Lori Kowaleski-Jones
Biographic Data
| ID | 107268 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lori Kowaleski-Jones |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lori |
| FAMILY NAME | Kowaleski-Jones |
| SIGNATURE | KOWALESKI-JONES L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Utah |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0604-7032 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 33 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 251 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 33 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Lean legacy, heavy heritage: Family history of diabetes and its association with young adult body mass index
Substantial intergenerational transmission of diabetes mellitus (DM) risk exists. However, less is known regarding whether parental DM and DM among extended family members relate to adult offspring’s body mass index (BMI), and whether any of these associations vary by sex. Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth 1997 cohort (NLSY97), we assess the sex-specific relationship between DM present in first-degree parents and second-deg…
Social inequities in neighborhood health amenities over time in the Wasatch Front Region of Utah: Historical inequities, population selection, or differential investment
The changing food environment and neighborhood prevalence of type 2 diabetes
In this ecological study, we used longitudinal data to assess if changes in neighborhood food environments were associated with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) prevalence, controlling for a host of neighborhood characteristics and spatial error correlation. We found that the population-adjusted prevalence of fast-food and pizza restaurants, grocery stores, and full-service restaurants along with changes in their numbers from 1990 to 2010 were ass…
All in the family? The community context of childcare options and parents' childcare choices
Childcare in the United States is an important issue impacting parents as they navigate a landscape characterized by challenging choices between parental care only, the price of paid childcare, and largely unpaid kin care. Drawing on guidance from the accommodation model, the current work extends the examination of childcare choices by including non-paid care and by using a sample of families across a broad range of incomes. Data from a statewide…
Walkable neighborhoods and obesity: Evaluating effects with a propensity score approach
Results demonstrate that residential selection bias inherent in cross-sectional analysis slightly attenuates the true association between neighborhood walkability and obesity. Results lend support to the growing body of research suggesting that more walkable neighborhoods have residents with a lower prevalence of obesity. Absent propensity score controls, the causal relationship between environment and obesity would be underestimated by 6%. Our a…
The joint effects of family risk of obesity and neighborhood environment on obesity among women
Tract- and county-level income inequality and individual risk of obesity in the United States
Sociodemographic and Environmental Correlates of Active Commuting in Rural America
PURPOSE: This research investigated participation rates in 3 modes of active commuting (AC) and their sociodemographic and physical environmental correlates in rural America. METHODS: The 2000 Census supplemented with other data sets were used to analyze AC rates in percentage of workers walking, biking, and taking public transportation to work in 14,209 nonmetropolitan rural tracts identified by RUCA codes, including 4,067 small rural and 10,142…
An ecological analysis of environmental correlates of active commuting in urban U.S
Ethnic-immigrant Disparities in Total and Abdominal Obesity in the US
Complex interactions of sex by race-ethnicity and nativity exist for obesity prevalence
Walking or Dancing: Patterns of Physical Activity by Cross-Sectional Age Among U.S. Women
Total PA declines with age but significant decline does not occur until ages 55 to 64. Major decline in leisure PA participation starts earlier at ages 35 to 44. While age-related declining patterns differ for different activities, the top five most popular leisure activities are similar for all age groups
Harvesting More Than Vegetables: The Potential Weight Control Benefits of Community Gardening
Objectives. We examined the association of participation in community gardening with healthy body weight. Methods. We examined body mass index (BMI) data from 198 community gardening participants in Salt Lake City, Utah, in relationship to BMI data for 3 comparison groups: neighbors, siblings, and spouses. In comparisons, we adjusted for gender, age, and the year of the BMI measurement. Results. Both women and men community gardeners had signific…
The built environment and risk of obesity in the United States: Racial–ethnic disparities
Joint Physical Custody and Neighborhood Friendships in Middle Childhood
Almost half of first marriages end in divorce, which in turn may produce joint physical custody arrangements. Seen by many states to be in the best interest of the child, joint physical custody is increasingly common. Yet much is unknown about its consequences for children. This article considers how joint physical custody arrangements affect children's neighborhood friendships, an important component of child well-being because of their contribu…
Effects of neighborhood walkability on healthy weight: Assessing selection and causal influences
Depressed Mood and Body Weight: Exploring Race Differences in Adolescence
Using data from the 1994-1998 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged Mother and Young Adult file, this article examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI) in adolescence. The authors also examine whether this relationship varies by race and gender. Their findings indicate that over a 4-year period symptoms of depression are only related to increases in BMI for African American females. Stepfa…
Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight
Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity
Running to the Store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity
Walkability and Body Mass Index
Family Structure Transitions and Child Achievement
This article uses prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to investigate how children in divorced and never-married-mother families vary in reading and math achievement after parental remarriage. These are compared to children who remain in never-married, divorced, and continuously married families. Results based on growth curve modeling indicate that children remaining in single-parent families resulting from divorce…
The Influence of Grandparents in Single-Mother Families
This article examines whether children living with single mothers benefit when they also live with a grandparent, using data from the 1979 to 2002 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file (N = 6,501). Results indicate that for White children, living with a single mother and a grandparent is associated with increased cognitive stimulation and higher reading recognition scores, compared to living with a single mot…
Community contributions to scholastic success
The authors examine the influence of neighborhood characteristics on the academic outcomes of children in middle childhood. Prior research has examined structural features of the community and has evaluated their associations with youth outcomes (Brooks-Gunn, Duncan, Klebanov, & Sealand, 1993; Kowaleski-Jones, 2000). Other research has related perceptions of community environment to youth development (Aneshensel & Sucoff, 1996). This work seeks t…
Family Structure and Community Context: Evaluating Influences on Adolescent Outcomes
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file, this article examines the relationship between living in four different family structures on key measures of youth well-being, studied separately by race. The authors also examine whether contextual factors mediate these associations. For Black youth, we find no effects of family structure on youth well-being; however, community context measures are associated wit…
Children's Home Environments: Understanding the Role of Family Structure Changes
Using data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) merged mother-child sample, we investigate the impact of two family events, parental divorce and the birth of a sibling, on the cognitive stimulation and emotional support provided to children in the home. We use fixed-effect regression techniques to control for unmeasured mother- and child-specific characteristics and measure responses to these family changes before, during,…
The Influence of Grandparents in Single-Mother Families
This article examines whether children living with single mothers benefit when they also live with a grandparent, using data from the 1979 to 2002 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file (N = 6,501). Results indicate that for White children, living with a single mother and a grandparent is associated with increased cognitive stimulation and higher reading recognition scores, compared to living with a single mot…
Running to the Store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity
Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity
The Influences of Participation in the National School Lunch Program and Food Insecurity on Child Well‐Being
This study examines two research questions: the child‐ and family‐specific factors that predict food insecurity and participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the effects on school‐age children of food insecurity and participating in the NSLP. Results show that factors representing families’ economic status are significantly associated with food insecurity and that a broader range of cultural and attitudinal factors predicts pa…
Staying Out of Trouble: Community Resources and Problem Behavior Among High-Risk Adolescents
This research considers how community resources affect adolescent risk-taking attitudes and problem behavior. Data from the 1990 United States Census and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Merged Mother-Child files are merged to form a sample of 860 adolescents age 14 to 18 in 1994. Among these high-risk adolescents, selected community resources have significant associations with adolescent outcomes. Residential stability decreases bo…
The Intergenerational Costs of Parental Social Stressors: Academic and Social Difficulties in Early Adolescence for Children of Young Mothers
Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Frank L. Mott, The Intergenerational Costs of Parental Social Stressors: Academic and Social Difficulties in Early Adolescence for Children of Young Mothers, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 72-86
The built environment and risk of obesity in the United States: Racial–ethnic disparities
Family Structure and Community Context: Evaluating Influences on Adolescent Outcomes
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file, this article examines the relationship between living in four different family structures on key measures of youth well-being, studied separately by race. The authors also examine whether contextual factors mediate these associations. For Black youth, we find no effects of family structure on youth well-being; however, community context measures are associated wit…
Effects of Participation in the WIC Program on Birthweight: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Objectives. This study sought to estimate the impact on birthweight of maternal participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods. WIC estimates were based on sibling models incorporating data on children born between 1990 and 1996 to women taking part in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Results. Fixed-effects estimates indicated that prenatal WIC participation was associated wit…
Harvesting More Than Vegetables: The Potential Weight Control Benefits of Community Gardening
Objectives. We examined the association of participation in community gardening with healthy body weight. Methods. We examined body mass index (BMI) data from 198 community gardening participants in Salt Lake City, Utah, in relationship to BMI data for 3 comparison groups: neighbors, siblings, and spouses. In comparisons, we adjusted for gender, age, and the year of the BMI measurement. Results. Both women and men community gardeners had signific…
Paternal Absence and Child Behavior: Does a Child's Gender Make a Difference
Frank L. Mott, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Paternal Absence and Child Behavior: Does a Child's Gender Make a Difference?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 103-118
Tract- and county-level income inequality and individual risk of obesity in the United States
Effects of neighborhood walkability on healthy weight: Assessing selection and causal influences
All in the family? The community context of childcare options and parents' childcare choices
Childcare in the United States is an important issue impacting parents as they navigate a landscape characterized by challenging choices between parental care only, the price of paid childcare, and largely unpaid kin care. Drawing on guidance from the accommodation model, the current work extends the examination of childcare choices by including non-paid care and by using a sample of families across a broad range of incomes. Data from a statewide…
Depressed Mood and Body Weight: Exploring Race Differences in Adolescence
Using data from the 1994-1998 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged Mother and Young Adult file, this article examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI) in adolescence. The authors also examine whether this relationship varies by race and gender. Their findings indicate that over a 4-year period symptoms of depression are only related to increases in BMI for African American females. Stepfa…
Family Structure Transitions and Child Achievement
This article uses prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to investigate how children in divorced and never-married-mother families vary in reading and math achievement after parental remarriage. These are compared to children who remain in never-married, divorced, and continuously married families. Results based on growth curve modeling indicate that children remaining in single-parent families resulting from divorce…
Community contributions to scholastic success
The authors examine the influence of neighborhood characteristics on the academic outcomes of children in middle childhood. Prior research has examined structural features of the community and has evaluated their associations with youth outcomes (Brooks-Gunn, Duncan, Klebanov, & Sealand, 1993; Kowaleski-Jones, 2000). Other research has related perceptions of community environment to youth development (Aneshensel & Sucoff, 1996). This work seeks t…
Social inequities in neighborhood health amenities over time in the Wasatch Front Region of Utah: Historical inequities, population selection, or differential investment
An ecological analysis of environmental correlates of active commuting in urban U.S
Children's Home Environments: Understanding the Role of Family Structure Changes
Using data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) merged mother-child sample, we investigate the impact of two family events, parental divorce and the birth of a sibling, on the cognitive stimulation and emotional support provided to children in the home. We use fixed-effect regression techniques to control for unmeasured mother- and child-specific characteristics and measure responses to these family changes before, during,…
Double impact: What sibling data can tell us about the long-term negative effects of parental divorce
Most prior research on the adverse consequences of parental divorce has analyzed only one child per family. As a result, it is not known whether the same divorce affects siblings differently. We address this issue by analyzing paired sibling data from the 1994 General Social Survey (GSS) and 1994 Survey of American Families (SAF). Both seemingly unrelated regressions and random effects models are used to study the effect of family background on o…
Welfare Receipt and Family Structure: Evaluating the Effects on Children's Reading Achievement
This paper examines the impact of public and private support systems on cognitive outcomes for children born to adolescent mothers. The data for this analysis were drawn from the 1979 to 1988 rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The sample consists of 1382 children wlio were between the ages of six and ten in 1988. The key inputs for this analysis are four indicators of private support: average family income, extensiveness of moth…
The joint effects of family risk of obesity and neighborhood environment on obesity among women
Walking or Dancing: Patterns of Physical Activity by Cross-Sectional Age Among U.S. Women
Total PA declines with age but significant decline does not occur until ages 55 to 64. Major decline in leisure PA participation starts earlier at ages 35 to 44. While age-related declining patterns differ for different activities, the top five most popular leisure activities are similar for all age groups
Paternal Absence and Child Behavior: Does a Child's Gender Make a Difference
Frank L. Mott, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Paternal Absence and Child Behavior: Does a Child's Gender Make a Difference?, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 59, No. 1 (Feb., 1997), pp. 103-118
The Intergenerational Costs of Parental Social Stressors: Academic and Social Difficulties in Early Adolescence for Children of Young Mothers
Elizabeth G. Menaghan, Lori Kowaleski-Jones, Frank L. Mott, The Intergenerational Costs of Parental Social Stressors: Academic and Social Difficulties in Early Adolescence for Children of Young Mothers, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 38, No. 1 (Mar., 1997), pp. 72-86
Welfare Receipt and Family Structure: Evaluating the Effects on Children's Reading Achievement
This paper examines the impact of public and private support systems on cognitive outcomes for children born to adolescent mothers. The data for this analysis were drawn from the 1979 to 1988 rounds of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. The sample consists of 1382 children wlio were between the ages of six and ten in 1988. The key inputs for this analysis are four indicators of private support: average family income, extensiveness of moth…
Staying Out of Trouble: Community Resources and Problem Behavior Among High-Risk Adolescents
This research considers how community resources affect adolescent risk-taking attitudes and problem behavior. Data from the 1990 United States Census and the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 Merged Mother-Child files are merged to form a sample of 860 adolescents age 14 to 18 in 1994. Among these high-risk adolescents, selected community resources have significant associations with adolescent outcomes. Residential stability decreases bo…
Who’s in the House? Race Differences in Cohabitation, Single Parenthood, and Child Development
This study examined four questions: (1) How does family structure (specifically, single parenthood, married parent, and cohabitating parent) affect children’s delinquency and math test scores? (2) Do these effects differ by race? (3) Do parenting practices mediate the links between family structure and children’s outcomes? and (4) Does this mediation differ by race? Unlike some previous work in this area, the present study distinguished between t…
Effects of Participation in the WIC Program on Birthweight: Evidence From the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
Objectives. This study sought to estimate the impact on birthweight of maternal participation in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods. WIC estimates were based on sibling models incorporating data on children born between 1990 and 1996 to women taking part in the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth. Results. Fixed-effects estimates indicated that prenatal WIC participation was associated wit…
The Influences of Participation in the National School Lunch Program and Food Insecurity on Child Well‐Being
This study examines two research questions: the child‐ and family‐specific factors that predict food insecurity and participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and the effects on school‐age children of food insecurity and participating in the NSLP. Results show that factors representing families’ economic status are significantly associated with food insecurity and that a broader range of cultural and attitudinal factors predicts pa…
Double impact: What sibling data can tell us about the long-term negative effects of parental divorce
Most prior research on the adverse consequences of parental divorce has analyzed only one child per family. As a result, it is not known whether the same divorce affects siblings differently. We address this issue by analyzing paired sibling data from the 1994 General Social Survey (GSS) and 1994 Survey of American Families (SAF). Both seemingly unrelated regressions and random effects models are used to study the effect of family background on o…
Children's Home Environments: Understanding the Role of Family Structure Changes
Using data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY79) merged mother-child sample, we investigate the impact of two family events, parental divorce and the birth of a sibling, on the cognitive stimulation and emotional support provided to children in the home. We use fixed-effect regression techniques to control for unmeasured mother- and child-specific characteristics and measure responses to these family changes before, during,…
Community contributions to scholastic success
The authors examine the influence of neighborhood characteristics on the academic outcomes of children in middle childhood. Prior research has examined structural features of the community and has evaluated their associations with youth outcomes (Brooks-Gunn, Duncan, Klebanov, & Sealand, 1993; Kowaleski-Jones, 2000). Other research has related perceptions of community environment to youth development (Aneshensel & Sucoff, 1996). This work seeks t…
Family Structure and Community Context: Evaluating Influences on Adolescent Outcomes
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file, this article examines the relationship between living in four different family structures on key measures of youth well-being, studied separately by race. The authors also examine whether contextual factors mediate these associations. For Black youth, we find no effects of family structure on youth well-being; however, community context measures are associated wit…
The Influence of Grandparents in Single-Mother Families
This article examines whether children living with single mothers benefit when they also live with a grandparent, using data from the 1979 to 2002 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged mother-child file (N = 6,501). Results indicate that for White children, living with a single mother and a grandparent is associated with increased cognitive stimulation and higher reading recognition scores, compared to living with a single mot…
Walkability and Body Mass Index
Family Structure Transitions and Child Achievement
This article uses prospective data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 to investigate how children in divorced and never-married-mother families vary in reading and math achievement after parental remarriage. These are compared to children who remain in never-married, divorced, and continuously married families. Results based on growth curve modeling indicate that children remaining in single-parent families resulting from divorce…
Are You What Your Mother Weighs? Evaluating the Impact of Maternal Weight Trajectories on Youth Overweight
Mixed land use and walkability: Variations in land use measures and relationships with BMI, overweight, and obesity
Running to the Store? The relationship between neighborhood environments and the risk of obesity
Depressed Mood and Body Weight: Exploring Race Differences in Adolescence
Using data from the 1994-1998 waves of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth merged Mother and Young Adult file, this article examines the relationship between depressive symptoms and body mass index (BMI) in adolescence. The authors also examine whether this relationship varies by race and gender. Their findings indicate that over a 4-year period symptoms of depression are only related to increases in BMI for African American females. Stepfa…
Joint Physical Custody and Neighborhood Friendships in Middle Childhood
Almost half of first marriages end in divorce, which in turn may produce joint physical custody arrangements. Seen by many states to be in the best interest of the child, joint physical custody is increasingly common. Yet much is unknown about its consequences for children. This article considers how joint physical custody arrangements affect children's neighborhood friendships, an important component of child well-being because of their contribu…
Effects of neighborhood walkability on healthy weight: Assessing selection and causal influences
The built environment and risk of obesity in the United States: Racial–ethnic disparities
Ethnic-immigrant Disparities in Total and Abdominal Obesity in the US
Complex interactions of sex by race-ethnicity and nativity exist for obesity prevalence
Walking or Dancing: Patterns of Physical Activity by Cross-Sectional Age Among U.S. Women
Total PA declines with age but significant decline does not occur until ages 55 to 64. Major decline in leisure PA participation starts earlier at ages 35 to 44. While age-related declining patterns differ for different activities, the top five most popular leisure activities are similar for all age groups
Harvesting More Than Vegetables: The Potential Weight Control Benefits of Community Gardening
Objectives. We examined the association of participation in community gardening with healthy body weight. Methods. We examined body mass index (BMI) data from 198 community gardening participants in Salt Lake City, Utah, in relationship to BMI data for 3 comparison groups: neighbors, siblings, and spouses. In comparisons, we adjusted for gender, age, and the year of the BMI measurement. Results. Both women and men community gardeners had signific…
An ecological analysis of environmental correlates of active commuting in urban U.S
Medicine (25 works) · Demography (23 works) · Sociology (21 works) · Psychology (20 works) · Geography (17 works) · Gerontology (14 works) · Population (14 works) · Developmental psychology (13 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (13 works)