McQuestion, Michael, and Robert E. Jones Working paper no. 1995-13 Abstract Primary health care programs, including childhood immunizations, are intensively utilized by the majority of Latin American households. During 1985-1991, governments used national PHC infrastructures …
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Child Mortality and Reproductive Patters in Urban Bolivia
Pinto, Guido Working paper no. 1995-28
Living Arrangements of Children 13-16 and School Attendance: Latin America in the Early 1980s
De Vos, Susan Working paper no. 1996-11 Abstract Since research findings for the United States suggest the tantalizing possibility that living arrangements effect a child’s likelihood of school enrollment through differences in such factors as …
Family Structure, Early Sexual Behavior, and Premarital Births
Wu, Lawrence L., Andrew J. Cherlin, and Larry Bumpass Working paper no. 1996-25 Abstract In this paper, we argue that entry into first sexual intercourse is a key process mediating the effects of family structure …
The Effects of Infant Mortality on Fertility Revisited: Some New Evidence
Palloni, Alberto, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1996-27
Analysis of Child Mortality with Clustered Data: A Review of Alternative Models and Procedures
Cesar, Cibele Comini, Alberto Palloni, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1997-04
Migradollars and Mortality: The Effects of Migration on Infant Survival in Mexico
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, and Katharine M. Donato Working paper no. 1998-10 Abstract Few studies have examined how migration affects the health of populations in origin communities. We apply multilevel methods to data from Mexico to …
Coping with a Premaritally-Conceived Birth
Cook, Steven T., Enilda Delgado, and Gary Sandefur Working paper no. 1998-18 Abstract Births that are conceived before a first marriage result in difficult decisions about where and with whom the mother should live, and …
Kinship Ties and Solitary Living among Unmarried Elderly Women: Evidence from Chile and Mexico
De Vos, Susan Working paper no. 1998-20 Abstract This paper uses census data from Chile and Mexico to describe the coresidential kinship ties of unmarried elderly (60+ years of age) women and to examine the …
Determinants of Planned and Unplanned Childbearing among Unmarried Women in the United States
Musick, Kelly Working paper no. 1999-09 Abstract Increases in cohabitation and delays in first marriage have changed the composition and character of nonmarital births, with implications for how we understand the individual-level determinants of this …