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Demography (2004) 41 (1): 37–59.
Published: 01 February 2004
... is to describe and illustrate this multilevel approach to studying segregation. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2004 2004 Metropolitan Area Census Tract Social Dimension Residential Segregation Brookings Institution References Alba R.D. , & Logan J.R...
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Demography (1982) 19 (3): 391–408.
Published: 01 August 1982
.... Demographic factors do not account for the effects of variations in parental ability or willingness to provide adequate infant care. The final model estimated incorporated both these social dimensions of child care. Parental ability, measured by father’s social class, mother’s health information, and local...
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Demography (1981) 18 (2): 137–156.
Published: 01 May 1981
... and/or father was a teenager were compared with their classmates born when both parents were older on a variety of educational, occupational, and social dimensions. Many differences were found, owing primarily to the different social and economic background characteristics of the two groups. Even...
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Demography (1994) 31 (3): 509–524.
Published: 01 August 1994
.... This research suggests that social dimensions should be taken into account in modeling internal migration of the foreign-born. 14 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1994 1994 Social Capital Human Capital Immigrant Group Migration Decision Nativity Concentration References...
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Demography (1978) 15 (1): 75–86.
Published: 01 February 1978
... attention to the social dimensions of age as a variable in fertility processes. 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1978 1978 Life Table Birth Interval Interbirth Interval Parity Progression Subsequent Fertility References Bumpass , Larry L. , & Westoff...
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Demography (2019) 56 (1): 201–228.
Published: 06 December 2018
...) and the Relationship Dynamics and Social Life study (RDSL). Although the specific survey measures and sample composition of the two data sets are different, the dimensionality of the concepts and the content of the items used to measure their latent factors are remarkably consistent across the two data sets...
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1085–1108.
Published: 06 July 2016
... affect where people live. Segregation is usually studied one dimension at a time, but these social differences are interrelated, and thus a multivariate approach is needed to understand their effects. We find that ethnicity is the main basis of local residential sorting, while occupational standing...
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Demography (1974) 11 (3): 521–532.
Published: 01 August 1974
... to be interrelated and constitute a second dimension of residential segregation. In conclusion, Madrid is examined in relation to both more and less industrialized cities, leading to a further modification of social area theory contentions concerning the ecology of stratification in developing cities. 8 2 2011...
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1663–1686.
Published: 25 May 2013
... consequences. Controlling for social changes that shape both marital practices and childbearing behaviors, and explicitly considering multiple dimensions of marital processes, we find evidence consistent with an independent, long-standing association of participation in spouse choice with higher rates...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 725–750.
Published: 10 October 2012
...Rachel E. Goldberg Abstract Epidemiological, economic, and social forces have produced high levels of volatility in family and household structure for young people growing up in sub-Saharan Africa in recent decades. However, scholarship on the family to date has not examined the influence...
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Demography (2013) 50 (2): 591–614.
Published: 30 November 2012
... suicide rates and suicide by firearms and other means. Unlike past research that typically considers only one dimension, this analysis differentiates between spatial and temporal variation in suicide rates to determine whether and how social correlates operate differently in these two contexts. Results...
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2083–2108.
Published: 10 December 2019
... models show that (1) two key dimensions of social organization—education and international travel—are strongly associated with change in attitudes, net of prior attitudes; (2) reorganization of education and travel are associated with attitudes toward ideal age at marriage; and (3) this association...
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 71–85.
Published: 01 February 1970
... and socialization into adult roles occurs, appears to be of special importance. Women who migrated from villages to the city at any stage of the life-cycle, however, report attitudes and behavior more modern than those of women with no urban residential experience (though less modern than those of women who have...
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2377–2392.
Published: 03 December 2019
...Dennis M. Feehan; Curtiss Cobb Abstract Online data sources offer tremendous promise to demography and other social sciences, but researchers worry that the group of people who are represented in online data sets can be different from the general population. We show that by sampling and anonymously...
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Demography (2021) 58 (6): 2265–2289.
Published: 01 December 2021
... graduates, if disparities remain along other stratifying dimensions then the extent of equalization and social mobility implied by prior work may have been overstated. The dependent variable in Eq. (1) is equal to 1 if an individual is first married in a given month and 0 if they are never married...
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Demography (2021) 58 (2): 571–602.
Published: 01 April 2021
... dimensions of human and social development. In spite of this unique scenario, never has the social stratification literature examined patterns and implications of educational assortative mating for inequality in SSA. Using 126 Demographic and Health Surveys from 39 SSA countries between 1986 and 2016...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 747–770.
Published: 01 November 2007
... of health services on fertility behavior. The product is comprehensive documentation of the independent in uence of various dimensions of health services on fertility behavior in a context of dramatic social, economic, and institutional change. This investigation focuses on a setting in rural Nepal...
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Demography (2007) 44 (4): 687–703.
Published: 01 November 2007
... in relation to a potentially changing local context. A more dynamic conceptualization is needed that fully incorporates human agency, integrates multiple dimensions of local social and spatial context, develops the necessary longitudinal data, and implements appropriate tools. Diverse approaches...
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Demography (1994) 31 (2): 249–270.
Published: 01 May 1994
... about neighborhood context along a second, substantive dimension. At a minimum, investigators explicitly should take into account the social milieu (e.g., racial mix, income level, crime rate, relations among neighbors) and the physical quality (density, congestion, street maintenance, type of housing...
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Demography (2005) 42 (2): 347–372.
Published: 01 May 2005
... of resources on women’s power. However, the scale appears to combine diverse dimensions of relationship power that were differentially related to migration in our study. 15 2 2011 © Population Association of America 2005 2005 Social Resource Relationship Power Migrant Woman Social Exchange...