Families

Journal Article

Recidivism in Child Protective Services — Jan 1, 1997

Uses data from a survey conducted by the California Department of Social Services to examine the extent of recidivism in child protective case openings in California and the factors associated with it.

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Journal Article

Encuesta Guatemalteca De Salud Familiar =: The Guatemalan Survey of Family Health — Jan 1, 1997

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Journal Article

Income prospects and age-at-marriage — Jan 1, 1997

Income prospects and age-at-marriage

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Research Brief

Contraception and Fertility in Zimbabwe: Family Planning Services and Education Make a Difference — Jan 1, 1997

Controlling for access to services, education is a powerful predictor of both fertility and contraceptive use, particularly among younger women, who have benefited from the large increase in education opportunities since independence.

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Journal Article

Is Economic Hardship on the Families of the Seriously Ill Associated with Patient and Surrogate Care Preferences? — Jan 1, 1996

In patients with serious illness, economic hardship on the family is associated with preferences for comfort care over life-extending care.

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Journal Article

Why are teenagers in the United States less likely to breast-feed than older women? — Jan 1, 1996

Why are teenagers in the United States less likely to breast-feed than older women?

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Potential health impacts of family planning — Jan 1, 1996

Potential health impacts of family planning

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Military child care : toward an integrated delivery system — Jan 1, 1996

Military child care : toward an integrated delivery system

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Research Brief

''Grow Old Along with Me'': Reaping the Marriage Benefit — Jan 1, 1996

Describe a study in which they provide new insights into the "marriage benefit" and how it works.

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Journal Article

Attitudes, Values, and the Entrance Into Cohabitational Unions — Dec 1, 1995

This article argues that marriage and cohabitation are associated with important differences in work patterns, earnings, treatment of money, use of leisure time, social relations with the extended family, the division of household labor, and fertility.

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• Children and Families Research Area

Journal Article

Nonfinancial Barriers to Care for Children and Youth — Jan 1, 1995

Children and youth face special nonfinancial barriers to care. This article suggests that, while public health and medical care interventions have produced dramatic changes in the health of U.S. children, newly recognized forms of morbidity, such as behavioral and learning disorders and child abuse and neglect, have taken their place.

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Report

The Demand for Military Health Care: Supporting Research for a Comprehensive Study of the Military Health Care System — Jan 1, 1995

In weighing the pros and cons of various alternatives, this report suggests that military beneficiaries might prefer civilian health plans, as long as there is no erosion of benefits in making such a shift.

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• National Security Research Area

Journal Article

How Economic Development and Family Planning Programs Combined to Reduce Indonesian Fertility — Jan 1, 1995

This paper examines the contributions of family planning programs, economic development, and women's status to Indonesian fertility decline from 1982 to 1987.

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Journal Article

Education, marriage, and first conception in Malaysia — Jan 1, 1995

Education, marriage, and first conception in Malaysia

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• Education and the Arts Research Area

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How Economic Opportunities and Family-Planning Programs Control Population Growth — Jan 1, 1995

A new RAND study conducted for the World Bank suggests that, for countries like Indonesia with a well-developed family-planning infrastructure, further investments are best directed toward improving women's educational and employment prospects.

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Journal Article

Religious Participation Over the Early Life Course: Age and Family Life Cycle Effects on Church Membership — Jul 1, 1994

The authors attempt to integrate, elaborate, and test hypotheses about the determinants of church membership among young adults.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

Journal Article

The Impact of Religious Upbringing and Marriage Markets on Jewish Intermarriage — Apr 1, 1994

This paper uses data from the 1990 National Jewish Population Survey to examine determinants of intermarriage of Jewish men and women entering a first marriage between 1923 and 1990.

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• Population and Aging Research Area

Journal Article

When Do Couples Sign the One-Child Certificate in Urban China? — Jan 1, 1994

Analyzes China's one-child policy: when do eligible couples sign the one-child certificate and what are socioeconomic determinants of this decision?

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• Children and Families Research Area

Report

Examining the Effects of Accreditation on Military Child Development Center Operations and Outcomes — Jan 1, 1994

Explores the implementation of one provision of the Military Child Care Act of 1989.

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Journal Article

Living arrangements of older Malaysians : who coresides with their adult children? — Jan 1, 1994

Living arrangements of older Malaysians : who coresides with their adult children?

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