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Racial differences in the patterns of preterm delivery in central North Carolina, USA
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1995-07)
In order to assess racial differences in rates of idiopathic preterm labour, preterm premature rupture of membranes, and medically indicated preterm delivery, the authors analysed data on 388 preterm (< 37 completed weeks ...
Men, women, and sustainability
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Human Sciences Press; Human Sciences Press, Inc. ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-11)
Complex sample design effects and inference for mental health survey data
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1998-02)
Mental health researchers world-wide are using large-scale sample survey methods to study mental health epidemiology and services utilization in general, non-clinical populations (Alegria et al. in press). This article ...
Effects of Interviewer Age on Reporting of Sexual and Reproductive Behavior of Hispanic and African American Youth
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, INC., 1997)
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the effects of interviewer age on the reporting of personal behaviors including sexual experience, abortion, live births, and condom use. Data were drawn from a household probability ...
Social environmental impacts on survey cooperation
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1996-05)
Social environmental influences on survey cooperation are explored using data from six national household surveys in the United States matched to 1990 decennial census data. Consistent with the past literature on prosocial ...
The Courtship Process and Adolescent Sexuality
(SAGE PUBLICATIONS, 1990)
This article examines adolescent sexuality within the context of a life course developmental model and considers the causal interrelationships of sexual behavior with dating, courtship, and planning for marriage. Data from ...
A demographic decomposition of elderly living arrangements with a Mexican example
(Kluwer Academic Publishers; Springer Science+Business Media, 1991-07)
Population trends in developing countries raise concern about support for the elderly. The proportion of elderly living with extended kin is an indicator of support. This paper considers the analytic utility of a demographic ...
Work stress, nonwork stress, and health
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1990-06)
This paper examines the interface between work stress and nonwork stress and how it relates to health. Results indicate that the way people feel at work is largely a function of conditions at work. Similarly, the way people ...