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Demography (1974) 11 (3): 509–520.
Published: 01 August 1974
... AND NONMIGRANTS: A CASE STUDY OF THE CITY OF SHIRAZ, IRAN All A. Paydarfar Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Caro- lina 27514 Abstract-The migration pattern to Shiraz, a southern city of Iran, is not consistent with the general pattern observed in cities of the other...
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2169–2198.
Published: 15 September 2020
...Kieron J. Barclay; Robyn Donrovich Thorén; Heidi A. Hanson; Ken R. Smith Abstract Although the associations among marital status, fertility, bereavement, and adult mortality have been widely studied, much less is known about these associations in polygamous households, which remain prevalent across...
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 507–528.
Published: 01 August 2002
... that are less than 10% black. Among all firms, the results suggest that employee referrals are just as important as the geographic location of the firm in generating employment segregation: both increase the predicted level of interfirm racial segregation among blue-collar workers in the cities studied by about...
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Demography (2022) 59 (3): 1117–1142.
Published: 01 June 2022
...Kieron Barclay; Ken R. Smith Abstract The relationship between birth interval length and child outcomes has received increased attention in recent years, but few studies have examined offspring outcomes across the life course in North America. We use data from the Utah Population Database...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1583–1603.
Published: 23 September 2016
...Zachary Zimmer; Heidi A. Hanson; Ken R. Smith Abstract Considering a network approach to health determinants, we test the hypothesis that benefits of high socioeconomic status (SES) may be transmitted up the generational ladder from offspring to parents. Studies that examine own SES and own health...
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 675–696.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Maria Krysan Abstract Questions have been raised about whether white flight—one factor contributing to U.S. residential segregation—is driven by racial, race-associated, or neutral ethnocentric concerns. I use closed- and open-ended survey data from the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality...
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 2021–2049.
Published: 02 November 2015
..., current research is lacking consensus on the direction of the relationship. Parity, early age at first birth and last birth, birth weight of offspring, having a child die as an infant, and having a preterm birth may have long-term effects on health for both men and women. In this study, the relationship...
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Demography (1994) 31 (3): 487–507.
Published: 01 August 1994
... of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Norman J. Waitzman Department of Economics University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 The purpose of this paper is to examine the hypothesis that marital and poverty status interact in their effects on mortality risks beyond their main effects. This study examines...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1953–1979.
Published: 01 October 2022
... were prior studies, our analysis has two major limitations. First, the relatively small number of cities included in the sample limits the statistical power of our models. The power of models that test the association between spring wave exposure and fall mortality ranges from 0.21 to 0.62: well below...
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Demography (1998) 35 (1): 57–70.
Published: 01 February 1998
..., Population, Labor, and Social Affairs, Institute for Economic Re- search, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; David Lam, Economics Department and Population Studies Center, University of Michigan; Jed Friedman Eco- nomics Department, University of Michigan. Prepared for presentation at the annual meeting...
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 223–247.
Published: 30 November 2017
... higher mortality than their rural counterparts when wealth and sociodemographic factors are controlled for (van de Poel et al. 2009 ). A possible explanation for these inconclusive findings may be the failure to differentiate between slums and regular urban areas, given that descriptive studies...
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Demography (2008) 45 (4): 803–816.
Published: 01 November 2008
... among personal traits, urban residence, and fertility. Although urbanization is generally associated with lower fertility in developing countries, inferences in most studies have been hampered by a lack of information about the timing of residence in relationship to childbearing. We find that the effect...
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Demography (1999) 36 (3): 415–420.
Published: 01 August 1999
...Nicholas H. Wolfinger Abstract I use data from the 1973-1996 NORC General Social Survey to examine trends in the intergenerational transmission of divorce. the propensity for the children of divorce to end their own marriages. The rate of divorce transmission declined by almost 50% in the study...
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Demography (1994) 31 (1): 81–93.
Published: 01 February 1994
..., Dependent Demise? Survival Analysis of Husbands and Wives* Ken R. Smith Cathleen D. Zick Family and Consumer Studies, 228 AEB University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Past research has found that married individuals have substantially lower risks of mortality than their single counterparts. This paper...
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Demography (1994) 31 (3): 525–548.
Published: 01 August 1994
... – 57 . 10.2307/2573470 Lieberson S. ( 1963 ). Ethnic Patterns in American Cities . Glencoe, IL : The Free Press . Mantel N. , & Haenszel W. ( 1959 ). Statistical Aspects of the Analysis of Retrospective Studies of Disease . Journal of the National Cancer Institute...
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Demography (1993) 30 (3): 333–352.
Published: 01 August 1993
... Udry Carolina Population Center University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, NC 27516-3997 Wilhelm Flieger Office of Population Studies University of San Carlos Cebu City, Philippines The Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey is used to examine the roles of women's nutrition and infant feeding...
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Demography (1991) 28 (3): 361–374.
Published: 01 August 1991
... Widows and Widowers* Ken R. Smith Department of Family and Consumer Studies University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Cathleen D. Zick Department of Family and Consumer Studies University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT 84112 Greg J. Duncan Survey Research Center University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI 48104...
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Demography (1991) 28 (2): 181–199.
Published: 01 May 1991
..., Cebu City, Philippines There has been much controversy about the impact of the health sector and the infant food industry on breast-feeding behavior. This study links causal factors to breast-feeding decisions, using a longitudinal survey of more than 3,000 Filipino mother-infant pairs. Most factors...
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Demography (1986) 23 (4): 525–542.
Published: 01 November 1986
..., Jr. Department of Sociology, University of Iowa, W140 Seashore Hall, Iowa City, Iowa 52242 Vijayan K. Pillai Department of Social Development Studies, University of Zambia, P.O. Box 32379, Lusaka, Zambia Despite a level of per capita income among the highest in the world, the United States ranks 15th...
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Demography (1983) 20 (3): 273–284.
Published: 01 August 1983
... FROM LONGITUDINAL RECORDS IN OTHERWISE DATA-DEFICIENT SETTINGS Douglas L. Anderton Department of Sociology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60637 Joseph Conaty Department of Sociology, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112 Thomas W. Pullum Center for Studies in Demography...
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