Wolfe, Barbara, Karen Pence, and Robert Haveman Working paper no. 2004-20 Abstract We hypothesize that the choices and behaviors of youths that may result in a teen nonmarital birth event are influenced by expectations of the consequences of each choice open to them. Two categories of such choice-conditioned long-term effects are explored: 1) a teen’s …
Wilson, Kathryn, Barbara Wolfe, and Robert Haveman Working paper no. 2004-21 Abstract We address the role of youths’ own choice-conditioned expectations in understanding their schooling choices by constructing a choice (or “switching”) model. We emphasize the effect of individual student perceptions regarding the “returns” associated with graduating from high school versus dropping out, while controlling …
Wolfe, Barbara, Thomas Kaplan, Robert Haveman, and Yoon Young Cho Working paper no. 2004-22 Abstract The Wisconsin BadgerCare program, which became operational in July 1997, expanded public health insurance eligibility to families with incomes below 185 percent of the U.S poverty line (200 percent for those already enrolled). This eligibility expansion was part of a …
Palloni, Alberto, Beth Soldo, and Rebeca Wong Working paper no. 2004-23 Abstract Recent surveys of older adults include batteries of questions or modules on self-reported chronic conditions as well as on limited self-reported anthropometry. Experience with such surveys in developed countries shows that some self-reported conditions possess reasonably high validity. There is much less information …
Voss, Paul, Scott McNiven, Roger B. Hammer, Kenneth M. Johnson, and Glenn Fuguitt Working paper no. 2004-24
Bowdre, Cheryl Working paper no. 2004-25
Springer, Kristen Working paper no. 2004-26 Abstract This study combines an ecological approach with a life course perspective to examine the multifaceted mediating pathways linking childhood physical abuse with mid-life physical health. Childhood physical abuse has a strong and persistent effect on mid-life physical health net of family background and age, with women more adversely …
Greenfield, Emily A., Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2004-27 Abstract This study investigated linkages between adult children’s distress and their parents’ psychological and relational well-being. Multivariate regression models were estimated based on data from 1,129 parents whose youngest child was at least 19 years old in the 1995 National Survey of Midlife in the …
Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 2005-01
Greenfield, Emily A., and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2005-02 Abstract Guided by social identity theory, this study investigated having a closer identification as a member of one’s religious group as an explanatory mechanism for linkages between more frequent formal religious participation and better subjective psychological well-being (more positive affect, less negative affect, and …