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Place and Child Health: The Interaction of Population Density and Sanitation in Developing Countries
Demography (2017) 54 (1): 337–360.
Published: 09 January 2017
...Payal Hathi; Sabrina Haque; Lovey Pant; Diane Coffey; Dean Spears Abstract A long literature in demography has debated the importance of place for health, especially children’s health. In this study, we assess whether the importance of dense settlement for infant mortality and child height...
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in The Big (Genetic) Sort? A Research Note on Migration Patterns and Their Genetic Imprint in the United Kingdom
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2023
Fig. 3 Differences in PGIs for health-related traits by migration, current place of residence, and birthplace. Colored bars and error bars represent estimated mean PGIs and their robust standard errors. The first 20 principal components are controlled. Lowercase letters indicate migration status
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 811–834.
Published: 25 April 2014
... and modeling strategy. Overall, our findings confirm that adopting a spatial multilevel approach enhances our ability to disentangle the effect of space from that of place, pointing to the need for more careful spatial thinking in population research on neighborhoods and health. 6 3 2014 25 4 2014...
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Demography (2018) 55 (4): 1245–1267.
Published: 05 July 2018
... in girls: An integrated life history approach . Psychological Bulletin , 130 , 920 – 958 . 10.1037/0033-2909.130.6.920 Ellis B. J. , Bates J. E. , Dodge K. A. , Fergusson D. M. , Horwood L. J. , Pettit G. S. , & Woodward L. ( 2003 ). Does father absence place...
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in The Big (Genetic) Sort? A Research Note on Migration Patterns and Their Genetic Imprint in the United Kingdom
> Demography
Published: 01 December 2023
mining place; (B) moved between two non–coal mining places; (C) stayed in the same non–coal mining place; (D) moved from a non–coal mining to a coal mining place; (E) moved between two coal mining places; and (F) stayed in the same coal mining place.
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Demography (2014) 51 (3): 777–809.
Published: 30 April 2014
...Arline T. Geronimus; John Bound; Annie Ro Abstract Determining whether population dynamics provide competing explanations to place effects for observed geographic patterns of population health is critical for understanding health inequality. We focus on the working-age population—the period...
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Demography (2011) 48 (1): 127–152.
Published: 23 February 2011
..., by using a seven-year (2001–2007) pooled sample of the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS). We explore racial differences in self-rated health between whites and several single and multiracial adults with binary logistic regression analyses and investigate whether placing these groups...
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 267–292.
Published: 01 February 2022
... contexts for White individuals. For all other racial/ethnic-nativity groups, the relationship between education and health depends on the characteristics of the early life counties of residence. Findings highlight place-based factors that may contribute to the development of racial/ethnic and nativity...
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Demography (2022) 59 (4): 1517–1539.
Published: 01 August 2022
... of health selectivity of internal migration in Indonesia . Social Science & Medicine , 67 , 1331 – 1339 . Malmusi D. , Borrell C. , & Benach J. ( 2010 ). Migration-related health inequalities: Showing the complex interactions between gender, social class and place...
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Demography (1997) 34 (1): 159–170.
Published: 01 February 1997
...James P. Smith; Raynard Kington Abstract In this paper we examine disparities in the ability to function among older Americans. We place special emphasis on two goals: (I) understanding the quantitatively large socioeconomic status-health gradient, and (2) the persistence in health outcomes over...
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Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1649–1664.
Published: 01 December 2023
...Fig. 3 Differences in PGIs for health-related traits by migration, current place of residence, and birthplace. Colored bars and error bars represent estimated mean PGIs and their robust standard errors. The first 20 principal components are controlled. Lowercase letters indicate migration status...
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Demography (2007) 44 (3): 519–537.
Published: 01 August 2007
... of individual marital status. The data include individual histories of changes in marital status and places of residence, providing a rare opportunity to enter municipality fixed effects into the model, thereby capturing the time-invariant unobserved factors at that level. The positive health externality...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 525–538.
Published: 01 March 1968
...- duced to prevent or reduce accidents at work and in public places. A rather recent community public health activity is the fluoridation of the water supply to reduce the incidence of dental caries. Advances in the medical and allied sciences have contributed in many ways to the promotion of health...
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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1427–1452.
Published: 15 July 2019
.... , Curtis , S. , Diez-Roux , A. V. , & Macintyre , S. ( 2007 ). Understanding and representing “place” in health research: A relational approach . Social Science & Medicine , 65 , 1825 – 1838 . 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.05.036 . Currie , J. ( 2009 ). Healthy, wealthy...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 687–703.
Published: 01 November 2007
..., challenges posed in the early literature remain largely unanswered. I argue that just as demographers and population scientists were pioneers in the study of neighborhoods and health, they are uniquely poised to lead the field again. Putting people into place means explaining behavior and outcomes...
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Demography (2021) 58 (5): 1631–1654.
Published: 01 October 2021
... expectancy. Place also matters for health, and in some parts of the country, the geographic divergence in health is widening ( Avenado and Kawachi 2014 ; Case and Deaton 2017 ; Cullen et al. 2012 ; Elo et al. 2019 ; Rogers et al. 2019 ; Wang et al. 2013 ). When compared with its European peers...
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Demography (2006) 43 (3): 511–536.
Published: 01 August 2006
... and third or higher generations lose ground. Differences in dropout rates by race-ethnicity and immigrant generation are driven by differences in human, cultural, and social capital. Low levels of family human capital, school social capital, and community social capital place the children of immigrants...
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Demography (2001) 38 (2): 253–265.
Published: 01 May 2001
.... Between 1993 and 1997 these midwives tended to be placed in relatively poor communities that were relatively distant from health centers. We show that additions of village midwives to communities between 1993 and 1997 are associated with a significant increase in body mass index in 1997 relative to 1993...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1631–1656.
Published: 16 August 2016
.... ( 2012 ). Fundamental causes of colorectal cancer mortality: The implications of informational diffusion . Milbank Quarterly , 90 , 592 – 618 . 10.1111/j.1468-0009.2012.00675.x . White , K. , Haas , J. S. , & Williams , D. R. ( 2012 ). Elucidating the role of place in health...
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Demography (2023) 60 (3): 809–835.
Published: 01 June 2023
... with higher wealth accumulation and might be a way to maximize assets at older ages. Thus, return migration may contribute to nativity-based wealth stratification in the United States. The study's findings point to the greater financial risks for new cohorts of immigrants aging in place, suggest caution...
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