Tag: households

Baby Boom and Marriage Bust Implications for Change in the Structure and Size of American Households, 1970 to 1985

Santi, Lawrence Working paper no. 1987-07

A Preliminary Demography View of Change 1970-1980 in Unmarried Mothers 15-49 Heading Their Own Households in Brazil

De Vos, Susan Working paper no. 1992-12

Using Housing Items to Indicate Socioeconomic Status: Latin America

Arias, Elizabeth, and Susan De Vos Working paper no. 1993-06

The Relative Condition of Mothers Who Head Households by Themselves Colombia, 1985

De Vos, Susan, and Elizabeth Arias Working paper no. 1993-07

Female Headed Households in Bolivia 1976

Roosta, Menigeh Working paper no. 1993-08

Migration among Low-Income Households: Helping the Witch Doctors Reach Consensus

Walker, James Working paper no. 1994-01

Modeling Living Arrangements and Welfare Participation Choices among Single Mothers

Brandon, Peter Working paper no. 1995-27 Abstract Using data from the Survey of Income and Program Participation, this study analyzes the effects of AFDC benefits on living arrangements in combination with welfare participation. The study finds high rates of cohabitation and marriage among women receiving welfare. As well, results from the multivariate models indicate that …

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 expectations, this study begins to examine whether the same might also be the case in part of Latin America. Considering …

Prevalence and Patterns of Female-Headed Households in Latin America

Arias, Elizabeth, and Alberto Palloni Working paper no. 1996-14

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 examine how community and household migration patterns affect infant survival outcomes. We view migration as a cumulative process with varying …