Wells, Thomas Working paper no. 1998-14 Abstract This research note investigates trends in occupational sex segregation between 1980 and 1997. Using PUMS data from the 1980 and the 1990 censuses as well as microdata from the March 1990 and March 1997 CPS, I compute unstandardized and standardized indexes of dissimilarity as measures of occupational segregation. …
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 …
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 importance of having children and socioeconomic characteristics on their likelihood of living alone. The countries were similar in that they …
Bagchi, Ann Working paper no. 1998-27
Palloni, Alberto, Susan De Vos, and Martha Pelaez Working paper no. 1999-02 Abstract This document evaluates the nature of aging in Latin America and the Caribbean, and reviews available evidence regarding the demographic profile of the elderly, their health and disability status, the composition of their human capital, labor force participation and retirement behavior, residential …
Swallen, Karen Working paper no. 1999-04 Abstract Mortality differentials by nativity have not received as much attention as have mortality differentials by race. We examine the joint effects of race/ethnicity and nativity. Race- and nativity-specific life tables are created using US vital statistics for 1989-1991 for each gender; death rates are compared to the reference …
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 …
Cartmill, Randi Working paper no. 1999-12 Abstract This study provides the first systematic examination of patterns of occupational sex segregation in less developed countries. I apply log-linear and log-multiplicative models to six-category occupational data from 44 nations to describe and explain the segregation patterns in both industrialized and less developed countries. These analyses indicate that …
Kanaiaupuni, Shawn Malia Working paper no. 1999-15