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Does Parental Consent for Birth Control Affect Underage Pregnancy Rates? The Case of Texas

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Sourafel Girma, David Paton
Demography (2013) 50 (6): 2105–2128.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-013-0225-1
Published: 14 June 2013
...Sourafel Girma; David Paton Abstract Previous work based on conjectural responses of minors predicted that the 2003 Texas requirement for parental consent for state-funded birth control to minors would lead to a large increase in underage pregnancies. We use state- and county-level data to test...
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Constraints to the fulfillment of residential preferences among Texas homebuyers

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Sean-Shong Hwang, Don E. Albrecht
Demography (1987) 24 (1): 61–76.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061508
Published: 01 February 1987
...Sean-Shong Hwang; Don E. Albrecht Abstract A 1983 survey of Texas homebuyers reveals a high degree of mismatch between their preferred and actual residences. Analysis indicates that the logit of fulfilling residential preference is largely determined by the type of area preferred and the occupation...
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The determinants of early fertility decline in Texas

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Myron P. Gutmann, Kenneth H. Fliess
Demography (1993) 30 (3): 443–457.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061650
Published: 01 August 1993
... in the population of Gillespie County, Texas. 9 1 2011 © Population Association of America 1993 1993 Fertility Decline Fertility Behavior Marital Fertility Marital Fertility Rate Occupational Difference References Anderson Barbara ( 1986 ). Regional and Cultural Factors...
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Pregnancy rates in Texas by counties with state-funded clinics and those without, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics

Pregnancy rates in Texas by counties with state-funded clinics and those wi...

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Published: 14 June 2013
Fig. 2 Pregnancy rates in Texas by counties with state-funded clinics and those without, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics More
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Pregnancy rates in Texas by age, race and ethnicity, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics

Pregnancy rates in Texas by age, race and ethnicity, 2000–2006. Rates are n...

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Published: 14 June 2013
Fig. 1 Pregnancy rates in Texas by age, race and ethnicity, 2000–2006. Rates are normalized to a value of 100 in 2002. Source: Texas DSHS Center for Health Statistics More
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The Location of Displaced New Orleans Residents in the Year After Hurricane Katrina

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Narayan Sastry, Jesse Gregory
Demography (2014) 51 (3): 753–775.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-014-0284-y
Published: 06 March 2014
... to—or remained in—the New Orleans metropolitan area, with just under one-third of the total returning to the dwelling in which they resided prior to Hurricane Katrina. Among the remainder, Texas was the leading location of displaced residents, with almost 40 % of those living away from the metropolitan area (18...
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Premature birth and the changing composition of newborn infectious disease mortality: Reconsidering “exogenous” mortality

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Kathryn A. Sowards
Demography (1997) 34 (3): 399–409.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/3038292
Published: 01 August 1997
...Kathryn A. Sowards Abstract Linked death and birth records from San Antonio, Texas reveal that infectious infant mortality is increasingly a function of premature birth and low birth weight. Between 1935 and 1944, 4% of infectious infant deaths had associated causes involving prematurity...
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U.S. Border Enforcement and Mexican Immigrant Location Choice

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Sarah Bohn, Todd Pugatch
Demography (2015) 52 (5): 1543–1570.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-015-0416-z
Published: 18 August 2015
... 1994 to 2011, the shares of Mexican immigrants locating in California and Texas would each be 8 percentage points greater, with all other states’ shares lower or unchanged. References Alves Peña , A. ( 2009 ). Locational choices of the legal and illegal: The case of Mexican agricultural...
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Intra-Ethnic diversity in hispanic child mortality, 1890–1910

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Myron P. Gutmann, Michael R. Haines, W. Parker Frisbie, K. Stephen Blanchard
Demography (2000) 37 (4): 467–475.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2000.0006
Published: 01 November 2000
... high child mortality in the Hispanic population, higher than for non-Hispanic whites but not significantly different than among nonwhite non-Hispanics (mostly African Americans). Hispanic rural farm populations in California, Texas, and Arizona experienced high mortality, but not as high as other...
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Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration

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Peter Catron, María Vignau Loría, Sarah Farr
Demography (2024) 61 (5): 1377–1402.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-11547756
Published: 01 October 2024
... was significant only in Texas and not in other major receiving places like California. We argue that although standard measures of assimilation typically predict later outcomes, the stratifying effect of skin tone has long been a feature of Mexican immigration. Corresponding author: [email protected]...
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Spanish Surname and Anglo Infant Mortality: Differentials Over a Half-Century

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Douglas Forbes, W. Parker Frisbie
Demography (1991) 28 (4): 639–660.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061427
Published: 01 November 1991
...Douglas Forbes; W. Parker Frisbie Abstract Using a half-century of death records from San Antonio/Bexar County, Texas, we examine the timing and cause structure of Spanish surname and Anglo infant mortality. Our findings show that despite the substantial disparities between ethnic-specific infant...
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Vector representation of migration streams among selected state economic areas during 1955 to 1960

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James D. Tarver, William R. Gurley, Patrick M. Skees
Demography (1967) 4 (1): 1–18.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060348
Published: 01 March 1967
... contiguous state economic areas (SEA’s) in Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Texas, and New Mexico. Both rectangular and polar coordinates were employed in computing three different types of vector representations. First, migration vectors for each SEA, expressed in total people-miles...
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Natural decrease of population: The current and prospective status of an emergent American phenomenon

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Calvin L. Beale
Demography (1969) 6 (2): 91–99.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060383
Published: 01 May 1969
.... It has also been common in central Texas. The counties affected are typically rural and agricultural, with a high median age, a history of population decline, and average population fertility. They had a total 1960 population of 4,003,000 persons. It is projected that an excess of deaths over births...
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Undocumented Mexican immigrants and the earnings of other workers in the United States

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Frank D. Bean, B. Lindsay Lowell, Lowell J. Taylor
Demography (1988) 25 (1): 35–52.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061476
Published: 01 February 1988
.... de la Garza (Eds.), Mexican Immigrants and Mexican Americans: An Evolving Relation (pp. 13 – 36 ). Austin : University of Texas, CMAS Publications . Bean , F. D. , &amp; Sullivan , T. A. ( 1985 ). Confronting the problem . Society , 22 ( 4 ), 67 – 72 . 10.1007/BF02701917...
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Coefficient plot showing point estimates of selected variables in Texas and California.

Coefficient plot for regression Models 3, 4, and 6 from Table 2 for the s...

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in Contextual Boundaries: Skin Tone Stratification and Skill Transferability Among Mexicans in the Age of Mass Migration > Demography
Published: 01 October 2024
Fig. 3 Coefficient plot for regression Models 3, 4, and 6 from Table 2 for the subsamples residing in California and Texas. The sample sizes for Texas are 1,221 (Models 3 and 4) and 1,013 (Model 6); the sample sizes for California are 1,015 (Models 3 and 4) and 844 (Model 6). Dots indicate More
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Paradox found (again): Infant mortality among the Mexican-origin population in the united states

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Robert A. Hummer, Daniel A. Powers, Starling G. Pullum, Ginger L. Gossman, W. Parker Frisbie
Demography (2007) 44 (3): 441–457.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2007.0028
Published: 01 August 2007
... . Texas Business Review , 48 , 240 – 46 . Turra, C.M. and I.T. Elo. Forthcoming. “The Impact of Salmon Bias on the Hispanic Mortality Advantage: New Evidence From Social Security Data.” Population Research and Policy Review . Williams R.L. , Binkin N.J. , &amp; Clingman E.J...
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Low birth weight, social factors, and developmental outcomes among children in the United States

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Jason D. Boardman, Daniel A. Powers, Yolanda C. Padilla, Robert A. Hummer
Demography (2002) 39 (2): 353–368.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/dem.2002.0015
Published: 01 May 2002
..., University of Texas at Austin. Yolanda C. Padilla, School of Social Work and Population Research Center, University of Texas at Austin. Direct correspondence to Jason D. Boardman, Population Re- search Center, 1800 Main Building, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712; E-mail: jasonb...
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Contextual and ideological dimensions of attitudes toward discretionary abortion

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B. Krishna Singh, Peter J. Leahy
Demography (1978) 15 (3): 381–388.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2060657
Published: 01 August 1978
... AND IDEOLOGICAL DIMENSIONS OF ATTITUDES TOWARD DISCRETIONARY ABORTION B. Krishna Singh Institute of Behavioral Researchand Department of Sociology,TexasChristian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Peter J. Leahy Department of Sociology, Texas Christian University, Fort Worth, Texas 76129 Abstract-This study...
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The current differential in black and white life expectancy

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Verna M. Keith, David P. Smith
Demography (1988) 25 (4): 625–632.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/2061326
Published: 01 November 1988
..., T. A., F. P. Gillespie, and R. G. Rogers. 1984. Effects of Ethnic Classification on Apparent Life Expectancy: The Case of Texas in 1980. Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the American Statistical Association, Philadelphia. Tsai , S. P. , Lee , E. S. , &amp; Hardy , R. J...
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Local Social Inequality, Economic Inequality, and Disparities in Child Height in India

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Diane Coffey, Ashwini Deshpande, Jeffrey Hammer, Dean Spears
Demography (2019) 56 (4): 1427–1452.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s13524-019-00794-2
Published: 15 July 2019
... and Health). This research was supported by Grant P2CHD042849, Population Research Center, awarded to the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. The content is solely the responsibility...
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