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Demography (1976) 13 (1): 139–148.
Published: 01 February 1976
...Jane Riblett Wilkie Abstract The U.S. population by race and urban-rural residence from 1790 to 1860 is presented. The definition of the urban population used is that population residing in incorporated places of 2,500 population or more. The rural population is the residual of the total population...
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in Impact of Free/Subsidized Secondary School Education on the Likelihood of Teenage Motherhood
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Published: 01 August 2021
Fig. 3 Trend in teenage birth rates by urban/rural residence, religion, and province. Data are from the 2014 Kenya Demographic and Health Survey.
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Demography (1967) 4 (1): 98–107.
Published: 01 March 1967
...Eduardo E. Arriaga Summary This study begins with a brief analysis of past and present urban-rural mortality in those countries which are presently considered to be developed. The same analysis centers in developing countries, for it is thought that their rural mortality should be greater than...
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Demography (2015) 52 (1): 233–257.
Published: 21 January 2015
...Elizabeth Nauman; Mark VanLandingham; Philip Anglewicz; Umaporn Patthavanit; Sureeporn Punpuing Abstract We investigate the impacts of rural-to-urban migration on the health of young adult migrants. A key methodological challenge involves the potentially confounding effects of selection...
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Published: 21 January 2015
Fig. 2 Changes in physical and mental health status for rural-to-urban migrants, rural-urban-rural return migrants, and those who stayed in rural Kanchanaburi province
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Demography (2009) 46 (4): 827–850.
Published: 01 November 2009
...Ellen Van De Poel; Owen O'donnell; Eddy Van Doorslaer Abstract The rural-urban gap in infant mortality rates is explained by using a new decomposition method that permits identification of the contribution of unobserved heterogeneity at the household and the community level. Using Demographic...
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Demography (1990) 27 (4): 601–616.
Published: 01 November 1990
... , B. , Ravel , J. , Vaugelage , J. , & Diebold , G. ( 1974 ). Health Effects of Rural-Urban Migration in Developing Countries-Senegal . Social Science and Medicine , 8 , 243 – 254 . 10.1016/0037-7856(74)90093-6 Caldwell , J. C. ( 1979 ). Education as a Factor...
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 71–85.
Published: 01 February 1970
... 1970 1970 Provincial Center District Center Current Residence Consumption Index Marry Woman References Abu-Lughod , J. ( 1964 ). Urban-rural differences as a function of the demographic transition: Egyptian data and an analytical model . American Journal of Sociology , 69...
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 223–247.
Published: 30 November 2017
...Claus C. Pörtner; Yu-hsuan Su Abstract The developing world is rapidly urbanizing, but an understanding of how child health differs across urban and rural areas is lacking. We examine the association between area of residence and child health in India, focusing on composition and selection effects...
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Demography (2003) 40 (1): 23–44.
Published: 01 February 2003
..., the association between number of children and the receipt of instrumental and financial support is examined for rural and urban populations. Probabilities are modeled as bivariate probits. Coefficients are used to conduct simulations in which support is examined across hypothetical distributions of number...
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Demography (1987) 24 (2): 191–210.
Published: 01 May 1987
...Richard E. Bilsborrow; Thomas M. McDevitt; Sherrie Kossoudji; Richard Fuller Abstract It is widely believed that structural variables such as inequitable land distribution, lack of rural employment opportunities, and rural-urban wage and amenity gaps influence population movements in developing...
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Fertility adaptation of rural-to-urban migrant women: A method of estimation applled to Korean women
Demography (1984) 21 (3): 339–345.
Published: 01 August 1984
...Stephen C. Farber; Bun Song Lee Abstract This study proposes to test for the existence of an adaptation effect of rural-to-urban migration. The design is to divide migrants into two groups at the time of observation: one group which had migrated by that time, and another group consisting...
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Demography (1985) 22 (4): 565–579.
Published: 01 November 1985
...Theodore D. Fuller; Paul Lightfoot; Peerasit Kamnuansilpa Abstract An individual behavioral model of the decision-making process for rural-urban mobility is applied to longitudinal data from an area of Northeast Thailand where circular rural-urban movement dominates. The individual-level variables...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1683–1711.
Published: 01 October 2022
...–urban migration and test their utility in explaining first-migration timing. We use a uniquely extensive social network survey linked to prospectively collected migration data in rural Senegal. We decompose migrant networks into return migrants, current migrants, and nonmigrant residents...
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in Birth Spacing and Fertility in the Presence of Son Preference and Sex-Selective Abortions: India's Experience Over Four Decades
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Published: 01 February 2022
Fig. 1 Distribution of women 20 years or older by rural or urban residence and education level. Source: NFHS.
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Demography (2016) 53 (4): 1027–1049.
Published: 09 June 2016
..., while net migration of people over age 60 further segregated people. Migration up and down the rural-urban continuum (including suburbanization among people of color) did most to decrease segregation, while interregional migration had only a small impact. People of color tended to move toward more...
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Demography (1968) 5 (1): 93–103.
Published: 01 March 1968
...-Western countries. In an effort to throw further light on this subject, this paper examines the relation of selected marital characteristics to a rural-urban continuum for Taiwan. The continuum was constructed on the basis of both the population sizes and the administrative types of communities...
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in Moving Toward Integration? Effects of Migration on Ethnoracial Segregation Across the Rural-Urban Continuum
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Published: 09 June 2016
Fig. 1 Map of county-level classification scheme for the rural-urban continuum. Note that Alaska and Hawaii are not drawn to scale and are not represented in their physical location
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in Research Note Showing That the Rural Mortality Penalty Varies by Region, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999–2016
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Published: 01 December 2023
Fig. 1 Age-adjusted mortality rates by rural–urban classification and race and ethnicity in the United States, 1999–2016
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in Research Note Showing That the Rural Mortality Penalty Varies by Region, Race, and Ethnicity in the United States, 1999–2016
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Published: 01 December 2023
Fig. 2 Rural–urban rate ratios for age-adjusted mortality rates by race and ethnicity in the United States, 1999–2016. Ratios were calculated by dividing the rural rate by the urban rate and multiplying by 100. The red dashed line represents the point of similar mortality rates.
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