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Counting on Kin: Social Networks, Social Support and Child Health Status in Mexico

Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia, Theresa Thompson-Colón, and Katharine M. Donato Working paper no. 2000-10 Abstract This paper presents the results of new data collection in Mexico about the relationships between child well-being and social networks. Two research questions guide the analysis: first, under what conditions do networks generate greater support; and second, what kinds of networks …

Sustaining Families and Communities: Nonmigrant Women and Mexico-U.S. Migration Processes

Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 2000-13 Abstract Prior migration research has failed to take adequate account of the centrality of nonmigrant women to the creation and continuity of international labor migration processes. This study analyzes women’s activities in transnational families with life history data collected from Mexican women. The main argument is that the domestic …

Intergenerational Help and the Meaning of Extended Family Residence among Elders in Mexico

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 …

Early Parental Death, Parental SES, and Midlife Status Attainment

Swallen, Karen, and Steven A. Haas Working paper no. 2002-01 Abstract Status attainment models indicate that one of the predictors of lifetime education, income and wealth is parental education. Education is also correlated with mortality rates. We examine how parental mortality may influence lifetime education, income and wealth of offspring, after controlling for parental education. …

Family Background and Racial and Ethnic Differences in Weight

Martin, Molly, Gary D. Sandefur, and Ann Meier Working paper no. 2002-11 Abstract Medical and social research has found racial and ethnic differences in weight relative to stature. While previous research has controlled to varying degrees for family socioeconomic status, other observed and unobserved differences across families could help explain the observed racial and ethnic …

Stepfamilies and Childbearing Desires in Europe

Thomson, Elizabeth Working paper no. 2003-09 Abstract Increases in union stability and non-union childbearing during the latter half of the 20th century produced substantial increases in the prevalence of stepfamilies, most of which are formed during the partners’ childbearing years. Recent analyses of stepfamily fertility in a limited number of European countries and the United …