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Demography (1989) 26 (3): 353–372.
Published: 01 August 1989
... 1989 1989 Environmental Action Demographic Transition Cultural Transmission Weak Selection Demographic Evolution References Bengtsson, T. 1986. Comparisons of Population Cycles and Trends in England, France and Sweden (1751–1860). Paper presented at the Annual Meeting...
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Demography (1975) 12 (1): 1–19.
Published: 01 February 1975
... was found, while neonatal mortality differentials had a weak inverse relationship with income inequality. A series of general explanations of the observed trends and variations have been presented. Also, a detailed methodological consideration of the possible influence of artifacts of the data upon...
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Demography (2012) 49 (3): 841–855.
Published: 28 April 2012
..., nativity, and marital status—we find weak evidence for an interaction between education and draft eligibility. This interaction works in the opposite direction of putative education-enhancing, mortality-reducing effects of conscription that have, in the past, led to concern about a potential exclusion...
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Demography (1979) 16 (1): 55–71.
Published: 01 February 1979
... where the effects are weak. 30 12 2010 © Population Association of America 1979 1979 Progression Rate Social Background School Transition College Attendance Grade Progression References Blau Peter M. , & Duncan O. D. ( 1967 ). The American Occupational...
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Demography (2010) 47 (3): 719–733.
Published: 01 August 2010
... is not selective of individuals with higher risk of marital dissolution and may be a stabilizing factor for higher-order marriages. Further research with more recent data is needed to assess whether these results are statistical artifacts caused by data weaknesses in the NSFG. ndustrial countries have witnessed...
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Demography (2001) 38 (2): 267–282.
Published: 01 May 2001
... survey conducted in 1993, shortly before the groups were formed, and in 1995 after interventions began. Our findings show that although demographic and socioeconomic characteristics have only a weak relationship to the decision to join a program, the treatment that a woman receives from her husband...
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Demography (2020) 57 (2): 529–558.
Published: 25 March 2020
..., cognitive ability, and mental health, showed weak associations between parity and biomarkers. However, we found an inverse association between age at first birth and biomarkers indicative of worse cardiometabolic health, with poorer outcomes for those with very young ages at entry to parenthood...
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Demography (2023) 60 (1): 41–72.
Published: 01 February 2023
.... In the context of weak institutional support for U.S. families, families with nonresident fathers rely on a complex mix of income sources to make ends meet. 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...
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Demography (2014) 51 (4): 1423–1449.
Published: 15 July 2014
... results (Table 3 ). The selection-driven son association matches or exceeds those reported in every one of the studies cited in Table 1 . Row 7 illustrates that if the stress-fecundity relationship is weak, selection-driven effects are likely to be trivial. In row 8, we explore an alternative...
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Demography (2019) 56 (2): 763–784.
Published: 05 March 2019
... for a direct comparison between these indicators. Because the indicator of weak grip is dichotomous, it cannot be similarly standardized. I will thus compare only the main pattern of education differences in weak grip with the main patterns shown by the other measures. Results on the original scales are shown...
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Demography (1978) 15 (2): 205–212.
Published: 01 May 1978
... Other earlier residence sever before a residence Strong Weak None the objective index, and social ties may exist even though an economic reason was cited for selectinga destination. The com- bination may also show that economic motives were at least perceived as domi- nating in the selection of some...
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Demography (2013) 50 (4): 1243–1277.
Published: 24 May 2013
... and the difficulties of disentangling migrant network effects from endogeneity and selection. 1 In this article, I analyze a comprehensive range of strong and weak personal ties, including friendship ties. Furthermore, a sizable gap exists between the “strength of ties” theory (related to Schelling’s...
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Demography (2006) 43 (1): 25–52.
Published: 01 February 2006
...Parfait M. Eloundou-Enyegue; Lindy B. Williams Abstract Contrary to theory and evidence from many other regions, previous studies in sub-Saharan Africa have found surprisingly weak associations between family size and schooling. It is unclear, however, whether these weak results reflect (spurious...
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Demography (2016) 53 (5): 1555–1581.
Published: 21 September 2016
... in the lower-SES population • Attenuated SES gradients among nonmigrants in Mexico if migration flows were massive and highly health selective irrespective of SES Negative Return Migration Better health • Similar SES gradients if there is a weak link between return migration and health and health...
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Demography (1985) 22 (3): 455–468.
Published: 01 August 1985
... matrices are given. From these, relative age distribution and reproductive values to any desired accuracy are obtained as functions of the vital rates. Thus, the results given in this paper are stronger than any existing weak ergodic theorems. 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1985...
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Demography (2013) 50 (3): 1039–1064.
Published: 29 November 2012
... of the (weak version of the) HHP documented here (Table 1 and appendix Table 10 ). In addition to testing for selection and protection, our research design also helps illustrate the potential problems of testing for negative acculturation in health using data collected in the United States that do...
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Demography (1988) 25 (2): 277–287.
Published: 01 May 1988
... (in press). Despite folklore typified by Oliver Wendell Holmes's advice that those wishing long lives should "advertise for a couple of parents both belonging to long-lived families" (quoted by Cohen, 1964:131), the relationship between the longevity ofparents and their children appears to be weak...
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1683–1711.
Published: 01 October 2022
... of return migrants has little association. Drawing on social capital theory, we test the influence of (1) subjectively assessed tie strength between the ego and their network alters and (2) structurally weak ties measured through second-order (“friend of a friend”) connections. Weak and strong subjective...
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Demography (2005) 42 (1): 91–108.
Published: 01 February 2005
... Variable Is Weak.” . Journal of the American Statistical Association , 90 , 443 – 50 . 10.2307/2291055 Bound , J. , & Solon , G. ( 1999 ). “Double Trouble: On the Value of Twins-Based Estimation of the Return to Schooling.” . Economics of Education Review , 18 , 169 – 82...
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Demography (1967) 4 (2): 680–687.
Published: 01 June 1967
... outline of the argu- ment and for reviewing the main technical steps involved. age-specific vital rates to produce a fixed age structure in a closed population, re- gardless of initial conditions. These two properties will be referred to, throughout this paper, by the terms weak ergodicity and strong...
