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Some demographic determinants of average household size: An analytic approach
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 61–69.
Published: 01 February 1970
... as possible explanations for the apparent discrepancy. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the influence of demographic variables (viz., mortality, fertility, age at marriage) on average household size under different family systems—nuclear, extended and stem. The approach used has been applied...
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American Indian household structure and income
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Demography (1988) 25 (1): 71–80.
Published: 01 February 1988
... of couple-headed households with children is highest among Indians. Racial differences in the distribution of household types and differences in average household size are important determinants of black-white and Indian-white differences in average household income. 27 1 2011 © Population...
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Household and Living Arrangement Projections at the Subnational Level: An Extended Cohort-Component Approach
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 827–852.
Published: 04 December 2012
... (measuring level of race-/sex-/age-specific net rates of leaving the parental home). h: Census 5 % microdata files. h. Race-/household size–specific average number of other relatives (than spouse/partner, parents, and children) and nonrelatives living in the same household. a If a sample data set...
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Racial Differences in Per Capita Income, 1960–76: The Importance of Household Size, Headship, and Labor Force Participation
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Demography (1980) 17 (2): 129–143.
Published: 01 May 1980
...Suzanne M. Bianchi Abstract Racial differences in average per capita income are decomposed, as are changes over time for both races. The 1960–76 decline in household size accounted for 13 percent of the per capita income inprovement of both races. Whereas real increases in earnings of husbands...
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Accuracy of the housing unit method in preparing population estimates for cities
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 475–484.
Published: 01 March 1968
... of errors, although here too there are substantially more positive than negative deviations. (3) Deviations are smaller when the average size of household is extrapolated than when the 1960 values are used. (4) When either building-permit or utility data were used, the average error in the estimate...
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Components of change in the number of households: 1970–1980
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Demography (1984) 21 (2): 129–140.
Published: 01 May 1984
... never married and separated and divorced. 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1984 1984 Marital Status Household Head Married Couple Family Household Average Household Size References Beresford J. C. , & Rivlin A. M. ( 1967 ). Privacy, Poverty...
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Parental Investment After the Birth of a Sibling: The Effect of Family Size in Low-Fertility China
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2085–2111.
Published: 29 October 2020
... the joint determination of family size and parental investment. Results show that having a younger sibling significantly reduces the average household expenditure per capita. It also directly reduces parental investment received by the firstborn child, with two exceptions: (1) for firstborn boys, having...
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View articletitled, Parental Investment After the Birth of a Sibling: The Effect of Family <span class="search-highlight">Size</span> in Low-Fertility China
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The Index of Overall Headship: A Simple Measure of Household Complexity Standardized for Age and Sex
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Demography (1980) 17 (1): 25–37.
Published: 01 February 1980
... considerably the geographical and temporal range of comparable empirical measures of household complexity. 7 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1980 1980 Married Child Average Household Size Household Formation Standardize Ratio Headship Rate References Burch T. K...
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Public assistance receipt among immigrants and natives: How the unit of analysis affects research findings
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Demography (1999) 36 (1): 111–120.
Published: 01 February 1999
... (based on their family income) is lower than that for the nonelderly.3 The main reason is that the elderly poor have smaller average family sizes than the nonelderly poor (Ruggles 1990:123). In the case of welfare receipt, Borjas (1994) and Bean et al. (1997) present results for households, Tienda...
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The political ecology of disaster: An analysis of factors influencing U.S. tornado fatalities and injuries, 1998–2000
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 669–685.
Published: 01 August 2007
... by the appropriate population universe (e.g., population size and total number of households) to produce an average value for the demographic variables of interest. Although such a method has limitations, currently available information does not include the complete path of a tornado at the census-tract level...
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A regression approach to estimating the average number of persons per household
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 697–712.
Published: 01 November 2002
... at the annual meeting of the Southern Demographic Association, Miami Beach, FL, October 11–13. Voss P. , & Krebs H. ( 1979 ). The Use of Federal Revenue Data for Improving Current Estimates of Average Household Size for Minor Civil Divisions: An Evaluation . Madison : Applied Population...
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Living Arrangements and Supplemental Income Programs for Older Adults in Mexico
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Demography (2020) 57 (4): 1345–1368.
Published: 19 May 2020
... Gielverd and van Tilburg 1999 ). Table 2 shows descriptive statistics of the outcome variables. Average household size was 3.4 individuals per household in treatment and control groups. The proportion of older adults living alone was 13% in treatment and control groups. The average number...
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A further look at catholic fertility
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 462–469.
Published: 01 June 1966
... and Protestants living in metropolitan areas and (2) to analyze religious differentials in fertility among residents in different parts of the metropolitan community. The data, consisting of a sample of households in six metropolitan areas in three population size classes, supported the general findings...
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Fertility Intentions and Residential Relocations
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Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1305–1330.
Published: 11 July 2017
... if they intended to have another child. Multivariate analyses show that these associations are largely due to adjustments in housing and other living conditions. Our results suggest that anticipatory relocations (before conception) to adapt to growing household size are importantly nuanced by the opportunities...
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The fall in household size and the rise of the primary individual in the United States
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Demography (1976) 13 (1): 127–138.
Published: 01 February 1976
... interesting, if indirect relationship to population structure. THE FALL IN FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD SIZE: INTRODUCTION The average size of the household has fallen sharply in every modernized coun- try. In the United States, household size has nearly halved since 1790, dropping from 5.8 persons per household...
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Housing Tenure and Residential Segregation in Metropolitan America
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Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1477–1498.
Published: 05 January 2013
... people per household, on average, than whites. According to Census 2000, non-Hispanic whites in metropolitan areas had an average household size of 2.4, but blacks, Hispanics, and Asians had average household sizes of 2.7, 3.6, and 3.1, respectively (U.S. Census Bureau 2002 ). Therefore, we analyze...
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Some New Techniques for Applying the Housing Unit Method of Local Population Estimation
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Demography (1980) 17 (3): 323–339.
Published: 01 August 1980
.... Krebs. 1979. The Use of Federal Revenue Data for Improving Current Estimates of Average Household Size for Minor Civil Divisions: An Evaluation. Technical Series 70-5. Madison: Applied Population Laboratory, Department of Rural Sociology, University of Wisconsin. Zitter M. , & Shryock H...
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Population growth and air quality in California
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 45–56.
Published: 01 February 1998
... by households rather than by individu- als; so P (population) should be a count of households.' Since 1900, the average size of households in the United States has declined by about one-half; so the number of households has increased at twice the rate of population growth (Sweet and Bumpass 1987). Similar...
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Demographic Change, Rising Earnings Inequality, and the Distribution of Personal Well-Being, 1959–1989
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Demography (1995) 32 (3): 379–405.
Published: 01 August 1995
... for household units in different circumstances to purchase a minimally adequate level of consumption. The most important circumstance affecting income needs is the size of the family unit: larger units need higher incomes to sustain an adequate level of consumption. In 1989, for example, the weighted-average...
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The Household Structure Transition in China: 1982–2015
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Demography (2020) 57 (4): 1369–1391.
Published: 10 June 2020
... dependent variable in this study is the regional household structure type generated by cluster analysis. Following family modernization theory, we considered the following five indicators as the clustering criterion variables for each region: the average household size; the proportion of each of the three...
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