Pinto, Guido, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 1996-17 Abstract In this paper we re-estimate the effects of breastfeeding patterns on the timing of resumption of menses after controlling for maternal nutrition and maternal stressors variables. The analysis shows that simple hazard models, used on data from the INCAP longitudinal study, provide estimates of effects …
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 on premarital childbearing. We explicate three ways in which onset of sexual activity can mediate effects of family structure on …
Palloni, Alberto, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana Working paper no. 1996-27
Mare, Robert Working paper no. 1997-03 Abstract Recent commentary has suggested that the relatively high fertility of poorly educated women tends to dampen the average intellectual qualifications of the population. To evaluate this claim requires a model of population growth that takes account of fertility differences among women with varying levels of educational attainment and …
Winsborough, Halliman, and Deborah Carr Working paper no. 1997-06
Martin, Steven P., and Lawrence Wu Working paper no. 1998-01
Martin, Steven P. Working paper no. 1998-13 Abstract This study uses survey data to estimate the overall contraceptive effect of breastfeeding in the United States. In the six months following a first birth, repeat pregnancy rates are low for most U.S. women, but they are lowest for women with a nonteen first birth who are …
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 how she should support herself and her child. These decisions are influenced by personal characteristics of the young mother and …
Wu, Lawrence, Steven P. Martin, and Daniel A. Long Working paper no. 1999-08 Abstract This paper evaluates the data quality of two demographic variables in light of hypotheses on respondent recall from the literature on survey methodology. An emerging consensus in this literature is that recall of the timing of an event declines with duration …
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 important phenomenon. This paper uses Cycle 5 of the National Survey of Family Growth to investigate the determinants of planned …