Alternative inflation rates by T. I. Gordievich, P. V. Ruzanov

“…Its value is important, as it is used to adjust the minimum wage, pensions, benefits and can lead to a deterioration in the standard of living of significant groups of the population…”
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Frequency and perception of buffalo meat consumption by the population of Belem do Pará, Brazil by Pamella M. M. de Jesus, Mayrla F. Dantas, Luiz H. M. Martins, Antônio V. C. Barbosa, Natalia G. S. Barbosa

“…It was found that 51.9% of the consumers were women and 48.1% were men aged between 15 and 29 years; the family environment was composed of three to four people, and 41.6% had income between a minimum wage; 51.9% had completed high school. It was observed that the consumers of Belem preferred beef (51%), followed by these meats: chicken (33%), fish (10%), buffalo (5%) and swine (1%). 64.2% of the frequency of consumption of beef and buffalo was between one and two kilograms per week, while for chicken, fish, and pork, this frequency was 72.4% for the same volume of meat. 70.2% of the respondents had the habit of consuming beef two to three times per week, while 62.7% consumed chicken, fish, and swine at least two to three times a week. …”
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Impacts of Trade Unions on Employees' Welfare in UNATU, Kabale District. by Cyomperwe, Justinah

“…The major problems facing labour unions in Uganda are; casualization of labour which leaves workers at the employers' mercy since their terms and conditions of work are not expressly prescribed, unemployment, and insufficient and inadequate facilitated labour officers Due to the decentralization of labour matters, there is need for the establishment of sufficient, well-funded and staffed branches of industrial courts in Uganda, urgency for the grant of the minimum wage that is appropriate to the services rendered to eliminate oppression at workplace and ensure the enforcement of all privileges and rights granted to the workers.…”
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Access to HIV testing and factors associated among sexual minority women in a metropolitan region of the Brazilian Amazon by Janaína de Freitas Vale, Wanderson Santiago de Azevedo Júnior, Paula Regina Barbosa de Almeida, Adinaldo Moreira Martins, Flavine Evangelista Gonçalves, Eliã Pinheiro Botelho, Fabianne de Jesus Dias de Sousa, Cintia Yolette Urbano Pauxis Aben-Athar, Luiz Fernando Almeida Machado, Glenda Roberta Oliveira Naiff Ferreira

“…In the final model, multiple backward logistic regression was performed, the highest chances of never having been tested for HIV were participants aged 18 to 30 years (OR 2.99; p = 0.038); with income less than or equal to 1 minimum wage (OR 1.91; p = 0.026); participants who did not have children (OR 6.67; p = 0.012); and those who did not have an active sexual life (OR 4.73; p = 0.006). …”
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Natural Experiments in Labor Economics and Beyond by Simon Jäger, Jörn-Steffen Pischke

“…Three examples from the German labour market on the effects of minimum wages, code-termination and unemployment insurance illustrate how natural experiments yield new insights, which can form the foundation for evidence-based policy advice.…”
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Socioeconomic profile and environmental perception of Amazon beach users about solid waste by M. G. Amazonas, M. L. G. Araújo, K. C. Yamamoto, N. N. Soares, O. F. Matos, J. Aguiar-Santos, D. Ribeiro-Brasil, A. T. Oliveira

“…The majority (70%) responded that they completed high school and received up to two minimum wages. Users frequent Ponta Negra beach during the high-water season and the naturally formed beaches in the low waters of the Rio Negro. …”
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Depressive Symptoms in Women with Gestational Diabetes Mellitus: The LINDA-Brazil Study by Patrícia Damé, Kadhija Cherubini, Pâmella Goveia, Geórgia Pena, Leony Galliano, Cristina Façanha, Maria Angélica Nunes

“…Most of the women lived with a partner (88%), 50% were between 30 and 39 years old, 39% had finished high school, 39% had a family income of 1-2 minimum wages, and 47% were obese before their pregnancies. …”
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