Hauser, Robert, Devah Pager, and Solon J. Simmons Working paper no. 2000-08 Abstract Despite the visible popularity of policies “to end social promotion,” little is known about the prevalence of grade retention in American schools …
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High School Dropout, Race-Ethnicity, and Social Background from the 1970s to the 1990s
Hauser, Robert, Solon J. Simmons, and Devah Pager Working paper no. 2000-12 Abstract Between 1972 and 1998, data from October Current Population Surveys show that dropout is least among whites and greatest among Hispanics, and …
Exploring the Racial/Ethnic Gap in Healthy Life Expectancy United States, 1989-1991
Guend, Abdelhani, Karen Swallen, and David Kindig Working paper no. 2002-02
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 …
Racial Differentials in Longevity and Heath Status: U.S. Population, 1980-1990
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 …
Race and Independent Living Among Elderly Brazilians Since 1980
De Vos, Susan, and Flavia Andrade Working paper no. 2003-08 Abstract This paper examines independent living among elderly Brazilians 65+ of different racial groups since 1980. Consistent with current theoretical notions about the living arrangements …
What About the Children? The Psychological and Social Well-Being of Multiracial Adolescents
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 …
The “One-Drop Rule:” How Salient is Hypodescent for Multiracial Americans with African American Ancestry?
Campbell, Mary E. Working paper no. 2003-11 Abstract The “one-drop rule” has historically been used to classify individuals with any African American ancestry as black. There is reason to think, however, that this “rule” might …
County-Specific Net Migration by Five-Year Age Groups, Hispanic Origin, Race and Sex 1990-2000
Voss, Paul, Scott McNiven, Roger B. Hammer, Kenneth M. Johnson, and Glenn Fuguitt Working paper no. 2004-24
Migration of Retirement-Age Blacks to Nonmetropolitan Areas in the 1990s
Beale, Calvin, and Glenn Fuguitt Working paper no. 2008-09 Abstract Older Blacks migrated to nonmetropolitan (nonmetro) communities in the 1990s to a degree not true of the past. Some of the nonmetro counties that attracted …