Recently added articles from Demography:
WHAT EXPLAINS THE RURAL-URBAN GAP IN INFANT MORTALITY: HOUSEHOLD OR COMMUNITY CHARACTERISTICS?*
Nov 01, 2009; ... 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 and Health Survey data for six Francophone countries in Central ...
MORTALITY ATTRIBUTABLE TO OBESITY AMONG MIDDLE-AGED ADULTS IN THE UNITED STATES*
Nov 01, 2009; ... Obesity is considered a major cause of premature mortality and a potential threat to the longstanding secular decline in mortality in the United States. We measure relative and attributable risks associated with obesity among middle-aged adults using data from the Health and Retirement Study ...
INCOME INEQUALITY AND SELF-RATED HEALTH STATUS: EVIDENCE FROM THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY HOUSEHOLD PANEL*
Nov 01, 2009; ... We examine the effect of income inequality on individuals' self-rated health status in a pooled sample of 11 countries, using longitudinal data from the European Community Household Panel survey. Taking advantage of the longitudinal and cross-national nature of our data, and carefully modeling ...
THE EVOLUTION OF FERTILITY EXPECTATIONS OVER THE LIFE COURSE*
Nov 01, 2009; ... In low-fertility contexts, how many children people have is largely a product of how many children they want. However, the social, institutional, and individual factors that influence how many children people want are not well understood. In particular, there is scant evidence about how ...
COHABITATION AND FAMILY FORMATION IN JAPAN*
Nov 01, 2009; ... This article documents the prevalence, duration, and marital outcomes of cohabiting unions in Japan. It then examines the correlates of cohabitation experiences and also describes differences in the family-formation trajectories of women who have and have not cohabited. Cohabitation has ...