Kuo, Hsiang-Hui Daphne, and Jonathan D. Mayer Working paper no. 2001-08 Abstract Using a large longitudinal sample of mid-life men and women, we study the long-term relationship between early life circumstances and regular smoking. Early life circumstances have profound influences on smoking experiences. Smoking is learned, but certain conditions foster this learning. Contrary to a …
Sewell, William H., Robert Hauser, Kristen W. Springer, and Taissa Hauser Working paper no. 2001-09 Abstract The authors review the Wisconsin Longitudinal Study (WLS) across its history of more than 40 years. The WLS began as a study of post-secondary aspirations and educational attainment among Wisconsin high school graduates of 1957, but it has become …
Donato, Katharine M., Shawn Malia Kanaiaupuni, Melissa Stainback Working paper no. 2001-10
Mamelund, Svenn-Erik Working paper no. 2001-11 Abstract There are few previous studies that have applied multivariate methods to analyse Spanish Influenza mortality, and for the very first time, Spanish Flu morbidity and case fatality rates are analysed. Previous studies have reported that indigenous populations were the prime victims of Spanish Influenza. The explanations put forward …
Liebler, Carolyn, and Gary D. Sandefur Working paper no. 2001-12 Abstract People have always relied on their friends, neighbors, and coworkers as well as family members for social support, but support from outside the family may be increasingly important as high divorce rates persist and high levels of residential mobility continue to take people away …
Marks, Nadine F., Larry L. Bumpass, and Hey Jung Jun Working paper no. 2001-13
Marks, Nadine F., and Kristy Ashleman Working paper no. 2001-14 Abstract Social relationships are an important factor influencing health, but much existing research linking social relationships with health gives inadequate attention to differential quality of social relationships, potential gender differences in processes linking social relationships and health, and the multiplicity of factors that influence the …
Marks, Nadine F., James David Lambert, and Hey Jung Joon Working paper no. 2001-16 Abstract Purpose: This study examined the effects of transitioning into the role of filial caregiver, continuation in filial caregiver role over a period of at least five years, and exiting the role of filial caregiving due to parental death on mental and …
Wu, Lawrence Working paper no. 2001-17
De Vos, Susan, Patricio Solís, and Verónica Montes de Oca Working paper no. 2001-18 Abstract This paper focuses on informal instrumental help received by a nationally-representative sample of elderly Mexican men age 60 and over gathered in 1994. About half the men received in-kind or domestic assistance in the last month, while about two-fifths received …