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Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1427–1452.
Published: 15 July 2019
... rural general caste children? We find that SES variables largely explain the height gap for STs, but not for SCs and OBCs. For these groups, the remaining height gap is explained by local processes related to social inequality. We use two complementary empirical strategies to arrive at these results...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1631–1656.
Published: 16 August 2016
...Sean A. P. Clouston; Marcie S. Rubin; Jo C. Phelan; Bruce G. Link Abstract Fundamental cause theory posits that social inequalities in health arise because of unequal access to flexible resources, including knowledge, money, power, prestige, and beneficial social connections, which allow people...
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Demography (2001) 38 (4): 513–524.
Published: 01 November 2001
... française: données sociales 1993 (pp. 251 – 58 ). Paris : INSEE . Doblhammer , G. , & Kytir , J. ( 1999 ). Social Inequalities in Mortality and Morbidity: Consequences for DFLE Towards an Integrated System of Indicators to Assess the Health Status of the Population: 9th REVES...
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Demography (2008) 45 (1): 1–29.
Published: 01 February 2008
...Robert J. Sampson; Patrick Sharkey Abstract In this paper, we consider neighborhood selection as a social process central to the reproduction of racial inequality in neighborhood attainment. We formulate a multilevel model that decomposes multiple sources of stability and change in longitudinal...
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Demography (2023) 60 (4): 1115–1137.
Published: 01 August 2023
...Christian Dudel; Elke Loichinger; Sebastian Klüsener; Harun Sulak; Mikko Myrskylä Abstract The extension of late working life has been proposed as a potential remedy for the challenges of aging societies. For Germany, surprisingly little is known about trends and social inequalities in the length...
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Demography (1991) 28 (4): 571–586.
Published: 01 November 1991
... of the High School Class of 1972. Background and Significance In the past decade, a considerable body of research has appeared on both the formation * This research was facilitated by a grant from the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation to the Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality. An earlier...
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 1949–1973.
Published: 01 December 2024
... :22). In addition, the HLI captures lifespan inequality, which is related to development because it reflects how societies organize health care, insurance, pensions, and other social policies and programs ( van Raalte et al. 2018 :1002). Furthermore, lifespan inequality has an inherent dimension...
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Demography (2024) 61 (3): 665–686.
Published: 01 June 2024
... . Bauer G. R. , & Scheim A. I. ( 2019 ). Methods for analytic intercategorical intersectionality in quantitative research: Discrimination as a mediator of health inequalities . Social Science & Medicine , 226 , 236 – 245 . Berntsen K. N. , & Kravdal Ø . ( 2012...
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Demography (2024) 61 (6): 2053–2079.
Published: 01 December 2024
... family form per se , but growing legal and social recognition has intensified the need to understand prevailing inequalities in couples’ chances of fulfilling their desires for parenthood ( Rault 2020 ). Same-sex couples must navigate complex institutional regimes to have children and might face...
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1523–1547.
Published: 01 October 2023
... limited liberal welfare states (see Esping-Andersen 1990 ), high inequality, and low social mobility compared with Finland, which has a more extensive social-democratic welfare state, with less socioeconomic inequality and a more egalitarian educational system. Finland is characterized by one...
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Writing the names: Marriage style, living arrangements, and first birth interval in a Nepali society
Demography (1993) 30 (2): 175–188.
Published: 01 May 1993
... . Ethnology , 29 , 135 – 58 . 10.2307/3773754 Fricke, Tom, William G. Axinn, and Arland Thornton. Forthcoming. “Marriage, Social Inequality, and Women’s Contact with Their Natal Families in Alliance Societies: Two Tamang Examples.” American Anthropologist . Fricke Tom , Dahal Dilli R...
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Demography (2023) 60 (6): 1689–1698.
Published: 01 December 2023
... triviality: Minority status and zodiacal fertility timing among Chinese Malaysians . Population Studies , 49 , 45 – 55 . Guzzo K. B. , & Hayford S. R. ( 2020 ). Pathways to parenthood in social and family contexts: Decade in review, 2020 . Journal of Marriage and Family , 82 , 117...
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Demography (2023) 60 (5): 1441–1468.
Published: 01 October 2023
... U.S. population. Copyright © 2023 The Authors 2023 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Health disparities Cognitive impairment ADLs Social stratification Multistate models The lengthening of life...
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Demography (2024) 61 (4): 973–977.
Published: 01 August 2024
... fertility Age–period–cohort translation If there was ever any doubt that demographers love to discuss Lexis diagrams, this has been quashed by the many responses we have received by email, over social media, and in this journal to our article “The Dangers of Drawing Cohort Profiles From Period Data...
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Demography (2025) 62 (1): 137–158.
Published: 01 February 2025
... circumstances are a key risk factor. Traumatic or “bad” deaths that are characterized by intensive medical care, physical or psychological distress, or social isolation are linked with worse outcomes (for an analysis of “good” and “bad” deaths, see Carr 2003 ). Social support and access to economic resources...
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Demography (1999) 36 (2): 195–203.
Published: 01 May 1999
... parents have a financial responsibility for their children after divorce. Some jurisdictions consider the income of both the custodial and 'Suzanne M. Bianchi, Lekha Subaiya, and Joan R. Kahn, Center on Population, Gender, and Social Inequality, Department of Sociology, Uni- versity of Maryland, 2112 Art...
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Demography (1993) 30 (4): 523–532.
Published: 01 November 1993
... of the Referee System . Minerva , 9 , 66 – 100 . 10.1007/BF01553188 Demography, Vol. 30, No.4, November 1993 Thirty Years of Demography Jay D. Teachman Kathleen Paasch Karen Price Carver Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD...
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Demography (2017) 54 (4): 1305–1330.
Published: 11 July 2017
... to the improvement of subjective well-being. We focus on fertility as a goal-seeking behavior over the life course. Successful parenthood is considered an ultimate goal by evolutionary scholars (Mace 2014 ). It can also be considered an intermediate goal to improve social well-being through affection...
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Job, Family, and Gender: Determinants of Nonstandard Work Schedules Among Employed Americans in 1991
Demography (1995) 32 (4): 577–598.
Published: 01 November 1995
..., and Social Inequality Department of Sociology University of Maryland College Park, MD 20742 This study provides the most recent national estimates of the prevalence of employment during nonstandard hours (evenings, nights, or rotating hours) and on weekends. It also examines in a multivariate context...
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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 411–423.
Published: 01 August 1989
..., University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland 20742 Paul T. Schollaert Department of Sociology and Center on Population, Gender and Social Inequality, Old Dominion University, Norfolk, Virginia 23529-0090 We address the impact of the gender of children on birth timing. Our findings suggest that a preference...
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