Donald J Adamchak
Biographic Data
| ID | 203258 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Donald J Adamchak |
| GIVEN NAMES | Donald J |
| FAMILY NAME | Adamchak |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMCHAK D J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kansas State University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 20 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 20 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1977 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Gender Relations
Although Kenya’s fertility rate has declined from 6·7 births per woman in the mid-1980s to 5·4 births per woman in 1993 (NCPD, 1994), population growth is still high, yielding a doubling time of 35 years. This study uses the 1993 Kenya Demographic Health Survey data collected from 1257 couples to examine the socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics of married men and women and their communication with their spouses over fertility and fa…
The effects of age structure on the labor force and retirement in China
What are the current and future trends in age structure in China as it relates to labor force and retirement? And, what is the impact of the one-child policy on these trends? A trend analysis identifies that as the parents of the one-child family age, China will have an older population, proportionately, with a smaller middle-aged population to support them in the traditional manner, unlike previous generations. A burden will be placed on the wor…
Determinants of current use of contraception and children ever born in Nepal
This paper explores the extent to which women's work for earnings, education and couple communication over family planning influence current contraceptive use and children ever born in Nepal. Data came from the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey. The findings indicate that education has a significant positive influence on current use of contraception and a significant negative influence on children ever born. There was virtually no relationship betw…
Occupations, Work Units and Work Rewards in Urban China
Studies of employment work rewards in urban China indicate that workers' accessibility to material resources varies significantly by their occupations and affiliated work units. Survey data for 968 respondents from Guangzhou, China, on determinants of work rewards (income and housing space) are presented. Results of the multivariate analysis demonstrate the following for the Guangzhou sample: (1) both work units and occupation have effects on inc…
Consequences of Population Change for Retail/Wholesale Sector Employment in the Nonmetropolitan Great Plains
A rural economic restructuring perspective and central place theory are used to assess the impact of population change on retail/wholesale sector employment for the 438 nonmetropolitan counties of the Great Plains region from 1950 to 1990. Findings indicate that county level population declined for every decade except the 1970 turnaround decade, and the greatest losses were in completely rural nonadjacent counties. The civilian labor force declin…
Patterns of Conception, Natality, and Mortality from Midwestern Cemeteries
Our research demonstrates the potential of cemeteries data for sociology and contributes to a greater understanding of demographic and social patterns characterizing the Midwest since its Euramerican settlement. We examine data from ten cemeteries (2,021 burials) spanning the 1830s–1980s in east-central Illinois. Seasonal conception patterns reflect winter and spring peaks, with indication of the spring peak dissipating more recently. Seasonal mo…
Determinants of Marital Fertility in Pakistan
This paper assesses the relative impact of direct and indirect determinants of marital fertility in Pakistan, where the vast majority of women do not use any method of fertility regulation. Data came from the 1990/91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, and models were estimated for women aged 15–49, 15–24, 25–34 and 35–49. The younger cohort may be the vanguard of change; change which may be masked by investigating only the conventional 15–49…
Unmet need for family planning in Jamaica
This study updates and extends estimates for unmet need and total demand for family planning for Jamaican women in the reproductive age group, 15–49. The findings suggest that, as yet unmet need for family planning was 22·7%, compared to 16% previously estimated.
The impact of husband's and wife's education and occupation on family size in Zimbabwe
This paper assesses the impact of husband's and wife's education and occupation on family size in Zimbabwe. Results from the 1988 Male Fertility Survey indicate that husband's education had a strong negative effect, and wife's education had a moderate negative effect on the number of children ever born. Contrary to the literature, wives who were not employed had significantly fewer children than those who work in agriculture, and fewer, but not s…
Fertility attitudes and behavior of Saudi Arabian students enrolled in U.S. universities
Although fertility declines have taken place in several Arab countries, the Arab nations are growing rapidly. In Saudi Arabia, the total fertility rate (TFR) is 7.1, and the growth rate is 3.5 per cent per year, among the highest in the world. This research examines the structural determinants (indirect indicators) of fertility attitudes and behavior among Saudi Arabian students studying in American universities. Specifically, this study examined…
Gender, education, and fertility
According to the demographic transition theory and the wealth flows model, it is expected that fertility will decline with socioeconomic development, manifested in part through increasingly greater proportions of the population with formal education. Since their independence in the 1960s, most sub-Saharan African nations have experienced rapid changes in educational levels. However, recent estimates indicate that high levels of fertility are bein…
Changing Men's Attitudes and Behavior
A multimedia communication campaign was conducted between 1988 and 1989 to promote family planning among men in Zimbabwe. The campaign consisted of a 52-episode semiweekly radio soap opera, about 60 motivational talks, and two pamphlets about contraceptive methods. Changes over time were measured by comparing a subset of a follow-up survey conducted from October to December 1989 to a baseline survey conducted from April to June 1988. Men exposed …
Family Planning Information Sources and Media Exposure among Zimbabwean Men
This report describes, for a sample of Zimbabwean men, sources of family planning information, media exposure, media preferences, and whether they would like to learn more about family planning methods. The data are from the 1988 Zimbabwe Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over. The analysis is restricted to the 512 men whose wives were aged 49 and under at the time of the survey. The radio and…
Family Planning Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Men in Zimbabwe
The purpose of this report is to describe knowledge, attitudes, and practices in family planning among male Zimbabweans. Understanding the role of men in inhibiting or promoting contraceptive adoption could affect the design of family planning promotion programs and program success in Zimbabwe and other African countries. Data from the 1988 Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over, showed that m…
Population aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Male fertility attitudes
This paper examines the fertility attitudes of a sample of 202 male Nigerian students studying in the United States. Specifically, three dimensions were investigated: (1) perceptions of population problems in Nigeria; (2) attitudes toward family planning, divorce, and male children; and (3) attitudes toward family size. Findings indicate that: (1) In general, this sample does not believe there is a population problem in Nigeria, and rapid populat…
Socioeconomic Status and Infant Mortality
This research examines the nature and extent to which the tradtional inverse relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status holds true in Kansas for the years around 1950,1960, and 1970. A social-area ranking approach and correlation and regression analysis failed to show the significant inverse relationship reported by other researchers. Contrary to expectations, a blurring and narrowing of this relationship resulted over the thr…
Emerging trends in the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status
This research examines the infant mortality/socioeconomic status relationship in Toledo, Ohio, for the years centering around 19S0, 1960, and 1970 in order to depict variables that contributed most to infant mortality for each time period. Zero‐order correlation coefficients demonstrated that the relationship has widened mainly as a result of an increasing inverse neonatal/socioeconomic pattern which was due in part to a “cause‐period cross‐over …
Trends in the Relationship between Infant Mortality and Socioeconomic Status
Using census tracts as the basic unit of analysis and multiple regression techniques this study examines the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status in Toledo, Ohio for the years centering around 1950 and 1970. The analysis shows that socioeconomic status is inverse and more strongly related to infant mortality in 1970 than in 1950 as measured by education and income. These increases occurred for both neonatal and postneona…
Ideal family size and family background
(1977). Ideal family size and family background: An examination of mothers’ employment and daughters’ family size preferences. Social Biology: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 170-172
Family Planning Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Men in Zimbabwe
The purpose of this report is to describe knowledge, attitudes, and practices in family planning among male Zimbabweans. Understanding the role of men in inhibiting or promoting contraceptive adoption could affect the design of family planning promotion programs and program success in Zimbabwe and other African countries. Data from the 1988 Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over, showed that m…
Emerging trends in the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status
This research examines the infant mortality/socioeconomic status relationship in Toledo, Ohio, for the years centering around 19S0, 1960, and 1970 in order to depict variables that contributed most to infant mortality for each time period. Zero‐order correlation coefficients demonstrated that the relationship has widened mainly as a result of an increasing inverse neonatal/socioeconomic pattern which was due in part to a “cause‐period cross‐over …
Changing Men's Attitudes and Behavior
A multimedia communication campaign was conducted between 1988 and 1989 to promote family planning among men in Zimbabwe. The campaign consisted of a 52-episode semiweekly radio soap opera, about 60 motivational talks, and two pamphlets about contraceptive methods. Changes over time were measured by comparing a subset of a follow-up survey conducted from October to December 1989 to a baseline survey conducted from April to June 1988. Men exposed …
Consequences of Population Change for Retail/Wholesale Sector Employment in the Nonmetropolitan Great Plains
A rural economic restructuring perspective and central place theory are used to assess the impact of population change on retail/wholesale sector employment for the 438 nonmetropolitan counties of the Great Plains region from 1950 to 1990. Findings indicate that county level population declined for every decade except the 1970 turnaround decade, and the greatest losses were in completely rural nonadjacent counties. The civilian labor force declin…
Patterns of Conception, Natality, and Mortality from Midwestern Cemeteries
Our research demonstrates the potential of cemeteries data for sociology and contributes to a greater understanding of demographic and social patterns characterizing the Midwest since its Euramerican settlement. We examine data from ten cemeteries (2,021 burials) spanning the 1830s–1980s in east-central Illinois. Seasonal conception patterns reflect winter and spring peaks, with indication of the spring peak dissipating more recently. Seasonal mo…
Family Planning Information Sources and Media Exposure among Zimbabwean Men
This report describes, for a sample of Zimbabwean men, sources of family planning information, media exposure, media preferences, and whether they would like to learn more about family planning methods. The data are from the 1988 Zimbabwe Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over. The analysis is restricted to the 512 men whose wives were aged 49 and under at the time of the survey. The radio and…
Trends in the Relationship between Infant Mortality and Socioeconomic Status
Using census tracts as the basic unit of analysis and multiple regression techniques this study examines the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status in Toledo, Ohio for the years centering around 1950 and 1970. The analysis shows that socioeconomic status is inverse and more strongly related to infant mortality in 1970 than in 1950 as measured by education and income. These increases occurred for both neonatal and postneona…
Gender, education, and fertility
According to the demographic transition theory and the wealth flows model, it is expected that fertility will decline with socioeconomic development, manifested in part through increasingly greater proportions of the population with formal education. Since their independence in the 1960s, most sub-Saharan African nations have experienced rapid changes in educational levels. However, recent estimates indicate that high levels of fertility are bein…
Occupations, Work Units and Work Rewards in Urban China
Studies of employment work rewards in urban China indicate that workers' accessibility to material resources varies significantly by their occupations and affiliated work units. Survey data for 968 respondents from Guangzhou, China, on determinants of work rewards (income and housing space) are presented. Results of the multivariate analysis demonstrate the following for the Guangzhou sample: (1) both work units and occupation have effects on inc…
Population aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Socioeconomic Status and Infant Mortality
This research examines the nature and extent to which the tradtional inverse relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status holds true in Kansas for the years around 1950,1960, and 1970. A social-area ranking approach and correlation and regression analysis failed to show the significant inverse relationship reported by other researchers. Contrary to expectations, a blurring and narrowing of this relationship resulted over the thr…
Ideal family size and family background
(1977). Ideal family size and family background: An examination of mothers’ employment and daughters’ family size preferences. Social Biology: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 170-172
The effects of age structure on the labor force and retirement in China
What are the current and future trends in age structure in China as it relates to labor force and retirement? And, what is the impact of the one-child policy on these trends? A trend analysis identifies that as the parents of the one-child family age, China will have an older population, proportionately, with a smaller middle-aged population to support them in the traditional manner, unlike previous generations. A burden will be placed on the wor…
Determinants of Marital Fertility in Pakistan
This paper assesses the relative impact of direct and indirect determinants of marital fertility in Pakistan, where the vast majority of women do not use any method of fertility regulation. Data came from the 1990/91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, and models were estimated for women aged 15–49, 15–24, 25–34 and 35–49. The younger cohort may be the vanguard of change; change which may be masked by investigating only the conventional 15–49…
Male fertility attitudes
This paper examines the fertility attitudes of a sample of 202 male Nigerian students studying in the United States. Specifically, three dimensions were investigated: (1) perceptions of population problems in Nigeria; (2) attitudes toward family planning, divorce, and male children; and (3) attitudes toward family size. Findings indicate that: (1) In general, this sample does not believe there is a population problem in Nigeria, and rapid populat…
Ideal family size and family background
(1977). Ideal family size and family background: An examination of mothers’ employment and daughters’ family size preferences. Social Biology: Vol. 24, No. 2, pp. 170-172
Trends in the Relationship between Infant Mortality and Socioeconomic Status
Using census tracts as the basic unit of analysis and multiple regression techniques this study examines the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status in Toledo, Ohio for the years centering around 1950 and 1970. The analysis shows that socioeconomic status is inverse and more strongly related to infant mortality in 1970 than in 1950 as measured by education and income. These increases occurred for both neonatal and postneona…
Emerging trends in the relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status
This research examines the infant mortality/socioeconomic status relationship in Toledo, Ohio, for the years centering around 19S0, 1960, and 1970 in order to depict variables that contributed most to infant mortality for each time period. Zero‐order correlation coefficients demonstrated that the relationship has widened mainly as a result of an increasing inverse neonatal/socioeconomic pattern which was due in part to a “cause‐period cross‐over …
Socioeconomic Status and Infant Mortality
This research examines the nature and extent to which the tradtional inverse relationship between infant mortality and socioeconomic status holds true in Kansas for the years around 1950,1960, and 1970. A social-area ranking approach and correlation and regression analysis failed to show the significant inverse relationship reported by other researchers. Contrary to expectations, a blurring and narrowing of this relationship resulted over the thr…
Male fertility attitudes
This paper examines the fertility attitudes of a sample of 202 male Nigerian students studying in the United States. Specifically, three dimensions were investigated: (1) perceptions of population problems in Nigeria; (2) attitudes toward family planning, divorce, and male children; and (3) attitudes toward family size. Findings indicate that: (1) In general, this sample does not believe there is a population problem in Nigeria, and rapid populat…
Population aging in Sub-Saharan Africa
Family Planning Information Sources and Media Exposure among Zimbabwean Men
This report describes, for a sample of Zimbabwean men, sources of family planning information, media exposure, media preferences, and whether they would like to learn more about family planning methods. The data are from the 1988 Zimbabwe Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over. The analysis is restricted to the 512 men whose wives were aged 49 and under at the time of the survey. The radio and…
Family Planning Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices of Men in Zimbabwe
The purpose of this report is to describe knowledge, attitudes, and practices in family planning among male Zimbabweans. Understanding the role of men in inhibiting or promoting contraceptive adoption could affect the design of family planning promotion programs and program success in Zimbabwe and other African countries. Data from the 1988 Male Fertility Survey, a representative sample of 711 currently married men aged 20 and over, showed that m…
Gender, education, and fertility
According to the demographic transition theory and the wealth flows model, it is expected that fertility will decline with socioeconomic development, manifested in part through increasingly greater proportions of the population with formal education. Since their independence in the 1960s, most sub-Saharan African nations have experienced rapid changes in educational levels. However, recent estimates indicate that high levels of fertility are bein…
Changing Men's Attitudes and Behavior
A multimedia communication campaign was conducted between 1988 and 1989 to promote family planning among men in Zimbabwe. The campaign consisted of a 52-episode semiweekly radio soap opera, about 60 motivational talks, and two pamphlets about contraceptive methods. Changes over time were measured by comparing a subset of a follow-up survey conducted from October to December 1989 to a baseline survey conducted from April to June 1988. Men exposed …
The impact of husband's and wife's education and occupation on family size in Zimbabwe
This paper assesses the impact of husband's and wife's education and occupation on family size in Zimbabwe. Results from the 1988 Male Fertility Survey indicate that husband's education had a strong negative effect, and wife's education had a moderate negative effect on the number of children ever born. Contrary to the literature, wives who were not employed had significantly fewer children than those who work in agriculture, and fewer, but not s…
Fertility attitudes and behavior of Saudi Arabian students enrolled in U.S. universities
Although fertility declines have taken place in several Arab countries, the Arab nations are growing rapidly. In Saudi Arabia, the total fertility rate (TFR) is 7.1, and the growth rate is 3.5 per cent per year, among the highest in the world. This research examines the structural determinants (indirect indicators) of fertility attitudes and behavior among Saudi Arabian students studying in American universities. Specifically, this study examined…
Unmet need for family planning in Jamaica
This study updates and extends estimates for unmet need and total demand for family planning for Jamaican women in the reproductive age group, 15–49. The findings suggest that, as yet unmet need for family planning was 22·7%, compared to 16% previously estimated.
Determinants of Marital Fertility in Pakistan
This paper assesses the relative impact of direct and indirect determinants of marital fertility in Pakistan, where the vast majority of women do not use any method of fertility regulation. Data came from the 1990/91 Pakistan Demographic and Health Survey, and models were estimated for women aged 15–49, 15–24, 25–34 and 35–49. The younger cohort may be the vanguard of change; change which may be masked by investigating only the conventional 15–49…
Patterns of Conception, Natality, and Mortality from Midwestern Cemeteries
Our research demonstrates the potential of cemeteries data for sociology and contributes to a greater understanding of demographic and social patterns characterizing the Midwest since its Euramerican settlement. We examine data from ten cemeteries (2,021 burials) spanning the 1830s–1980s in east-central Illinois. Seasonal conception patterns reflect winter and spring peaks, with indication of the spring peak dissipating more recently. Seasonal mo…
Occupations, Work Units and Work Rewards in Urban China
Studies of employment work rewards in urban China indicate that workers' accessibility to material resources varies significantly by their occupations and affiliated work units. Survey data for 968 respondents from Guangzhou, China, on determinants of work rewards (income and housing space) are presented. Results of the multivariate analysis demonstrate the following for the Guangzhou sample: (1) both work units and occupation have effects on inc…
Consequences of Population Change for Retail/Wholesale Sector Employment in the Nonmetropolitan Great Plains
A rural economic restructuring perspective and central place theory are used to assess the impact of population change on retail/wholesale sector employment for the 438 nonmetropolitan counties of the Great Plains region from 1950 to 1990. Findings indicate that county level population declined for every decade except the 1970 turnaround decade, and the greatest losses were in completely rural nonadjacent counties. The civilian labor force declin…
Determinants of current use of contraception and children ever born in Nepal
This paper explores the extent to which women's work for earnings, education and couple communication over family planning influence current contraceptive use and children ever born in Nepal. Data came from the 1996 Nepal Family Health Survey. The findings indicate that education has a significant positive influence on current use of contraception and a significant negative influence on children ever born. There was virtually no relationship betw…
Gender Relations
Although Kenya’s fertility rate has declined from 6·7 births per woman in the mid-1980s to 5·4 births per woman in 1993 (NCPD, 1994), population growth is still high, yielding a doubling time of 35 years. This study uses the 1993 Kenya Demographic Health Survey data collected from 1257 couples to examine the socioeconomic and sociodemographic characteristics of married men and women and their communication with their spouses over fertility and fa…
The effects of age structure on the labor force and retirement in China
What are the current and future trends in age structure in China as it relates to labor force and retirement? And, what is the impact of the one-child policy on these trends? A trend analysis identifies that as the parents of the one-child family age, China will have an older population, proportionately, with a smaller middle-aged population to support them in the traditional manner, unlike previous generations. A burden will be placed on the wor…
Demography (18 works) · Sociology (18 works) · Population (17 works) · Economics (12 works) · Demography (11 works) · Economic growth (11 works) · Family planning (11 works) · Political science (10 works) · Psychology (10 works) · Geography (9 works)