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... Accounting for overall score differences on the LMUP by parity, primaparous women were least likely to have used contraception at last pregnancy (item one), particularly compared to mu[r] ... See full document

... In the United Kingdom over the last two decades, overweight and obesity (hereafter referred to as overweight/obese) have become increasingly common in children. Amongst a cohort of UK children born around the year 2001, ... See full document

... The DHS have collected relevant schooling information within 38 nations, including 23 in Africa, 3 in South Asia, 7 in Latin America, and 5 in the Middle East and West/Central Asia (DHS 2003). The diversity in ... See full document

... These two studies, despite providing important insights, use different analytical approaches and offer contradictory findings on Spain. First, they focused on regions with different migration and socioeconomic contexts; ... See full document

... For Romanians, the odd ratios (ORs) of having a first child do not seem to be affected by the time since migration, and the risk is persistently lower compared to the newly arrived Albanians, although there is a small ... See full document

... Finally, as with any panel study, sample attrition is an important consideration. Overall, 17% of individuals who were age-eligible (75 and younger) for the 2000 interview were lost to follow-up between 1991 and 2000. ... See full document

... 18–47. 11 Migrants were, on average, less connected to the general genealogical network, as evidenced by the fact that their parents were more likely to be ... See full document

... Frequent changes in parental leave regulations created incentives for parents to space their second and subsequent children in such a way that they continuously receive the parental allowance while staying at home with ... See full document

... On 1 January 2000 the Mlomp area included a population of 7,591 residents living in 11 villages. The population density was 108 people per square kilometre. The population belongs to the Diola ethnic group, and ... See full document

... All three models simultaneously project demographic (age, sex, place of residence, immigrant status), ethno-cultural (country of birth, language, and where possible other variables such[r] ... See full document

... Since parish registers do not provide the accurate information that is required to conduct an analysis of the direct effects of endogenous and exogenous causes, this paper focuses on t[r] ... See full document

... The success of our method in forecasting incomplete cohort fertility might lead us to make a bold suggestion that future research along these lines purely and simply focus on the projection of quantum. In this paper we ... See full document

... In all models for men, not exercising is associated with a higher chance of reporting poor health (about two times). Once education is allowed for, the association becomes insignifican[r] ... See full document

... The sensitivity of population growth rate to changes in the vital rates can be written in terms of the stable stage or age distribution and the reproductive value distribution.. If the v[r] ... See full document

... This paper has investigated the reproductive behaviour of Italian women who underwent a marital dissolution while at fecund ages, using data updated to 2003. Two main issues were explo[r] ... See full document

... In this article, we examine data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) dealing with the prevalence and characteristics of asexual persons. Our research highlights the measurement and interpretation ... See full document

... Understanding the extent and patterns of migration is vital for the success of any intervention programs seeking to improve the wellbeing of slum dwellers. For instance, interventions should take into account the extent ... See full document

... We uncovered some hints that this ambivalence in the discourse about testing may be diminishing. We decomposed all the journals into those written between 1999 and 2005 and those written between 2006 and 2009 after ... See full document

... A study using data from the United States reported that economic deprivation in the neighborhood did not affect the risk of divorce once couple-level resources were controlled for (Sou[r] ... See full document

... We first identify the causal impacts of coresidence and nearby residence with elderly parents on female labor force participation and hours of work, taking into account the endogeneity[r] ... See full document