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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1445–1472.
Published: 01 August 2021
... disadvantage may be changing across cohorts. Using data from the 2013–2018 National Health and Interview Surveys, we analyze five mental and physical health outcomes—psychological distress, depression, anxiety, self-rated physical health, and activity limitation—across three birth cohorts colloquially known...
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Chronic conditions and the decline in late-life disability
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 459–477.
Published: 01 August 2007
... be a contributing factor. We discuss these findings in light of improvements in treatments and changes in the environments of older adults. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2007 2007 Chronic Condition Condition Group National Health Interview Survey Mental Distress Musculoskeletal...
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Flooding, Sociospatial Risk, and Population Health
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 61–85.
Published: 01 February 2025
... = 2,798), linked to local flood inundation and floodplain data. Difference-in-differences models show that the probability of psychological distress and fair/poor health increased significantly in the flooded treatment group, with mixed evidence on unhealthy mental health days and no change in unhealthy...
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1423–1443.
Published: 01 August 2021
... developed from a conceptualization of depression applicable to majority group members of the host country (e.g., White native-born) ( Vega and Rumbaut 1991 ). Specifically, Hispanic and Black people are more likely to somatize mental health problems, reporting more physical symptoms of distress than...
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View articletitled, The Comparability of Perceived Physical and <span class="search-highlight">Mental</span> Health Measures Across Immigrants and Natives in the United States
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Gender Differences in Self-assessed Measures of Health: How Does the Structure of Self-rated Health Compare Across Transgender and Cisgender Groups?
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2147–2175.
Published: 01 December 2024
... ). In line with other scholarship using the BRFSS ( Cicero et al. 2020a ; Fredriksen Goldsen et al. 2022 ; Pharr and Batra 2021 ), I reword and define gender categories as transgender men, transgender women, and nonbinary. I dichotomize responses regarding mental and physical distress for consistency...
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Exporting Poor Health: The Irish in England
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Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2013–2035.
Published: 07 September 2013
... of this article. Explaining mental health disparities is another central theme. Figure 3 displays by birth cohort year scores on the GHQ-12 psychological distress scale for men where most of the Irish-born living in England excess mental health illness lies. A higher score in GHQ indicates worse mental...
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Many Kinds of Poverty: Three Dimensions of Economic Hardship, Their Combinations, and Children’s Behavior Problems
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2279–2305.
Published: 05 December 2019
...), mothers’ education (U.K. National Vocational Qualification (NVQ) levels), and mothers’ serious psychological distress. Mothers’ psychological distress was measured using the Kessler six-item (K6) psychological distress scale to screen for moderate mental health issues (Prochaska et al. 2012 ). We summed...
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Demography (2018) 55 (6): 2299–2320.
Published: 01 November 2018
... to do: The impact of unmarried relationship dissolution on mental health and life satisfaction . Journal of Family Psychology , 25 , 366 – 374 . Riggle , E. D. , Rostosky , S. S. , & Horne , S. G. ( 2010 ). Psychological distress, well-being, and legal recognition in same-sex...
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View articletitled, Subjective Well-being and Partnership Dynamics: Are Same-Sex Relationships Different?
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Government Restrictions During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Depressive Symptoms Following Widowhood
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 137–158.
Published: 01 February 2025
... generally point to increases in mental distress, anxiety, depressive symptoms, loneliness, psychological distress, and stress and to decreases in subjective well-being and quality of life at the onset of the pandemic among adults aged 60 or older. However, little or no change in older adults’ mental health...
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Paradox Between Immigrant Advantages in Morbidity and Mortality: Dynamic Patterns and Tentative Explanations
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Demography (2025) 62 (2): 707–736.
Published: 01 April 2025
... days; responses range from none of the time (scored as 0) to all of the time (scored as 4). Responses to the six items were summed to yield a K6 score between 0 and 24. A score of 7 or higher on this scale indicates moderate or severe mental distress ( Kessler et al. 2003 ; Pratt 2009 ; Prochaska et...
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Demography (2024) 61 (4): 1211–1239.
Published: 01 August 2024
... N. M. ( 2020 ). Marginalized identities, Trump‐related distress, and the mental health of underrepresented college students . American Journal of Community Psychology , 65 , 381 – 396 . Alhusen J. L. , Bower K. M. , Epstein E. , & Sharps P. ( 2016 ). Racial...
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View articletitled, Adverse Infant Health Outcomes Increased After the 2016 U.S. Presidential Election Among Non-White U.S.-born and Foreign-born Mothers
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Bisexuality, Union Status, and Gender Composition of the Couple: Reexamining Marital Advantage in Health
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Demography (2019) 56 (5): 1791–1825.
Published: 19 September 2019
..., including poorer self-rated health, more functional limitations, higher risks of cardiovascular diseases, and higher prevalence of mental distress (Bostwick et al. 2010 ; Conron et al. 2010 ; Fredriksen-Goldsen et al. 2010 ; Gorman et al. 2015 ; Hsieh and Ruther 2016 ). Yet, our understanding...
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Demography (2022) 59 (6): 2215–2246.
Published: 01 December 2022
..., and higher psychological distress during youth if a child was born to a very young mother. When the mother was much older at childbirth, a child would have consistent educational and mental health outcomes regardless of how insecure the child's early disposition was. Thus, early temperamental differences...
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View articletitled, Maternal Age, Early Childhood Temperament, and Youth Outcomes
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Demography (2024) 61 (3): 829–847.
Published: 01 June 2024
... on frequent mental distress, smoking, and drinking behaviors: United States, 2015–2017 . American Journal of Public Health , 110 , 1853 – 1860 . Grigoryeva A. ( 2017 ). Own gender, sibling's gender, parent's gender: The division of elderly parent care among adult children . American...
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View articletitled, Youth Caregivers of Adults in the United States: Prevalence and the Association Between Caregiving and Education
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The Long-Term Health Implications of Marital Disruption: Divorce, Work Limits, and Social Security Disability Benefits Among Men
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Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1487–1512.
Published: 14 September 2015
... epidemiology: Conceptual models, empirical challenges and interdisciplinary perspectives . International Journal of Epidemiology , 31 , 285 – 293 . 10.1093/ije/31.2.285 . Blekesaune , M. ( 2008 ). Partnership transitions and mental distress: Investigating temporal order . Journal of Marriage...
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View articletitled, The Long-Term Health Implications of Marital Disruption: Divorce, Work Limits, and Social Security Disability Benefits Among Men
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Demography (2023) 60 (3): 707–729.
Published: 01 June 2023
...Martin O'Flaherty; Sara Kalucza; Joshua Bon Abstract Teen mothers experience disadvantage across a wide range of outcomes. However, previous research is equivocal with respect to possible long-term mental health consequences of teen motherhood and has not adequately considered the possibility...
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View articletitled, Does Anyone Suffer From Teenage Motherhood? <span class="search-highlight">Mental</span> Health Effects of Teen Motherhood in Great Britain Are Small and Homogeneous
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 769–797.
Published: 13 April 2018
... well-being; mental health, physical health, and psychological well-being; residential moves, homeownership, and satisfaction with housework; and chances of repartnering, social integration with friends and relatives, and feelings of loneliness. Third, the key domain in which large and persistent gender...
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View articletitled, Gender Differences in the Consequences of Divorce: A Study of Multiple Outcomes
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Understanding the Disability Dynamics of Youth: Health Condition and Limitation Changes for Youth and Their Influence on Longitudinal Survey Attrition
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Demography (2016) 53 (3): 749–776.
Published: 15 April 2016
...-high school employment of young adults with disabilities . Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation , 29 , 117 – 130 . Torvik F. A. , Rognmo K. , & Tambs K. ( 2012 ). Alcohol use and mental distress as predictors of non-response in a general population health survey: The HUNT...
View articletitled, Understanding the Disability Dynamics of Youth: Health Condition and Limitation Changes for Youth and Their Influence on Longitudinal Survey Attrition
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The Marital Implications of Bereavement: Child Death and Intimate Partner Violence in West and Central Africa
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Demography (2020) 57 (1): 347–371.
Published: 27 January 2020
... – 761 . 10.1111/j.0022-2445.2004.00050.x Murphy S. A. , Chung I-J , & Johnson L. C. ( 2002 ). Patterns of mental distress following the violent death of a child and predictors of change over time . Research in Nursing & Health , 25 , 425 – 437 . 10.1002/nur.10060...
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Mental Health Around the Transition to First Birth: Does Medically Assisted Reproduction Matter?
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1347–1371.
Published: 01 August 2021
.... Studying the process leading up to an MAR conception is important because struggling with subfertility is highly distressing ( Domar et al. 1993 ; Greil 1997 ). Therefore, the mental health of couples undergoing MAR may decline well before the start of the MAR treatment. For those couples who are able...
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