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92-01 Actuarial Consequences of Quantitative Variation in Biological Risk Factors By: Stephen C. Weeks, Adam Connor, and Kenneth M. Weiss
Published As: Connor, A. , K.M. Weiss and S.C. Weeks (1993). "Evolutionary Models of Quantitative Disease Risk Factors." Human Biology 65(6):917-940. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-02 The Fertility of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Traditional Societies By: Gillian R. Bentley, Tony Goldberg and Grazyna Jasienska (Harvard University)
Published As: Bentley, G.R. , T. Goldberg and G. Jasienska (1993). "The Fertility of Agricultural and Non-Agricultural Traditional Societies." Population Studies 47(2):269-281. |Journal Home Page|
92-03 The Well-Being of Aging Americans with Very Old Parents By: Dennis P. Hogan, David J. Eggebeen, and Sean Snaith
Published As: Hogan, D.P. , D.J. Eggebeen and S. Snaith (1995). "The Well-Being of Aging Americans with Very Old Parents." In Haraven, T., Aging and Intergenerational Relations. Hawthorne, NY: Walter de Gruyter.
92-04 Starting Over: Why Remarriages Are More Unstable By: Alan Booth and John N. Edwards (Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University)
Published As: Booth, A. and J.N. Edwards (1992). "Starting Over: Why Remarriages Are More Unstable." Journal of Family Issues 13(2):179-194. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-05 Human Population Biology and the Evolution of Aging By: James W. Wood, Stephen C. Weeks (Savannah River Ecological Laboratory), Gilliam R. Bentley, and Kenneth M. Weiss
Published As: Wood, J.W. , S.C. Weeks , G.R. Bentley and K.M. Weiss (1994). "Human Population Biology and the Evolution of Aging." In Crews, D.E. and R.M. Garruto, Biological Anthropology and Aging: Perspectives on Human Variation over the Life Span. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
92-06 Sexual Activity Before Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa By: Anastasia J. Gage-Brandon (United Nations) and Dominique Meekers
Published As: Gage-Brandon, A.J. and D. Meekers (1994). "Sexual Activity before Marriage in Sub-Saharan Africa." Social Biology 41(1-2):44-60. |Journal Home Page|
92-07 Freedom of Partner Choice in Togo By: Dominique Meekers
Published As: Meekers, D. (1995). "Freedom of Partner Choice in Togo." Journal of Comparative Family Studies 26(2):163-178. |Journal Home Page|
92-08 Minority Group Status, Health Transitions and Community Living Arrangements among the Elderly By: Ronald J. Angel (University of Texas at Austin), Jacqueline L. Angel, and Christine L. Himes
Published As: Angel, R.J. , J.L. Angel and C.L. Himes (1992). "Minority Group Status, Health Transitions, and Community Living Arrangements among the Elderly." Research on Aging 14(4):496-521. |Journal Home Page|
92-09 Preferential Policies and Secondary School Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia By: Suet-ling Pong
Published As: Pong, S. (1993). "Preferential Policies and Secondary School Attainment in Peninsular Malaysia." Sociology of Education 66(4):245-261. |Journal Home Page|
92-10 Geographic Mobility of the Very Old: Motives and Explanations By: Gordon F. De Jong, Janet M. Wilmoth, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Gretchen T. Cornwell
Published As: De Jong, G.F. , J.M. Wilmoth , J.L. Angel and G.T. Cornwell (1995). "Motive and the Geographic Mobility of Very Old Americans." Journals of Gerontology--Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences 50B(6):S395-S404. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-11 Kin Support and Women's Labor Force Experiences in Midlife By: J. I. Farkas
92-12 Fertility Differentials by Education and Employment in Kinshasa and Prospects for Changes in Fertility Behavior By: David Shapiro, and Oleko Tambashe (University of Kinshasa)
Published As: Shapiro, D. and B.O. Tambashe (1997). "Education, Employment, and Fertility in Kinshasa and Prospects for Changes in Reproductive Behavior." Population Research and Policy Review 16(3):259-287. |Journal Home Page|
92-13 The Noble Custom of Roora: The Marriage Practices of the Shona of Zimbabwe By: Dominique Meekers
Published As: Meekers, D. (1993). "The Noble Custom of Roora: The Marriage Practices of the Shona of Zimbabwe." Ethnology 32(1):35-54. |Journal Home Page|
92-14 Race and the Retreat from Marriage among American Women: A Shortage of Marriageable Men? By: Daniel T. Lichter, Diane K. McLaughlin, George Kephart, and David J. Landry
Published As: Lichter, D.T. , D.K. McLaughlin , G. Kephart and D.J. Landry (1992). "Race and the Retreat from Marriage: A Shortage of Marriageable Men?." American Sociological Review 57(6):781-799. |Journal Home Page|
92-15 Can Credit Programs for Women Affect Reproductive Behavior? The Case of Rural Bangladesh By: Dominique Meekers, Sidney Schuler (JSI Research & Training Institute), and Syed Hashemi (Jahangirnagar University, Dhaka)
92-16 Hazards Models for Human Population Biology By: James W. Wood, Darryl J. Holman, Kenneth M. Weiss, Anne V. Buchanan, and Belinda LeFor
Published As: Wood, J.W. , D.J. Holman , K.M. Weiss , A.V. Buchanan and B. LeFor (1992). "Hazards Models for Human Population Biology." Yearbook of Physical Anthropology 35:43-87. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-17 Women's Employment, Education, Fertility, and Family Planning in Vietnam: An Economic Perspective By: David Shapiro
Published As: Shapiro, D. (1996). "Women's Employment, Education, Fertility, and Family Planning in Vietnam: An Economic Perspective." In Barry, K., Vietnam's Women in Transition. St. Martin's Press.
92-18 The Socio-Cultural Context of Family and Fertility in Sub-Saharan Africa By: Etienne van de Walle (University of Pennsylvania) and Dominique Meekers
92-19 Kin Structure and Assistance in Aging Societies By: Dennis P. Hogan and Laura J. Spencer
92-20 Family Migration and Changes in Women's Earnings: A Decomposition Analysis By: Felicia B. LeClere (National Center for Health Statistics) and Diane K. McLaughlin
Published As: LeClere, F.B. and D.K. McLaughlin (1997). "Family Migration and Changes in Women's Earnings: A Decomposition Analysis." Population Research and Policy Review 16(4):315-335. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-21 The Legacy of the Labor Force Participation Rate for Understanding Retirement: A Multistate Life Table Model By: Mark D. Hayward, Eileen M. Crimmins and Linda A. Wray (Andrus Gerontology Center, University of Southern California)
Published As: Hayward, M.D. , E.M. Crimmins and L.A. Wray (1994). "The Relationship Between Retirement Life Cycle Changes and Older Men's Labor Force Participation Rates." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 49(5):S219-S230. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|
92-22 Determinants of Community-Based and In-Home Elderly Service Utilization: Demographic, Social Support, and Functional Health Explanations By: Janet M. Wilmoth, Gordon F. De Jong, Jacqueline L. Angel, and Gretchen T. Cornwell
Published As: Angel, J.L. , G.F. De Jong , G.T. Cornwell and J.M. Wilmoth (1995). "Diminished Health and Living Arrangement of Rural Elderly Americans." National Journal of Sociology 9(1):31-57.
92-23 A Reappraisal of the Status of Women and Nuptiality in Sub-Saharan Africa By: Georgia L. Kaufmann and Dominique Meekers
92-24 Fertility and the Status of Women in Kinshasa By: David Shapiro and Oleko Tambashe (University of Kinshasa)
Published As: Shapiro, D. and B.O. Tambashe (1993). "Fertility and the Status of Women in Kinshasa." Proceedings of the 1993 General Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population 1:325-350.
