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Nonresident Fathers and Formal Child Support: Evidence from the CPS, NSFG, and SIPP
Stykes, J. Bart; Manning, Wendy; Brown, Susan L. - In: Demographic Research 29 (2013) 46, pp. 1299-1330
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Toward a Fuller Understanding of Nonresident Father Involvement: An Examination of Child Support, In-Kind Support, and Visitation
Garasky, Steven; Stewart, Susan; Gundersen, Craig; … - In: Population Research and Policy Review 29 (2010) 3, pp. 363-393
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Explaining heterogeneity in the child poverty rate among immigrant families: Differences by parental citizenship
Joo, Myungkook - In: Children and Youth Services Review 35 (2013) 4, pp. 668-677
study compared children's poverty rates by parental nativity and citizenship status, decomposing demographic risk factors of …
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Immigration and the health of U.S. black adults: Does country of origin matter?
Hamilton, Tod G.; Hummer, Robert A. - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 10, pp. 1551-1560
Previous work suggests that regional variation in pre-migration exposure to racism and discrimination, measured by a region's racial composition, predicts differences in individual-level health among black immigrants to the United States. We exploit data on both region and country of birth for...
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A note on race, ethnicity and nativity differentials in remarriage in the United States
McNamee, Catherine B.; Raley, R. Kelly - In: Demographic Research 24 (2011) 13, pp. 293-312
The objectives of this study are to produce up-to-date estimates of race/ethnic/nativity differentials for remarriage … Latina and foreign born Latina women. Next, we estimate race/ethnic/nativity differentials for remarriage and repartnership … to remarry and they are also more likely to repartner. Race/ethnic/nativity differentials remain even after accounting …
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Age patterns of racial/ethnic/nativity differences in disability and physical functioning in the United States
Melvin, Jennifer; Hummer, Robert; Elo, Irma; Mehta, Neil - In: Demographic Research 31 (2014) 17, pp. 497-510
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Does the Hispanic Paradox in U.S. Adult Mortality Extend to Disability?
Hayward, Mark; Hummer, Robert; Chiu, Chi-Tsun; … - In: Population Research and Policy Review 33 (2014) 1, pp. 81-96
advantages more generally. We also assess whether the paradox extends to U.S.-born Hispanics to evaluate the effect of nativity …. We calculate multistate life tables of life expectancy with disability to assess whether racial/ethnic and nativity …
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Racial/Ethnic and Nativity Patterns of U.S. Adolescent and Young Adult Smoking
Wade, Becky; Lariscy, Joseph; Hummer, Robert - In: Population Research and Policy Review 32 (2013) 3, pp. 353-371
We document racial/ethnic and nativity differences in U.S. smoking patterns among adolescents and young adults using … the 2006 Tobacco Use Supplement to the Current Population Survey (n = 44,202). Stratifying the sample by nativity status …, particularly men, report smoking more than individuals in other racial/ethnic/nativity groups. Some groups of young women (e …
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Race/Ethnicity/Nativity Differentials and Changes in Cause-Specific Infant Deaths in the Context of Declining Infant Mortality in the U.S.: 1989–2001
Frisbie, W.; Hummer, Robert; Powers, Daniel; Song, Seung-Eun - In: Population Research and Policy Review 29 (2010) 3, pp. 395-422
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Biological Differences between Late 19th and Early 20th Century Urban and Rural Residence
Carson, Scott A. - 2020
Communities urbanize when the net benefits to urbanization exceed rural areas. Body mass, height, and weight are biological welfare measures that reflect the net difference between calories consumed and calories required for work and to withstand the physical environment. Across the United...
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