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Demography (1979) 16 (1): 89–101.
Published: 01 February 1979
...Rachel A. Rosenfeld; Aage B. Sørensen Abstract Using the 1970 Census data, this paper examines differences by sex in patterns of intragenerational occupational mobility over a five year period (1965–1970) for two cohorts of white, U.S. men and women. The observed mobility patterns are separated...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 451–465.
Published: 01 August 1989
... and in the number of siblings. Two situations are considered regarding the latent probability of having a boy: population homogeneity and population heterogeneity. The sex difference in the number of siblings exists even under population homogeneity, and the difference remains constant when each couple employs...
View articletitled, A formal theory for male-preferring stopping rules of childbearing: <span class="search-highlight">sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in birth order and in the number of siblings
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for article titled, A formal theory for male-preferring stopping rules of childbearing: <span class="search-highlight">sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in birth order and in the number of siblings
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Demography (1983) 20 (2): 177–195.
Published: 01 May 1983
... and of groom, and by age differences between spouses. Although the current inequality in the risks of widowhood and widowerhood for the average couple is mostly due to sex differences in mortality, a one year age difference between spouses has about the same impact as does a one year difference in life...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in life cycle measures of widowhood
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Demography (1981) 18 (3): 335–348.
Published: 01 August 1981
... patterns of remarriage and spouse selection that tend to hold across countries. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1981 1981 DEMOGRAPHY© Volume 18, Number 3 August 1981 SEX DIFFERENCES IN REMARRIAGE AND SPOUSE SELECTION Joseph Chamie Population Division, United Nations, New York...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in Remarriage and Spouse Selection
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Demography (1996) 33 (4): 455–468.
Published: 01 November 1996
.... , & McGinnis R. ( 1993 ). Rank Advancement in Academic Careers: Sex Differences and the Effects of Productivity . American Sociological Review , 58 , 703 – 22 . 10.2307/2096282 Long J.S. , & Fox M.F. ( 1995 ). Scientific Careers: Universalism and Particularism . Annual Review...
View articletitled, Geographic mobility of scientists: <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> and family constraints
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for article titled, Geographic mobility of scientists: <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> and family constraints
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 189–214.
Published: 01 May 2005
... Population Association of America 2005 2005 Chronic Condition Poor Health Stomach Cancer Chronic Health Condition Condition List SEX DIFFERENCES IN MORBIDITY AND MORTALlTY* ANNE CASE AND CHRISTINA PAXSON Women have worse self-rated health and more hospitalization episodes than men from early...
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Demography (2003) 40 (1): 45–65.
Published: 01 February 2003
...Fred C. Pampel Abstract After decades of widening, the difference in mortality from lung cancer between men and women has begun to narrow in recent years. Recognizing that the increase in smoking among women relative to men is the proximate cause of the changing sex difference in rates of lung...
View articletitled, Declining <span class="search-highlight">sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in mortality from lung cancer in high-income nations
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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 555–578.
Published: 01 August 2010
...Richard G. Rogers; Bethany G. Everett; Jarron M. Saint Onge; Patrick M. Krueger Abstract Few studies have examined whether sex differences in mortality are associated with different distributions of risk factors or result from the unique relationships between risk factors and mortality for men...
View articletitled, Social, behavioral, and biological factors, and <span class="search-highlight">sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in mortality
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for article titled, Social, behavioral, and biological factors, and <span class="search-highlight">sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in mortality
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Demography (2018) 55 (5): 1749–1775.
Published: 14 September 2018
...Michael Baker; Kirsten Cornelson Abstract Research on sex differences in humans documents gender differences in sensory, motor, and spatial aptitudes. These aptitudes, as captured by Dictionary of Occupational Titles (DOT) codes, predict the occupational choices of men and women in the directions...
View articletitled, Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in Sensory, Motor, and Spatial Aptitudes
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for article titled, Gender-Based Occupational Segregation and <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in Sensory, Motor, and Spatial Aptitudes
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Demography (2015) 52 (6): 2053–2056.
Published: 02 November 2015
...Roland Pongou 6 10 2015 2 11 2015 © Population Association of America 2015 2015 Questions about the causes of sex differences in mortality have occupied statisticians, biologists, and social scientists since pioneer demographer John Graunt ( 1662 ) discovered, through his...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in Early-Age Mortality: The Preconception Origins Hypothesis
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Demography (2006) 43 (4): 631–646.
Published: 01 November 2006
...Samuel H. Preston; Haidong Wang Abstract This article demonstrates that over the period 1948–2003, sex differences in mortality in the age range 50–84 widened and then narrowed on a cohort basis rather than on a period basis. The cohort with the maximum excess of male mortality was born shortly...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> mortality <span class="search-highlight">differences</span> in The United States: The role of cohort smoking patterns
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2053–2079.
Published: 01 December 2024
... on female couples to assess the magnitude and changes in educational differences related to childbearing. We also explore whether the association between education and the likelihood of having a child is explained by income. In addition, to understand how the fertility histories of women in same-sex couples...
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View articletitled, Educational <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in Fertility Among Female Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Couples in Finland
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Demography (2011) 48 (4): 1535–1557.
Published: 19 August 2011
... on the increase in sex ratios by using a difference-in-differences (DD) estimator. Using the 1990 census, we find that the strict enforcement of the one-child policy led to 4.4 extra boys per 100 girls in the 1980s, accounting for about 94% of the total increase in sex ratios during this period. The robust tests...
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View articletitled, Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the <span class="search-highlight">Difference</span>-in-<span class="search-highlight">Differences</span>
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for article titled, Estimating the Effect of the One-Child Policy on the <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Ratio Imbalance in China: Identification Based on the <span class="search-highlight">Difference</span>-in-<span class="search-highlight">Differences</span>
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1399–1428.
Published: 13 September 2016
... experiences with sex and pregnancy, black women spent less time in relationships and had sex less frequently in their relationships than white women, but did not differ in the number of relationships they formed or in their frequency or consistency of contraceptive use within relationships. Black women were...
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View articletitled, Black-White <span class="search-highlight">Differences</span> in <span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> and Contraceptive Use Among Young Women
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 937–953.
Published: 06 July 2016
...Wendy D. Manning; Susan L. Brown; J. Bart Stykes Abstract Relationship stability is a key indicator of well-being, but most U.S.-based research has been limited to different-sex couples. The 2008 panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) provides an untapped data resource...
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View articletitled, Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> and <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Cohabiting Couple Relationship Stability
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Demography (2017) 54 (6): 2351–2374.
Published: 21 November 2017
... by sex composition have typically found that same-sex female couples have higher rates of dissolution than same-sex male couples and different-sex couples. We argue that the more elevated rates of dissolution for same-sex female couples are a by-product of the focus on coresidential unions. We use data...
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View articletitled, Gender and the Stability of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> and <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Relationships Among Young Adults
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2349–2350.
Published: 18 November 2014
... on Different-Sex Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands” (Trandafir 2014 ), I studied the evolution of the (different-sex) marriage rate in the Netherlands following the legalization of registered partnership (available to both same-sex and different-sex couples) in 1998 and of same-sex marriage in 2001...
View articletitled, Reply to Comment on “The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands”
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for article titled, Reply to Comment on “The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands”
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Demography (2014) 51 (6): 2343–2347.
Published: 21 October 2014
...Alexis Dinno Abstract In the recent Demography article titled “The Effect of Same-Sex Marriage Laws on Different-Sex Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands,” Trandafir attempted to answer the question, Are rates of opposite sex marriage affected by legal recognition of same-sex marriages...
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View articletitled, Comment on “The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands”
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for article titled, Comment on “The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands”
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Demography (2014) 51 (2): 509–534.
Published: 01 March 2014
...Lisa Giddings; John M. Nunley; Alyssa Schneebaum; Joachim Zietz Abstract We examine differences in household specialization between same-sex and different-sex couples within and across three birth cohorts: Baby Boomers, Generation X, and Generation Y. Using three measures of household...
View articletitled, Birth Cohort and the Specialization Gap Between Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> and <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Couples
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for article titled, Birth Cohort and the Specialization Gap Between Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> and <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Couples
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Demography (2014) 51 (1): 317–340.
Published: 05 November 2013
...Mircea Trandafir Abstract It has long been argued that the legalization of same-sex marriage would have a negative impact on marriage. In this article, I examine how different-sex marriage in the Netherlands was affected by the enactment of two laws: a 1998 law that provided all couples...
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View articletitled, The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands
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for article titled, The Effect of Same-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage Laws on <span class="search-highlight">Different</span>-<span class="search-highlight">Sex</span> Marriage: Evidence From the Netherlands
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