroho, Agung Wahyu, Indrajaya, Yonky

“…A new paradigm of knowledge-based development through the empowerment of natural resources must be developed more innovative, more global, more focused, and more futuristic for sustainable development after the Covid-19 era. Household economic resilience with an integrated bio-cycle system can withstand Covid-19. …”

Prevalence and correlates of paediatric guideline non-adherence for initial empirical care in six low and middle-income settings: a hospital-based cross-sectional study by Tahmeed Ahmed, Riffat Ara Shawon, Moses Ngari, Kirkby D Tickell, Robert Bandsma, Judd Walson, Md Jobayer Chisti, James Berkley, Ezekiel Mupere, Ali Faisal Saleem, Donna Denno, Wieger Voskuijl, Arianna Rubin Means, Michael Atuhairwe, Emmie Mbale, Abdoulaye Hama Diallo

“…Diarrhoea guideline non-adherence was more likely among lower asset quintile groups (OR 1.16; 95% CI 1.01, 1.35), older children (OR 1.10; 95% CI 1.06, 1.13) and children presenting with wasting (OR 6.44; 95% CI 4.33, 9.57) compared with those with higher assets, younger age and not wasted.Conclusions Non-adherence to paediatric guidelines was common and associated with older age, disease severity, and comorbidities, and lower household economic status. These findings highlight opportunities to improve guidelines by adding clarity to specific recommendations.…”
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Changes in mental health of Korean adolescents before and during the COVID-19 pandemic: a special report using the Korea Youth Risk Behavior Survey by Bomi Park, Jihee Kim, Jieun Yang, Sunhye Choi, Kyungwon Oh

“…RESULTS In both male and female adolescents, the prevalence of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and stress perception was higher in the “not living with family,” “low household economic status,” and “self-rated unhealthy status” subgroups. …”
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Exploring the Factors of Farmers’ Rural–Urban Migration Decisions in Bangladesh by Abdullah Al-Maruf, A. K. M. Kanak Pervez, Pradip Kumar Sarker, Md Saifur Rahman, Jorge Ruiz-Menjivar

“…Our findings show that six dimensions—i.e., individual, household, economic, attitudinal, spatial, and climate-induced extremes—significantly influence and contribute to rural urban migration decisions for farmers. …”
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Determinants of potato producer prices in the peasant-driven market: the Ukrainian case by Inna Koblianska, Serhii Seheda, Olha Khaietska, Larysa Kalachevska, Tetiana Klochko

“…This enhances a better understanding of subsistence farming’s impact on markets and food industry development and extends the theoretical framework of households’ economics and peasant-driven market functioning. …”
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Associations between child marriage and food insecurity in Zimbabwe: a participatory mixed methods study by Katherine Gambir, Abel Blessing Matsika, Anna Panagiotou, Eleanor Snowden, Clare Lofthouse, Janna Metzler

“…Parents often forced their daughters into marriage to relieve the household economic burden. At the same time, adolescents are initiating their own marriages due to limited alternative survival opportunities and within the restraints imposed by food insecurity, poverty, abuse in the home, and parental migration. …”
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Antenatal Iron-Folic Acid Supplementation Is Associated with Improved Linear Growth and Reduced Risk of Stunting or Severe Stunting in South Asian Children Less than Two Years of A... by Yasir Bin Nisar, Victor M. Aguayo, Sk Masum Billah, Michael J. Dibley

“…We conducted analyses with Poisson, linear and logistic multivariate regression adjusted for the cluster survey design, and 14 potential confounders covering the country of the survey, socio-demographic factors, household economic status, maternal characteristics, and duration of respondent recall. …”
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The COVID-19 Pandemic in the Nawalparasi District of Nepal: a mixed methods assessment of increased alcohol use and violence against women by Alia Cornell, Ashley Mitchell, Mahesh Puri, Nadia Diamond-Smith

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Microfinance impact on borrowers’ poverty in Bangladesh and Malaysia by Mohammad, Aslam

“…Microfinance impact on borrowers’ poverty has been measured through responses from participant and non-participant borrowers using Household Economic Portfolio Model (HEPM) for a quantitative perspective. …”
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The Influence of Mother&rsquo;s Employment, Family Income, and Expenditure on Stunting Among Children Under Five: A Cross-Sectional Study in Indonesia by Rahayuwati L, Komariah M, Sari CWM, Yani DI, Hermayanti Y, Setiawan A, Hastuti H, Maulana S, Kohar K

“…Therefore, this study aims to investigate the household economic predictor stunting (mother’s employment, family income, and family expenditure) in children under five.Methods: This study used a cross-sectional design. …”
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