Determinants of healthcare use among rural, low-income mothers and children were assessed using a 2-stage negative binomial model of joint mother/child choices and data from a multi-state, longitudinal study, Rural Families Speak. Maternal healthcare use increased with higher depression scores,...

This paper uses the 1989 National Long Term Care Survey conducted by U.S. Bureau of Census to study the elders who are most likely to need assistance with their money management, their helpers, and the factors which explain the need for assistance. A logit analysis of the community- dwelling...

Retail milk price responses to farm price changes were analyzed for Boston, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut. Prior research concluded asymmetries did not exist in the response of retail fluid milk prices to changes in farm prices. This study finds transmission rates were greater for the...