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04-01     Measures of Spatial Segregation By: Sean Reardon and David O'Sullivan

Published As: (2004). "Measures of Spatial Segregation." Sociological Methodology 34(1):121-162. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

04-02     Why Poor Families Move: Life Course Transitions, Welfare Rules and State Economies By: Deborah Graefe and Gordon De Jong

04-03R     School Climate and Youth's Strategies to Intervene Peer's Risk Behaviors By: Suet-ling Pong, Constance Flanagan, and Les Gallay

Revised version (September 2004) of working paper 04-03, "School Climate and Students' Intervention Strategies" by Les Gallay and Suet-ling Pong

04-04     A Profile of Cancer Survivors in the United States By: Ibrahim Awad Ibrahim, Pamela Farley Short and Kaan Tunceli

04-05     Co-resident Grandparents and Grandchildren's Academic Performance By: Peter Moyi, Suet-ling Pong and William Frick

04-06     The Avoidance of Bias Against Care Giving: The Case of Academic Faculty By: Robert Drago, Carol Colbeck, Dawn Stauffer, Amy Varner, Kurt Burkum, Jennifer Fazioli, Gabriela Guzman, and Tara Habasevich

Published As: Drago, R. , C.L. Colbeck , K.D. Stauffer , A.E. Pirretti , K. Burkum , J. Fazioli , G. Lazarro and T. Habasevich (2006). "The Avoidance of Bias against Caregiving: The Case of Academic Faculty." American Behavioral Scientist 49(9):1222-1247. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

04-07     A Population with Continually Declining Mortality By: Robert Schoen, Stefan Hrafn Jonsson and Paula Tufis

04-08     Populations, Cohorts, and Processes of Cognitive Aging By: Duane F. Alwin, Ryan J. McCammon, Willard L. Rodgers and Linda A. Wray

Published As: Alwin, D.F. , R.J. McCammon , L.A. Wray and W.L. Rodgers (2008). "Population Processes and Cognitive Aging." In Hofer, S.M. and D.F. Alwin, Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

04-09     A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and Health By: Duane F. Alwin and Linda A. Wray

Published As: Alwin, D.F. and L.A. Wray (2005). "A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and Health." Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B(Spec No 2):S7-S14. |Abstract| |Journal Home Page|

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