Skip Nav Destination
Close Modal
1-20 of 1424
Search Results for Methodological Individualism
Follow your search
Access your saved searches in your account
Would you like to receive an alert when new items match your search?
1
Journal Article
Demography (1998) 35 (4): 497–504.
Published: 01 November 1998
... Methodological Individualism Segregation Index Zero Cell Segregation Profile References Abrahamson , M. , & Sigelman , L. ( 1987 ). Occupational Sex Segregation in Metropolitan Areas . American Sociological Review , 52 , 588 – 97 . 10.2307/2095596 Bishop , Y.M...
Journal Article
Demography (2011) 48 (1): 371–399.
Published: 17 February 2011
..., and to estimate age-specific profiles of consumption of energy-intensive goods and of CO 2 emissions. Third, I offer an illustration of the methodologies using data for the United States. The analysis shows that per-capita CO 2 emissions increase with age until the individual is in his or her 60s...
FIGURES
| View All (6)
Journal Article
Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2075–2102.
Published: 13 November 2014
...Josep Pijoan-Mas; José-Víctor Ríos-Rull Abstract We develop a new methodology to compute differences in the expected longevity of individuals of a given cohort who are in different socioeconomic groups at a certain age. We address the two main problems associated with the standard use of life...
FIGURES
| View All (4)
Journal Article
Demography (1967) 4 (1): 228–243.
Published: 01 March 1967
...). The basic purpose of all these surveys is to provide reliable estimates of population growth rates for various areas within each of the countries. All the surveys under consideration are single-purpose, continuing, nation-wide studies, using fixed, area samples. The basic methodology of the studies...
Journal Article
Demography (2020) 57 (5): 1809–1831.
Published: 24 August 2020
... partners’ levels of parental wealth is considerably lower compared with estimates from research on other countries. Nonetheless, parental wealth homogamy is high at the very top of the parental wealth distribution, and individuals from wealthy families are relatively unlikely to partner with individuals...
FIGURES
| View All (7)
View articletitled, The Wealth of Parents: Trends Over Time in Assortative Mating Based on Parental Wealth
View
PDF
for article titled, The Wealth of Parents: Trends Over Time in Assortative Mating Based on Parental Wealth
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2010) 47 (Suppl 1): S65–S85.
Published: 01 March 2010
...Anne Case; Christina Paxson Abstract We examine the consequences of child health for economic and health outcomes in adulthood, using height as a marker of childhood health. After reviewing previous evidence, we present a conceptual framework that highlights data limitations and methodological...
Journal Article
Demography (2017) 54 (2): 673–699.
Published: 09 March 2017
...Adeline Delavande; Jinkook Lee; Seetha Menon Abstract We examine several methodological considerations when eliciting probabilistic expectations in a developing country context using the Longitudinal Ageing Study in India (LASI). We conclude that although, on average, individuals are able...
FIGURES
View articletitled, Eliciting Survival Expectations of the Elderly in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From India
View
PDF
for article titled, Eliciting Survival Expectations of the Elderly in Low-Income Countries: Evidence From India
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2018) 55 (1): 135–164.
Published: 18 December 2017
...Zachary Van Winkle Abstract Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity...
FIGURES
| View All (4)
View articletitled, Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe?
View
PDF
for article titled, Family Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing Complexity in Family Life Courses in Europe?
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2020) 57 (6): 2327–2335.
Published: 29 October 2020
... experiments carried out by Van Hook et al. ( 2015 ), the findings call for a more cautious approach to interpreting research results based on legal status imputations and for greater attention to potential biases introduced by various methodological approaches to inferring individuals’ legal status in survey...
FIGURES
View articletitled, The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A <span class="search-highlight">Methodological</span> Caution
View
PDF
for article titled, The Association Between Legal Status and Poverty Among Immigrants: A <span class="search-highlight">Methodological</span> Caution
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2209–2225.
Published: 01 August 2013
... partner. First, we develop the methodology to decompose isolated illiteracy rates into two main components: one related to level of homogamy among illiterates, and the other related to the educational distribution of the spouses. Second, we use harmonized international census microdata from IPUMS and DHS...
FIGURES
| View All (8)
View articletitled, The Impact of Educational Homogamy on Isolated Illiteracy Levels
View
PDF
for article titled, The Impact of Educational Homogamy on Isolated Illiteracy Levels
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1473–1491.
Published: 26 August 2011
...Florencia Torche Abstract A growing body of research highlights that in utero conditions are consequential for individual outcomes throughout the life cycle, but research assessing causal processes is scarce. This article examines the effect of one such condition—prenatal maternal stress—on birth...
FIGURES
Journal Article
Demography (2015) 52 (1): 233–257.
Published: 21 January 2015
...Elizabeth Nauman; Mark VanLandingham; Philip Anglewicz; Umaporn Patthavanit; Sureeporn Punpuing Abstract We investigate the impacts of rural-to-urban migration on the health of young adult migrants. A key methodological challenge involves the potentially confounding effects of selection...
FIGURES
View articletitled, Rural-to-Urban Migration and Changes in Health Among Young Adults in Thailand
View
PDF
for article titled, Rural-to-Urban Migration and Changes in Health Among Young Adults in Thailand
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2014) 51 (3): 835–856.
Published: 09 May 2014
... examine status exchange across racial lines in Brazil. In contrast to the United States, Brazil features greater fluidity of racial boundaries and a middle tier of “brown” individuals. If exchange is contingent on strong racial boundaries, it should be weak or non-existent in Brazilian society. Contrary...
FIGURES
| View All (6)
View articletitled, Patterns of Racial and Educational Assortative Mating in Brazil
View
PDF
for article titled, Patterns of Racial and Educational Assortative Mating in Brazil
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2014) 51 (3): 1131–1157.
Published: 02 May 2014
...Wendy Janssens; Jacques van der Gaag; Tobias F. Rinke de Wit; Zlata Tanović Abstract In 2007, UNAIDS corrected estimates of global HIV prevalence downward from 40 million to 33 million based on a methodological shift from sentinel surveillance to population-based surveys. Since then, population...
FIGURES
View articletitled, Refusal Bias in the Estimation of HIV Prevalence
View
PDF
for article titled, Refusal Bias in the Estimation of HIV Prevalence
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2025) 62 (1): 35–60.
Published: 01 February 2025
... and demographic information ( n > 100,000 individuals). The slope of the heat stress dose–workhours curve corresponding to the marginalized caste groups is between 25% and 150% steeper than that for dominant caste groups for UTCI (Universal Thermal Climate Index) thresholds between 26°C and 35°C. Our models...
FIGURES
| View All (6)
View articletitled, Caste Inequality in Occupational Exposure to Heat Waves in India
View
PDF
for article titled, Caste Inequality in Occupational Exposure to Heat Waves in India
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1005–1029.
Published: 01 August 2023
...Maria Vaalavuo; Henri Salokangas; Ossi Tahvonen Abstract This article employs a couple-level framework to examine how a child's severe illness affects within-family gender inequality. We study parental labor market responses to a child's cancer diagnosis by exploiting an event-study methodology...
FIGURES
View articletitled, Gender Inequality Reinforced: The Impact of a Child's Health Shock on Parents' Labor Market Trajectories
View
PDF
for article titled, Gender Inequality Reinforced: The Impact of a Child's Health Shock on Parents' Labor Market Trajectories
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2023) 60 (3): 675–705.
Published: 01 June 2023
... theoretical contributions by showing how the SES–health gradient and stress processes are racialized, substantive contributions by quantifying the extent of mediation and the relative importance of various individual factors, and methodological contributions by showing how simple mediation approaches...
FIGURES
| View All (5)
View articletitled, Racialized Health Inequities: Quantifying Socioeconomic and Stress Pathways Using Moderated Mediation
View
PDF
for article titled, Racialized Health Inequities: Quantifying Socioeconomic and Stress Pathways Using Moderated Mediation
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (2021) 58 (6): 2169–2191.
Published: 01 December 2021
... high-fertility settings, while the fertility of immigrants from low-fertility settings has been largely overlooked. Research has also rarely studied the fertility of immigrants who migrated as children, despite the methodological advantages of applying such an approach. This study focuses on women who...
FIGURES
| View All (5)
View articletitled, The Fertility of Immigrants From Low-Fertility Settings: Adaptation in the Quantum and Tempo of Childbearing?
View
PDF
for article titled, The Fertility of Immigrants From Low-Fertility Settings: Adaptation in the Quantum and Tempo of Childbearing?
Includes: Supplementary data
Journal Article
Demography (1966) 3 (2): 416–422.
Published: 01 June 1966
...Karl E. Taeuber Summary Most migration analyses focus on net migration and are concerned with areal redistributions of population. Migration may also be studied as an event in the life-cycle of an individual, and migration rates may be defined as properties of cohorts. A number of efforts...
Journal Article
Demography (1966) 3 (2): 343–351.
Published: 01 June 1966
...Brajesh Bhatia; Dinesh C. Dubey; Avtar K. Devgan Summary It is sometimes stated that direct mailing to individuals in developing countries like India may be wasteful due to the low literacy rate among village people. Direct mailing is a relatively new development in India and comparatively a newer...
1
