Amy M Pienta
Biographic Data
| ID | 129329 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Amy M Pienta |
| GIVEN NAMES | Amy M |
| FAMILY NAME | Pienta |
| SIGNATURE | PIENTA A M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rachael Barlow is the Social Science Data Coordinator at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut, where she teaches data-related topics across the college curriculum and serves as the Official Representative for ICPSR. She is also completing her doctorate in sociology at Indiana University in Bloomington. In her dissertation, she examines how librarians and library buildings co-construct librarian professional identities. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Using ICPSR Resources to Teach Sociology
The focus on quantitative literacy has been increasingly outside the realm of mathematics. The social sciences are well suited to including quantitative elements throughout the curriculum but doing so can mean challenges in preparation and presentation of material for instructors and increased anxiety for students. This paper describes tools and resources available through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) …
Inequality in Men's Mortality
Lower mortality for older rural Americans, compared to urban residents, runs counter to rural-urban disparities in health care services and residents' socioeconomic resources. This paradox calls into question the ways in which community conditions influence mortality and contextualize the relationship between individuals' socioeconomic status and health. Drawing on 24 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men, we observe th…
Labor Force Transitions among Older African American and White Men
Using a life-course/opportunity-cost framework, we study racial differences in labor force behavior among African American and white men aged 55 to 69. A multifaceted measure of labor force behavior is examined within a longitudinal framework. We perform the analyses with a merged sample of the 1984 and 1985 Survey of Income and Program Participation, and we find that the most stable status is not working, followed by full-time, part-time, and un…
Inequality in Men's Mortality
Lower mortality for older rural Americans, compared to urban residents, runs counter to rural-urban disparities in health care services and residents' socioeconomic resources. This paradox calls into question the ways in which community conditions influence mortality and contextualize the relationship between individuals' socioeconomic status and health. Drawing on 24 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men, we observe th…
Using ICPSR Resources to Teach Sociology
The focus on quantitative literacy has been increasingly outside the realm of mathematics. The social sciences are well suited to including quantitative elements throughout the curriculum but doing so can mean challenges in preparation and presentation of material for instructors and increased anxiety for students. This paper describes tools and resources available through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) …
Labor Force Transitions among Older African American and White Men
Using a life-course/opportunity-cost framework, we study racial differences in labor force behavior among African American and white men aged 55 to 69. A multifaceted measure of labor force behavior is examined within a longitudinal framework. We perform the analyses with a merged sample of the 1984 and 1985 Survey of Income and Program Participation, and we find that the most stable status is not working, followed by full-time, part-time, and un…
Labor Force Transitions among Older African American and White Men
Using a life-course/opportunity-cost framework, we study racial differences in labor force behavior among African American and white men aged 55 to 69. A multifaceted measure of labor force behavior is examined within a longitudinal framework. We perform the analyses with a merged sample of the 1984 and 1985 Survey of Income and Program Participation, and we find that the most stable status is not working, followed by full-time, part-time, and un…
Inequality in Men's Mortality
Lower mortality for older rural Americans, compared to urban residents, runs counter to rural-urban disparities in health care services and residents' socioeconomic resources. This paradox calls into question the ways in which community conditions influence mortality and contextualize the relationship between individuals' socioeconomic status and health. Drawing on 24 years of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Older Men, we observe th…
Using ICPSR Resources to Teach Sociology
The focus on quantitative literacy has been increasingly outside the realm of mathematics. The social sciences are well suited to including quantitative elements throughout the curriculum but doing so can mean challenges in preparation and presentation of material for instructors and increased anxiety for students. This paper describes tools and resources available through the Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) …
Sociology (3 works) · Demography (2 works) · Employment and Welfare Studies (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Global Health Care Issues (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Attrition (1 work)