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Birth spacing and fertility limitation: a behavioral analysis of a nineteenth century frontier population
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Demography (1985) 22 (2): 169–183.
Published: 01 May 1985
... the relative significance of spacing and stopping behavior during this fertil- ity decline. First, within both natural fertility birth cohorts and cohorts follow- ing the onset of fertility limitation, we hypothesize that substantial groups of women with long interbirth intervals across the entire childbearing...
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Emotional Variation and Fertility Behavior
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 437–458.
Published: 08 February 2017
... between variations in the husband-wife emotional bond and their subsequent fertility-limiting behavior. This panel study is ideal because it was designed to measure community, family, and individual influences on fertility behavior; and it features a multilevel, comprehensive baseline measurement combined...
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Reply to “On ‘a new look at entropy and the life table’” by S. Mitra
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Demography (1987) 24 (3): 441–442.
Published: 01 August 1987
...Noreen Goldman; Graham Lord 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1987 1987 Life Table Demographic Parameter Short Note Vital Rate Limit Behavior References Demetrius , L. ( 1979 ). Relations between demographic parameters . Demography , 16 , 329...
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The spread of health services and fertility Transition
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 747–770.
Published: 01 November 2007
... and multidimensional effects on fertility-limiting behavior, as do increased access to wage-labor opportunities, mar- kets, transportation, and media (Caldwell 1982; Casterline 2001; Cleland and Hobcraft 1985; Coale and Watkins 1986; Gertler and Molyneaux 1994). As a result, the other changes that occur at the same...
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Family organization and fertility limitation in Nepal
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Demography (1992) 29 (4): 503–521.
Published: 01 November 1992
...William G. Axinn Abstract This paper uses the family mode of organization framework to link together hypotheses relating social change to fertility limitation. Experiences in nonfamily activities are predicted to affect fertility behavior, with the outcome depending on the social, economic...
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The Promise and Perils of Population Research on Same-Sex Families
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Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2385–2397.
Published: 10 November 2017
... problems, we examine the relationship between family structure and a broad range of child well-being outcomes, including school days lost, behavior, parent-rated health, emotional difficulties, and activity limitations. We find both similarities (school days lost, behavior, parent-rated health...
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Demography (2025) 62 (2): 365–379.
Published: 01 April 2025
...Iliya Gutin; Lauren Gaydosh Abstract The trend of increasing U.S. working-age (25–64) mortality is well-documented. Yet, our understanding of its causes is incomplete, and analyses are often limited to using population data with little information on individual behaviors and characteristics. One...
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Sexualities and Geographic Mobility Between Childhood and Adulthood in the United States
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Demography (2022) 59 (4): 1541–1569.
Published: 01 August 2022
... limitations. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( N = 11,705) that directly measure sexualities across dimensions (i.e., identity, behavior, and attraction), I examine variation in geographic mobility between childhood (ages 11–17) and adulthood (ages 26–34) across...
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The Population Education Transition Curve: Education Gradients Across Population Exposure to New Health Risks
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Demography (2017) 54 (5): 1873–1895.
Published: 05 September 2017
... lives and longevity. Even though the epidemiological evidence has strongly indicated formal education as a leading “social vaccine,” there is intermittent reporting of counter-education gradients for health-risk behavior and associated outcomes for certain populations during specific periods. How can...
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View articletitled, The Population Education Transition Curve: Education Gradients Across Population Exposure to New Health Risks
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Rising Household Debt and Children’s Socioemotional Well-being Trajectories
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1273–1301.
Published: 10 July 2019
..., including home, education, and unsecured debt (Dynan and Kohn 2007 ; Federal Reserve Board 2007 ). We limit our sample to children aged 5–15, ages at which the socioemotional well-being measure (behavior problems index) on which we focus was administered to their mothers. We identify 36,984 child-year...
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Demography (2024) 61 (5): 1509–1533.
Published: 01 October 2024
... [Dataset]. Ann Arbor, MI : Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor] . https://doi.org/10.3886/e207681v1 Anderton D. L. , & Bean L. L. ( 1985 ). Birth spacing and fertility limitation: A behavioral analysis of a nineteenth century frontier...
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View articletitled, The Impact of Multiple Births on Fertility: Stopping and Spacing in the United States During the Demographic Transition
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Demography (2024) 61 (2): 393–418.
Published: 01 April 2024
... and parental health has used observational data, limiting the extent to which the net effect of birth spacing could be distinguished from confounding factors that jointly influence both birth spacing behavior and the health outcome under investigation. A systematic review of 22 studies published between 1966...
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View articletitled, Birth Spacing and Parents’ Physical and Mental Health: An Analysis Using Individual and Sibling Fixed Effects
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The Relationship History Calendar: Improving the Scope and Quality of Data on Youth Sexual Behavior
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Demography (2011) 48 (3): 1151–1176.
Published: 06 July 2011
... and improve the quality of reporting; however, these methods often limit the complexity of information collected. We designed a life history calendar—the Relationship History Calendar (RHC)—to increase the scope of data collected on sexual relationships and behavior while enhancing their quality. The RHC...
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The Impact of Married Individuals Learning HIV Status in Malawi: Divorce, Number of Sexual Partners, and Condom Use With Spouses
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 259–280.
Published: 13 January 2015
...-negative and HIV-positive respondents. These results imply that individuals actively respond to information about their HIV status that they learn during HTC, invoking protective behavior against future risk of HIV/AIDS for themselves and their actual and potential sexual partners. Some limitations...
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How well can we track cohabitation using the sipp? A consideration of direct and inferred measures
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Demography (2002) 39 (3): 455–465.
Published: 01 August 2002
...Reagan Baughman; Stacy Dickert-Conlin; Scott Houser Abstract Cohabitation is an alternative to marriage and to living independently for an increasing number of Americans. Still, research that explores links between living arrangements and economic behavior is limited by a lack of data...
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Job continuity among new mothers
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 145–155.
Published: 01 May 1999
..., return to the prepregnancy employer was quite common. Sixty percent of women who worked full-time before the birth of a child continued to work for the same employer after the child was born. Furthermore, the labor market behavior of most of the remaining 40% suggests that maternity-leave legislation...
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Return Migration and Fertility: French Overseas Emigrants, Returnees, and Nonmigrants at Origin and Destination
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Demography (2024) 61 (2): 569–593.
Published: 01 April 2024
...Marine Haddad; Ariane Pailhé Abstract Although growing research has emphasized the critical importance of studying returns for understanding various aspects of migration processes, knowledge regarding return migrants’ fertility behaviors remains limited. This study addresses this knowledge gap...
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View articletitled, Return Migration and Fertility: French Overseas Emigrants, Returnees, and Nonmigrants at Origin and Destination
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Can Family Policies Enhance Fertility? An Ex Ante Evaluation Through Factorial Survey Experiments
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 311–334.
Published: 01 February 2025
... persistently low fertility rates are often linked to limited welfare support for families. We surveyed 4,022 respondents aged 20–44 and exposed them to various scenarios characterized by different family policy packages. We asked them to ascribe short-term fertility behavior to a fictitious couple under each...
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 87–112.
Published: 01 February 2025
... in Denmark and likely across most of Europe. Migration policies affect not only the inflow of immigrants into society but also the family-formation behavior of immigrants already in the country. Further, immigrants often arrive with life scripts that differ from those of the host society. Limiting...
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View articletitled, The Demographic and Socioeconomic Consequences of Restricting Access to Marriage for Young Immigrant Women in Denmark
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Elementary models for population growth and distribution analysis
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Demography (1970) 7 (3): 361–368.
Published: 01 August 1970
... are imposed. The time behavior of the systems are analyzed, noting especially situations where total depopulation or population explosion eventually occur in one or both populations. Neither growth control nor migration control alone results in a condition of long-run stability in both regions. If at least...
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