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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...
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Demography (1978) 15 (4): 559–569.
Published: 01 November 1978
...Young J. Kim; Zenas M. Sykes Abstract We discuss two special cases of population dynamics with changing vital rates subject to the constraint NRR = I and consider the specifics of ergodicity and stationarity. By restricting the number of age groups to two, we can make explicit the way weak...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 525–538.
Published: 01 March 1968
... of the Social Sciences (New York: The Macmillan Company and The Free Press, 1968). 2 Report of the Commission on the Cost of Medical Care, Vol. III: Significant Medical Advances (Chicago: American Medical Association, 1964). Such advances are listed for the period 1936–62 for 22 specialty areas...
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Demography (1998) 35 (2): 133.
Published: 01 May 1998
...Suzanne M. Bianchi, Guest Editor 12 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1998 1998 Child Support Absent Father Married Father Legal Custody Physical Custody INTRODUCTION TO THE SPECIAL ISSUE: "MEN IN FAMILIES" SUZANNE M. BIANCHI, GUEST EDITOR When Robert Mare first...
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Demography (2017) 54 (2): 571–602.
Published: 17 March 2017
... to) Anglophone immigrants are better suited. Meanwhile, those who arrive at younger ages specialize in a bundle of skills very similar to that supplied by observationally equivalent workers. These patterns emerge even after we net out the effects of formal education. Such findings are compatible...
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Demography (2015) 52 (4): 1243–1268.
Published: 01 July 2015
... of registered partnerships. For lesbians, registered partnership appears to be an important vehicle for family formation, especially after the 2002 adoption act. In contrast to heterosexual couples (included for comparison), we find no evidence of household specialization among lesbians. The lack...
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Demography (1978) 15 (2): 213–222.
Published: 01 May 1978
..., that specialization in metropolitan financial-commercial functions should be related to the headquarters’ presence, receives only mixed and ambiguous support in this investigation. 27 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1978 1978 Metropolitan Center Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area...
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 378–392.
Published: 01 June 1966
...K. C. Zachariah Summary This paper reports on a pilot study of migration to Greater Bombay, initiated on the recommendation of the Population Commission of United Nations, and utilizes both published tables from the 1961 Census of India and a set of specially prepared tables from the same census...
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Demography (1966) 3 (2): 574–577.
Published: 01 June 1966
... for a set of standard tabulations common to each monograph and also a set of special tabulations tailored to meet the particular needs for each topic as specified by its authors. This wealth of demographic detail regarding mortality in the United States during 1959-61 fills only one aspect of its health...
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Demography (1969) 6 (1): 27–43.
Published: 01 February 1969
...Haitung King; John C. Bailar, III Abstract A combination of special studies and official statistics permits an evaluation of the health of the clergy over the past century. The mortality experience of clergymen has been consistently more favorable than that of the general male population. It also...
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Demography (2018) 55 (2): 535–557.
Published: 22 February 2018
... drawn on theories emphasizing the benefits of specialization, the persistence of the male breadwinner norm, low income as a source of stress and conflict, and rising economic standards associated with marriage (the marriage bar). Because of conflicting evidence and data constraints, however, important...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 475–484.
Published: 01 March 1968
... of cities. Estimates were prepared for 47 cities in excess of 50,000 population in which special censuses were conducted during the years 1964–66. Because cities that undertake the expense of a special census are commonly areas that are experiencing rapid growth or large annexations, extimates...
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 1–18.
Published: 01 February 1970
... of the country will be covered by house-to-house canvass. Special efforts to alleviate the serious problem of underenumeration are being undertaken, particularly in the hard-to-enumerate portions of the big cities. The geographic program includes an “address coding guide” through which location identification...
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Demography (2007) 44 (1): 159–179.
Published: 01 February 2007
... away from income equality toward a female-dominant pattern (reverse specialization) increase the dissolution risks for both marriage and cohabitation. The findings suggest that equality is more protective for cohabitation, whereas specialization is more protective for marriage, although only when...
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Demography (2008) 45 (4): 885–905.
Published: 01 November 2008
... in the prenatal health of their sons and daughters when the sex of the child is known in advance? We pay special attention to prenatal health behaviors, which can be viewed as investment decisions, of first-generation immigrant parents from India and China, two countries with demonstrated son preference...
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Demography (2010) 47 (Suppl 1): S5–S15.
Published: 01 March 2010
... of Aging Centers Name of Center Home Institution Areas of Specialization Center on the Economics University of California, Forecasting; life span; and Demography of Aging Berkeley intergenerational transfers Center on the Demography University of Chicago and Social relationships; family; and Economics...
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Demography (2008) 45 (2): 363–386.
Published: 01 May 2008
..., industrial relations in the Great Plains context are characterized by specialization rather than cooperation. 13 1 2011 © Population Association of America 2008 2008 Great Plain Population Change Farm Population Dust Bowl Farm Dependence References Adcock D.P. ( 1995...
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Demography (2002) 39 (4): 713–738.
Published: 01 November 2002
...Jere R. Behrman; Hans-Peter Kohler; Susan Cotts Watkins Abstract The impacts of social networks on changes in contraception in rural Kenya are investigated using special data from a longitudinal household survey. An analytic model, informed by detailed knowledge of the setting, yielded estimates...
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Demography (2002) 39 (2): 287–310.
Published: 01 May 2002
... arises from the formal mathematics of unstable populations and is similar in spirit to “variable-r” methods. Unlike those methods, however, the new technique does not require specialized computer programming or iterative calculations, and event rates can be calculated directly from cross-sectional data...
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Demography (1992) 29 (1): 113–126.
Published: 01 February 1992
... nonwhites. Special, confidential questioning procedures hold promise for improving the results. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1992 1992 National Longitudinal Survey Abortion Service Calendar Period Pregnancy History Family Planning Perspective References NLS...
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