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Focus groups as a qualitative method for crosscultural research in social gerontology
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1995-04)
The focus group approach for collecting qualitative data can be usefully applied in social gerontological studies, both in a single setting and cross-culturally. The experiences of the research terms participating in the ...
Selection and socialization effects of fraternities and sororities on US college student substance use: a multi-cohort national longitudinal study
(Blackwell Science Ltd, 2005-04)
Aims To examine how membership in fraternities and sororities relates to the prevalence and patterns of substance use in a national sample of full-time US college students. Design Nationally representative probability ...
Assessing the Total Effect of Time-Varying Predictors in Prevention Research
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Society for Prevention Research ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2006-03)
Observational data are often used to address prevention questions such as, “If alcohol initiation could be delayed, would that in turn cause a delay in marijuana initiation?” This question is concerned with the total causal ...
Arthritis disability and heart disease disability
(Wiley Subscription Services, Inc., A Wiley Company, 2008-10-15)
Objective Arthritis is the most common health condition in midlife and late life, and heart disease is the leading cause of death. This article compares disability impacts of these 2 preeminent health problems. Methods ...
Division of family property in Taiwan
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1993-01)
Since property ownership affords the elderly some control over resources and perhaps even support and respect from potential caretakers, examination of the decision to transfer property to children can help us gain insight ...
Predicting Risky Drinking Outcomes Longitudinally: What Kind of Advance Notice Can We Get?
(Blackwell Publishing Inc, 2006-02)
Combining information from multiple surveys to enhance estimation of measures of health This article is a U.S. Government work and is in the public domain in the U.S.A.
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2007-04-15)
Survey estimates are often affected by non-sampling errors due to missing data, coverage error, and measurement or response error. Such non-sampling errors can be difficult to assess, and possibly correct for, using ...
Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Southeast Asia
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-08)
The relative stability of cohabiting and marital unions for children
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-04)
Children are increasingly born into cohabiting parent families, but we know little to date about the implications of this family pattern for children's lives. We examine whether children born into premarital cohabitation ...