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97-01     Intra-Family Educational Inequality in Hong Kong: The Waning Effect of Sibship Composition By: David Post and Suet-ling Pong

Published As: Post, D. and S. Pong (1998). "The Waning Effect of Sibship Composition on School Attainment in Hong Kong." Comparative Education Review 42(2):99-117. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

97-02     Structural Determinants of the Prevalence and the Intensity of Poverty in Pennsylvania: County Level Analysis, 1969 and 1989 By: Alexander K. A. Kofitse

97-03     Older Couples: An Examination of Health and Retirement within the Context of the Family By: Amy M. Pienta

97-04     Age and Female Reproductive Function: Identifying the Most Important Biological Determinants By: Darryl Holman, Kathleen O'Connor and James Wood

Published As: Holman, D.J. , K.A. O'Connor and J.W. Wood (2006). "Age and Female Reproductive Function: Identifying the Most Important Biological Determinants." In Sauvin-Dugerdil, C., H. Leridon and N. Mascie-Taylor, Human Clocks: The Bio-Cultural Meanings of Age. New York: Peter Lang Publishing.

97-05     Temporary and More Permanent Rural-Urban Migration in Thailand By: Gordon F. De Jong

Published As: De Jong, G.F. (2000). "Expectations, Gender, and Norms in Migration Decision-Making." Population Studies 54:307-319. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

97-06     Ethnicity, Education, and Fertility in Kinshasa, Zaire By: David Shapiro and B. Oleko Tambashe (Tulane University)

97-07     Migration and Child Poverty among Puerto Ricans: A Mainland-Island Comparison By: R. S. Oropesa and Nancy S. Landale

Published As: Oropesa, R.S. and N.S. Landale (2000). "From Austerity to Prosperity? Migration and Child Poverty among Mainland and Island Puerto Ricans." Demography 37(3):323-338. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

97-08     Life Course Transitions of American Children: Parental Cohabitation, Marriage and Single Motherhood By: Deborah R. Graefe and Daniel T. Lichter

Published As: Graefe, D.R. and D.T. Lichter (1999). "Life Course Transitions of American Children: Parental Cohabitation, Marriage, and Single Motherhood." Demography 36(2):205-217. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

97-09     Schooling, Work and Idleness among Mexican and Non-Latino White Adolescents By: Nancy S. Landale, R. S. Oropesa and Daniel Llanes

Published As: Landale, N.S. , R.S. Oropesa and D. Llanes (1998). "Schooling, Work, and Idleness among Mexican and Non-Latino White Adolescents." Social Science Research 27(4):457-480. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

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