Brenner, Philip S., and John D. DeLamater Working paper no. 2013-02 Abstract Short Message Service (SMS) text messaging is a ubiquitous technology available on the vast majority of cellphones in use in 2012. It provides a common technological denominator between mobile devices of nearly every make and model, supplying researchers an avenue to collect data …
Brenner, Philip S., and John D. DeLamater Working paper no. 2013-03 Abstract Like that of other socially desirable behaviors, much of the research on physical exercise is based on self-reports which are prone to overreporting. While research has focused on identifying the presence and degree of overreporting, this paper fills an important gap by investigating …
Winkler, Richelle, Kenneth M. Johnson, Cheng Cheng, Paul R. Voss, and Katherine Curtis Working paper no. 2013-04 Abstract This report documents the methodology used to prepare county-level, net migration estimates by five-year age cohorts and sex, and by race and Hispanic origin, for the intercensal period from 2000 to 2010. The estimates were prepared using …
Raymo, James, Andrew Halpern-Manners, and John Warren Working paper no. 2013-05 Abstract Our understanding of career influences on mortality is limited by reliance on relatively old data, use of surveys that contain only partial employment histories, and lack of consensus about how to best summarize detailed life history data. In this article, we address these …
Kurlaender, Michal and Eric Grodsky Working paper no. 2013-06 Abstract Although some scholars report that all students are better served by attending more prestigious postsecondary institutions, others have argued that students are better off attending colleges where they are about average in terms of academic ability and suffer worse outcomes if they attend a school …
Palloni, Alberto, Beatriz Novak, and Guido Pinto Working paper no. 2013-07
Novak, Beatriz, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2013-08
Higgins, Jenny A., Laura Gregor, Sanyukta Mathur, Neema Nakyanjo, Fred Nalugoda, and John S. Santelli Working paper no. 2013-09 Abstract Objectives: We used mixed methods to assess use of withdrawal (coitus interruptus) among 15-24 year-olds in a rural Ugandan setting with considerable HIV prevalence. Methods: We measured withdrawal reporting among 1) sexually active 15-24 year-olds …
Engelman, Michal, Vladimir Canudas-Romo, and Emily M. Agree Working paper no. 2013-10 Abstract This paper asks how the demographic and epidemiologic transitions of the past century and a half have influenced patterns of survival and health in aging populations. We hypothesize that survival improvements at younger ages may yield an older population with a more …
Kurlaender, Michal, Eric Grodsky, Jessica S. Howell, and Jacob Jackson Working paper no. 2013-11