Palloni, Alberto, and Carolina Milesi Working paper no. 2003-02 Abstract The persistence of social class inequalities is a salient regularity in modern societies. In this paper we argue that there are mechanisms that link early health status and late socioeconomic achievement. Our discussion is based on well-established results in the social stratification literature, on recent …
Palloni, Alberto, Beth J. Soldo, Rebeca Wong, and Mary McEniry Working paper no. 2003-03 Abstract Context: We know precious little about adult health in developing countries in general and Latin America in particular. We know even less about the health conditions of elderly individuals. Since Mexico and many other countries in Latin America and the Caribbean …
Swallen, Karen Working paper no. 2003-06 Abstract Newspaper coverage is an important source of medical information for Americans, but coverage may be biased and inaccurate. I studied American newspaper coverage of two major randomized clinical trials—aspirin for prevention of cardiovascular disease (the Physicians’ Health Study) in 1988, and combination hormone therapy for prevention of cardiovascular …
Guend, Hani, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2003-07 Abstract We examine differentials in adult Partial Life Expectancies by type of disability between two censuses within each racial group; and among white, black, Asian, and Native Americans in 1990. During the 1980s, women of minority groups benefited from an improvement in Disability Free Life Expectancy, …
Campbell, Mary E., and Jennifer Eggerling-Boeck Working paper no. 2003-10 Abstract This paper uses the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) to examine the social and psychological well-being of multiracial adolescents. Using three different measures of multiracial identity, we investigate the ways in which these adolescents compare to their monoracial counterparts on the …
Greenfield, Emily A., and Nadine F. Marks Working paper no. 2003-20 Abstract Objectives: Guided by interactional role theory and employing a resilience framework, this study aimed to investigate whether volunteering protects older adults with more role-identity absences (partner, employment, and parent) from poorer mental health (hedonic and eudaimonic). Method: We use data from 589 participants, aged 60-74, …
Palloni, Alberto, and Mary McEniry Working paper no. 2004-09 Abstract Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean will not proceed along known paths already followed by more developed countries. In particular, the health profile of the future elderly population is less predictable due to factors associated with their demographic past that may haunt them for …
Merli, M. Giovanna, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 2004-13
Merli, M. Giovanna, Sara Hertog, Bo Wang, Jing Li Working paper no. 2004-14 Abstract The Chinese population is believed to be in the early stages of an HIV/AIDS epidemic, and concerns are great that the epidemic may soon spread to the general population via heterosexual transmission. Using a bio-behavioral macrosimulation model driven by realistic input …
Wolfe, Barbara, Thomas Kaplan, Robert Haveman, and Yoon Young Cho Working paper no. 2004-22 Abstract The Wisconsin BadgerCare program, which became operational in July 1997, expanded public health insurance eligibility to families with incomes below 185 percent of the U.S poverty line (200 percent for those already enrolled). This eligibility expansion was part of a …