Alexis Nshimiyimana, Jean de la Croix Allen Ingabire, Jean Claude Byiringiro, Basile Habumugisha, Jean Luc Mwizerwa
The outcome of nonoperative treatment for adult humeral shaft fractures using a U-shaped slab in resource-limited settings: a prospective cohort study
Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research
crossnational differences adolescent life satisfaction europe north america consistent remain poorly understood previous studies predominantly focused explanatory role economic factors national wealth income equality revealed weak associations study examines whether societal gender equality explain observed crossnational variability adolescent life satisfaction based assumption gender equality fosters supportive social context example within families equal involvement fathers mothers child care tasks adolescent life satisfaction expected higher genderequal countries test hypothesis nationallevel data gender equality ie womens share political participation decision making power economic participation command resources linked data 175470 adolescents aged 1116 years old age 136 sd 164 52 girls 34 european north american countries involved 200910 health behaviour schoolaged children hbsc study results linear multilevel regression analyses indicate adolescents countries relatively high levels gender equality report higher life satisfaction peers countries lower levels gender equality association gender equality adolescent life satisfaction remained significant controlling national wealth income equality equally strong boys girls moreover association gender equality life satisfaction explained social support family peer school context analysis suggests gender equality fosters social support among members society turn contributes adolescent life satisfaction thus promoting gender equality likely benefit members society giving equal rights women girls also fostering supportive social climate