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Statistical and Historical Analyses of Nations Which Deviate From the Size-Density Law
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Demography (1982) 19 (4): 567–576.
Published: 01 November 1982
... and through analysis of available historical data. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1982 1982 Historical Analysis Dominican Republic Deviant Case Central African Republic Proper Unit References
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Social Mobility Across the Pacific: An Analysis of Japanese Americans in the Continental United States
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Demography (2024) 61 (3): 849–878.
Published: 01 June 2024
... version of a chapter from my dissertation (“International Migration and Social Mobility Across the Pacific: A Historical Analysis of the Japanese Population in the Continental United States”), which I completed at Brown University in 2023. Early versions of this article and related papers were presented...
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Aging in the Context of Cohort Evolution and Mortality Selection
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1295–1317.
Published: 03 June 2014
... of mortality over the life course. In the analysis of historical cohort mortality data, I find support for both perspectives. The rate of demographic aging, or the rate at which mortality accelerates past age 70, is not fixed across cohorts; rather, it is affected by the extent of mortality selection at young...
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Moving Across Boundaries: Migration in South Africa, 1950–2000
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Demography (2013) 50 (1): 71–95.
Published: 06 September 2012
... picture of historical internal migration patterns with an analysis of a unique individual retrospective life history data set. This sample of the black population, collected in 2000, is the only known nationally representative life history data for South Africa; it includes all residential moves for each...
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The Genome-Wide Influence on Human BMI Depends on Physical Activity, Life Course, and Historical Period
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1651–1670.
Published: 29 August 2015
...Guang Guo; Hexuan Liu; Ling Wang; Haipeng Shen; Wen Hu Abstract In this analysis, guided by an evolutionary framework, we investigate how the human genome as a whole interacts with historical period, age, and physical activity to influence body mass index (BMI). The genomic influence is estimated...
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Demography (2022) 59 (3): 1173–1194.
Published: 01 June 2022
... affects the exposure to kin loss and (2) how family bereavement may contribute to the reproduction of historical memory in the long term. I explore these two processes using a unique genealogical database that records the complete demographic history of Rio Negro, a genocide-affected population...
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The Black Gender Gap in Educational Attainment: Historical Trends and Racial Comparisons
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Demography (2011) 48 (3): 889–914.
Published: 03 June 2011
...Anne McDaniel; Thomas A. DiPrete; Claudia Buchmann; Uri Shwed Abstract It is often asserted that the gender gap in educational attainment is larger for blacks than whites, but historical trends comparing the black and white gender gap have received surprisingly little attention. Analysis...
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On long-term mortality trends in the United States, 1850–1968
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Demography (1973) 10 (3): 405–419.
Published: 01 August 1973
... ) in phase-intervals, rather than survival rates ( nPx ) or expectation of life at given ages ( e x o ). The analysis suggests that the historical transition of mortality in the United States can be described as a three-stage process: an initial stage of slow improvement in life expectancy during 1850–1900...
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A Macrosimulation Approach to the Investigation of Natural Fertility
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Demography (1982) 19 (2): 161–176.
Published: 01 May 1982
... fertility pattern which characterized the mid-nineteenth century Mormon population. Application of this model permits estimates to be made of the historical timing and age-incidence of fertility limitation. A sensitivity analysis of the model’s parameters demonstrates that simple changes in the model’s...
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“Population redistribution and economic growth, United States, 1870–1950,” A Review
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 508–524.
Published: 01 March 1968
... in United States internal migration (using states as the areal units) seems unprecedented, as are the efforts which its various authors have expended in the development of historical series for a variety of demographic and economic indicators at the state level. The development of the migration series...
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Race, gender, and marriage: destination selection during the great migration
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 215–241.
Published: 01 May 2005
...Katherine J. Curtis White; Kyle Crowder; Stewart E. Tolnay; Robert M. Adelman Abstract Using historical census microdata, we present a unique analysis of racial and gender disparities in destination selection and an exploration ofhypotheses regarding tied migration in the historical context ofthe...
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Social structure and the female labor force: The case of women workers in muslim Middle Eastern countries
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Demography (1971) 8 (4): 427–439.
Published: 01 November 1971
... and from the historical experience of the now-industrialized West. Using comparative data on female employment patterns in Latin American countries which are at roughly a similar stage of economic development, it is shown that the low level and particular character of women's involvement in the work force...
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Model life tables: An empirical test of their applicability to less developed countries
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Demography (1972) 9 (4): 589–601.
Published: 01 November 1972
... one of the life tables in the models. The analysis in this paper tests the validity of this assumption for developing countries with data usable for the purpose. The major conclusion is that infant mortality in the populations analyzed is higher than predicted by the models corresponding to the levels...
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The impact of breast feeding patterns on the biometric analysis of infant mortality
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Demography (1977) 14 (4): 391–409.
Published: 01 November 1977
...John Knodel; Hallie Kintner Abstract A major assumption of the biometric analysis of infant mortality as developed by Bourgeois-Pichat is that the age structure of infant deaths after the first month of life is virtually constant across time and cultures. Reanalysis of results from studies which...
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Metropolitan deconcentration: Subareal inmigration and central city to ring mobility patterns among southern SMSAs
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Demography (1978) 15 (4): 589–603.
Published: 01 November 1978
...Jeanne C. Biggar; Francis C. Biasiolli Abstract The analysis of in-migration streams and subareal residential mobility patterns for moves made between 1965 and 1970in SMSAs in the East South Central and South Atlantic census divisions indicates that, despite their historical contexts...
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The nature and effects of Latin America’s non-western trend in fertility
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Demography (1970) 7 (4): 483–501.
Published: 01 November 1970
...Eduardo E. Arriaga Abstract A study by historical comparison of the fertility trends related to mortality levels is made between Latin America and Europe. The purpose of such study is to show why Latin America did not repeat the European mortality-fertility pattern during 1930–1960. Differences...
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Bombay migration study: A pilot analysis of migration to an Asian metropolis
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 378–392.
Published: 01 June 1966
.... Migrants were defined by birthplace and cross-classified by age and duration of residence in Bombay. Data (1901–61) on net migration (obtained from successive age-sex distributions) are analyzed in terms of underlying trends to give historical perspective to the analysis of recent data with special...
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Measuring sterility from incomplete birth histories
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Demography (1989) 26 (2): 185–201.
Published: 01 May 1989
... employed length of the open birth interval. In an illustrative analysis of World Fertility Survey data from sub-Saharan Africa, sterility was found to be high in Cameroon, intermediate in Lesotho and Sudan, and low in Ghana and Kenya relative to an English historical population. 30 12 2010 ©...
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Measuring the impact of locational characteristics on migration: Interpreting cross-sectional analyses
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 499–513.
Published: 01 August 1989
... reflect historical as well as contemporaneous forces. A comparison of results based on a typical cross-sectional analysis and those obtained with longitudinal data shows that these issues are of empirical importance. An alter- native interpretation of the results of cross-sectional migration analyses...
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The threshold hypothesis: evidence from less developed Latin American countries, 1950 to 1980
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Demography (1984) 21 (4): 459–473.
Published: 01 November 1984
...Phillips Cutright; Lowell Hargens Abstract Historical research among European countries finds large differences in the level of social, economic or demographic development among countries, or regions within countries at the time marital fertility rates began their decline from traditional high...
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