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A Note on Racial Differences in the Effect of Female Economic Opportunity on Marriage Rates
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Demography (1981) 18 (3): 349–354.
Published: 01 August 1981
... females’ economic opportunities. Although some of the difference may be attributed to measurement error, the significant disparity between the two populations probably reflects substantive differences. Black Woman Family Formation Black Female Marriage Rate Marital Fertility References...
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Family planning programs of the office of economic opportunity: Scope, operation,and impact
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Demography (1968) 5 (2): 924–930.
Published: 01 June 1968
...Gary D. London 15 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1968 1968 Family Planning Community Action Economic Opportunity Family Planning Service Family Planning Program FAMILY PLANNING PROGRAMS OF THE OFFICE OF ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY: SCOPE, OPERATION, AND IMPACT GARY D...
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Economic opportunity in mexico and return migration from the United States
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Demography (1996) 33 (3): 357–374.
Published: 01 August 1996
...David P. Lindstrom Abstract I analyze the influence of the economic characteristics of origin area on trip duration for Mexican migrants in the United States. I argue that migrants from economically dynamic areas in Mexico with favorable opportunities for employment and small capital investment...
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Exposure to Childhood Poverty and Racial Differences in Economic Opportunity in Young Adulthood
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Demography (2022) 59 (6): 2295–2319.
Published: 01 December 2022
... throughout the life course. As this study finds, reducing child poverty and especially racial differences in child poverty is important for reducing longer term inequalities in economic opportunity. 7 The coefficient on the residualized benchmarks variable in Eq. (4b) is thus equivalent to what...
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View articletitled, Exposure to Childhood Poverty and Racial Differences in <span class="search-highlight">Economic</span> <span class="search-highlight">Opportunity</span> in Young Adulthood
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Length of residence, social ties, and economic opportunities
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Demography (1976) 13 (3): 297–309.
Published: 01 August 1976
...Michael B. Toney Abstract This study examines length of residence for movers—that subsection of the population which accounts for the high mobility rates in the United States. The propensity for repeated migration is studied in relation to economic opportunities and previous familial and personal...
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Welfare benefits, economic opportunities, and out-of-wedlock births among black teenage girls
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Demography (1990) 27 (4): 519–535.
Published: 01 November 1990
...Greg J. Duncan; Saul D. Hoffman Abstract This article presents a model of teenage out-of-wedlock births that incorporates the effectsof both welfare and nonwelfare economic opportunities. We construct measures of the likely “medium-run” income available to a teenage girl in the event of an out...
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A technique for measuring the effect of economic base on opportunity for blacks
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Demography (1975) 12 (2): 325–329.
Published: 01 May 1975
.... S. Summary . ( 1964 ). Washington, D. C. : U. S. Government Printing Office . DEMOGRAPHV@ Volume 12, Number 2 May 1975 A TECHNIQUE FOR MEASURING THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC BASE ON OPPORTUNITY FOR BLACKS Charles F. Cortese Department of Sociology, University of Denver, University Park, Denver...
View articletitled, A technique for measuring the effect of <span class="search-highlight">economic</span> base on <span class="search-highlight">opportunity</span> for blacks
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Job opportunities, economic resources, and the postsecondary destinations of American youth
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Demography (2009) 46 (3): 493–512.
Published: 01 August 2009
..., Work, and Educational Participation in the United States, 1890–1940 . American Journal of Sociology , 93 , 1116 – 52 . 10.1086/228866 Demography, Volume 46-Number 3, August 2009: 493 512 493 T JOB OPPORTUNITIES, ECONOMIC RESOURCES, AND THE POSTSECONDARY DESTINATIONS OF AMERICAN YOUTH* ROBERT...
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Measuring Housing Stability With Consumer Reference Data
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Demography (2020) 57 (4): 1323–1344.
Published: 24 June 2020
.... Tessa Bonomo and Becca Brough provided excellent research assistance. This project received financial support from the Wilson-Sheehan Lab for Economic Opportunities. The raw data used for this study are proprietary and owned by Infutor Data Solutions, Inc. from whom it can be purchased...
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Estimating marital fertility rates by educational attainment using a survey of new mothers
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 135–142.
Published: 01 March 1967
... in the American population and is certainly the most important among the trio of conventional measures of socio- economic status-occupation, education, and income. Age at marriage' and knowl- edge of and effective use of family plan- ning techniques," as well as childbearing * Office of Economic Opportunity...
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A Cautionary Tale of Using Data From the Tail
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2361–2368.
Published: 15 October 2020
... that survey income fails to accurately identify those households that are the worst off. If survey income data accurately identified the most economically disadvantaged, then the extreme poor should look clearly worse off than households with more resources. When one examines the observable characteristics...
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Another Plea for Caution When Using Survey Income Data From the Far-Left Tail
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Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2377–2381.
Published: 19 November 2020
... and Parolin emphasize this point. Future research should explore further the economic circumstances of the homeless and other populations missed in surveys and examine the impact that including such populations would have on estimates of extreme poverty. In addition, very low estimates of extreme poverty...
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How Economic Development and Family Planning Programs Combined to Reduce Indonesian Fertility
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Demography (1994) 31 (1): 33–63.
Published: 01 February 1994
... through economic development and improved education and economic opportunities for females. Even so, the dramatic impact of the changes in demand-side factors (education and economic development) on contraceptive use was possible only because there already existed a highly responsive contraceptive supply...
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Dual citizenship rights: do they make more and richer citizens?
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Demography (2009) 46 (1): 169–191.
Published: 01 February 2009
..., are consistent with American citizenship conferring greater economic opportunities. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2009 2009 Latin American Country Dominican Republic Naturalization Rate Welfare Reform Naturalize Citizen References Baker, B. 2007. “Trends...
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Patriarchy, Power, and Pay: The Transformation of American Families, 1800–2015
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 1797–1823.
Published: 28 October 2015
... for the deterioration of economic opportunity and speculate on the impact of technological change on the future of work and families. 1 10 2015 28 10 2015 © Population Association of America 2015 2015 Marriage Family Wage labor Relative income Before the nineteenth century, most...
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Age at Arrival and Life Chances Among Childhood Immigrants
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 201–229.
Published: 04 January 2017
... to constrain later human capital formation and economic opportunities over the life course. 6 For the calculation of stable employment, the basic amount is doubled and would equal approximately U.S. $18,200. 7 This information is available only from 2003. From this year onward, I use information...
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Education, health and family size as determinants of labor market activity for the poor and nonpoor
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Demography (1971) 8 (3): 379–388.
Published: 01 August 1971
... employed is multivariate regression analysis using disaggregated data from the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity. While educational attainment has a positive effect on the supply of labor of nonpoor heads, it has an insignificant effect on the black poor and a nonlinear effect on white poor heads...
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Residence background, socioeconomic status, and fertility
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Demography (1971) 8 (3): 369–377.
Published: 01 August 1971
..., but no relationship for urbanorigin couples. The effect of urban background on rural fertility differentials has not been examined. This study investigates the potential effect of urban-origin couples on socioeconomic differences in fertility in rural areas. Data from the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity...
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Residence background, migration, and fertility
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Demography (1972) 9 (2): 217–230.
Published: 01 May 1972
... on fertility are examined. Data from the 1967 Survey of Economic Opportunity indicate that migration and residence background do have independent effects. It is concluded that present generalizations as to the direction of their influence should be submitted to closer scrutiny with additional data...
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Generation, ethnicity, and marriage: Historical patterns in the Northern United States
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Demography (1993) 30 (1): 103–126.
Published: 01 February 1993
... generation. We hypothesize that locational factors, especially diverse economic opportunities, were important in shaping this marriage pattern. Separate multilevel analyses are conducted for females and for males living in urban and in rural places. Although significant effects for a variety of contextual...
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