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Elementary Structures in the Nepal Himalaya: Reciprocity and the Politics of Hierarchy in Ghale-Tamang Marriage
(Ethnology: An International Journal of Cultural and Social Anthropology (University of Pittsburgh), 1990-04)
Two-Level Proportional Hazards Models
(Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2002-12)
We extend the proportional hazards model to a two-level model with a random intercept term and random coefficients. The parameters in the multilevel model are estimated by a combination of EM and Newton-Raphson algorithms. ...
Gender Differences in Economic Support and Well-Being of Older Asians
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Kluwer Academic Publishers ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2004-09)
This report provides a comprehensive analysis of gender differences in economic support and well-being in eight countries in Southern and Eastern Asia (Bangladesh, Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Vietnam, ...
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 ...
Patterns of Union Formation Among Urban Minority Youth in the United States
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 2000-04)
Since 1990, several large surveys of sexual behavior have been conducted. In addition to collecting general information on sexual histories, such as number of partners in the previous year and whether subjects ever used ...
Proximity to death and participation in the long-term care market
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2009-08)
The extent to which increasing longevity increases per capita demand for long-term care depends on the degree to which utilization is concentrated at the end of life. We estimate the marginal effect of proximity to death, ...
A taste shared: Reflecting John Hitchcock and the good in fieldwork
(Himalayan Research Bulletin, 2002)
Paid work, child care, and housework: A national survey of high school seniors' preferences for sharing responsibilities between husband and wife
(Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; Plenum Publishing Corporation ; Springer Science+Business Media, 1983-01)
A large national sample of high school seniors rated their preferences for the allocation of work and family duties within their own prospective marriages. The results indicate that many seniors favor half-time or full-time ...
An experimental design for the development of adaptive treatment strategies
(John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 2005-05-30)
In adaptive treatment strategies, the treatment level and type is repeatedly adjusted according to ongoing individual response. Since past treatment may have delayed effects, the development of these treatment strategies ...