Janet M Wilmoth
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 162258 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Janet M Wilmoth |
| PRENOMES | Janet M |
| SOBRENOME | Wilmoth |
| ASSINATURA | WILMOTH J M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Syracuse University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 186 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1995 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Socioeconomic Determinants of Anticipated and Actual Caregiving for Older Adults in India
This study investigates adult children's informal caregiving for, and living arrangements with, older parents in urban India. We differentiated between anticipated caregiving, for respondents whose parents and parents-in-law do not currently need care, and actual caregiving, for respondents who have at least one parent or parent-in-law with care needs. The results based on the 2011 Osaka University Preference Parameters Study reveal different ant…
Risk Factors Explaining Military Deaths From Suicide, 2008–2017
Military suicide prevention efforts would benefit from population-based research documenting patterns in risk factors among service members who die from suicide. We use latent class analysis to analyze patterns in identified risk factors among the population of 2660 active-duty military service members that the Department of Defense Suicide Event Report (DoDSER) system indicates died by suicide between 2008 and 2017. The largest of five empirical…
Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage
Research consistently reports a veteran mortality disadvantage relative to nonveterans, but has not considered the contribution of service-connected disability to this differential. We use data from the 1986 and 1989 National Health Interview Survey-2011 Linked Mortality Files ( N = 124,122) to estimate multivariate Cox regression models of the association between veteran status and mortality, taking service-connected disability status into accou…
The Influence of Military Service Experiences on Current and Daily Drinking
We document heterogeneous and countervailing influences of military service experiences on current and daily drinking. Results indicate that harmful military service experience may be associated with an increased risk of current, moderate daily drinking, which may represent a form of self-medication
Mortality Among Veterans and Non-veterans
Later-Life Social Support and Service Provision in Diverse and Vulnerable Populations
Aging, Demography of
The demography of aging primarily uses quantitative methods to document population aging worldwide and in the United States. In doing so, it provides a justification for studying older adults, identifies the demographic mechanisms driving population aging, and considers the various consequences of shifting population age structure. Demography of aging documents changes in mortality, morbidity, and disability, and identifies trends in the composit…
Veteran Status and Paid Sex Among American Men
Veteran Status and Men’s Later-Life Cognitive Trajectories
Findings are discussed in relation to the extant literature, future research, potential service needs, and study limitations
The Influence of Veteran Status, Psychiatric Diagnosis, and Traumatic Brain Injury on Inadequate Sleep
Adequate sleep is essential for health, social participation, and wellbeing. We use 2010 and 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (N = 35,602) to examine differences in sleep adequacy between: non-veterans; non-combat veterans with no psychiatric diagnosis or traumatic brain injury (TBI); combat veterans with no psychiatric diagnosis or TBI; and veterans (non-combat and combat combined) with a psychiatric diagnosis and/or TBI. On …
Veteran Status, Extramarital Sex, and Divorce
Despite perceptions that infidelity is common among military and veteran populations, there is relatively little evidence documenting the prevalence of extramarital sex among persons with a history of military service or its consequences for marital stability. Using data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey, we estimate multivariate logistic regression models to examine the associations between veteran status, extramarital sex, an…
Veteran Status and Material Hardship
Veterans are a sizable and policy-relevant demographic group in the United States, yet little is known about their economic well-being. Although having a work-limiting disability is known to be associated with material hardship, no known study compares material hardship between veteran households and nonveteran households or investigates whether work-limiting disability moderates the association between veteran status and material hardship. This …
Uma sondagem via internet projetada para avaliar a vida diária dos idosos
O declínio da saúde física e do funcionamento cognitivo, em decorrência da idade, pode ter efeitos profundos na vida diária dos idosos, inclusive no desempenho de tarefas de autocuidado e na participação em atividades sociais. No entanto, pouco ainda se sabe sobre essa relação, devido à falta de medidas adequadas para uma avaliação diária dessa população. Este artigo apresenta um projeto piloto interdisciplinar que desenvolveu medidas diárias de …
Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty
The authors examine the interrelationships between work-related disability, veteran, and poverty statuses using data from the 1992–2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. They find that households with nondisabled veterans present have a lower likelihood of poverty, but that advantage is severely eroded when the veteran or another family member has a work-limiting disability. Nevertheless, all veteran households have substa…
Sex Differences in the Relationship between Military Service Status and Functional Limitations and Disabilities
Health Trajectories Among Older Movers
The results are consistent with the predictions of Litwak and Longino's (1987) typology of later-life migration and the extant literature on later-life migration. Implications for communities are considered
Military Service and Men's Health Trajectories in Later Life
Although veterans experience better health relative to nonveterans around retirement age, they have poorer health than nonveterans among the oldest old. These findings inform our understanding of the veteran-nonveteran health-mortality paradox found in previous research and suggest a health crossover among veterans and nonveterans in later life
Veteran Status, Race-Ethnicity, and Marriage Among Fragile Families
We used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,679 ) to examine the impact of men's past military service on the likelihood that a couple will marry within 5 years of a nonmarital birth. Logistic regression analyses showed that men's past military service increased marriage odds by 54% for couples with Black fathers even after controlling for potential mediators. But veteran status had no effect on couples with White or H…
Aging, Demography of
Demography is the scientific study of human populations. Its origins are as old as those of science. The demography of aging, on the other hand, did not begin to emerge as a distinct subfield until the second half of the twentieth century, when low fertility and mortality rates were creating dramatic shifts in the age structure of developed countries. In 1980, Jacob Siegel devoted his presidential address to the Population Association of America …
Moving for care
This paper examines sociodemographic and HIV-related factors associated with moving post-HIV diagnosis for non-care- and care-related reasons (versus never moving post-HIV diagnosis). Distinctions are made between those who move for informal care only, formal care only, or informal and formal care. Data come from the nationally representative US HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (N=2,864). Overall, 31.8% moved at least once post-HIV diagnos…
The Effects of Residential Mobility on ADL and Iadl Limitations Among the Very Old Living in the Community
Older adults and service providers need to be concerned with short-term increases in objective ADL and IADL limitations that accompany residential relocations, especially for those who move for subjective health reasons. However, from a long-term perspective, residential relocation may serve as a mechanism for accommodating age-related changes that threaten effective functioning
Questions and Comments about National, Externally Graded Assessment Exams
EDGE Theodore Wagenaar extends an invitation to readers to engage in a conversation about the merits of using a national, externally graded essay exam to assess undergraduate students. This invitation is appropriate, given that there are few comprehensive assessment instruments in sociology and none, to my knowledge, that has been endorsed by the American Sociological Association. Perhaps, through a collective dialogue we can arrive at a reasonab…
Immigrant Status, Living Arrangements, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
The results highlight the important influence of social integration on mental health while demonstrating that context shapes the effect of social integration. They suggest that interventions should promote social integration, particularly among older adults living alone or with family or others. However, those programs should be sensitive to the unique needs of native-born and immigrant populations
Arranjos de vida de idosos nos Estados Unidos
Este artigo repassa a literatura corrente no que se refere a arranjos de vida (condições e locais de moradia e co-habitação) entre idosos nos EUA. As razões para o estudo dos arranjos de vida estão delineadas e as tendências agregadas estão humanizadas. Os dois modelos conceituais comumente usados nesta área de pesquisa estão apresentados. Estes modelos identificam as características de nível que influenciam os arranjos de vida na terceira idade.…
Does Marital History Matter? Marital Status and Wealth Outcomes Among Preretirement Adults
Data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey are used to specify ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models predicting wealth. Separate models are estimated for men and women. The results indicate that individuals who are not continuously married have significantly lower wealth than those who remain married throughout the life course. Remarriage offsets the negative effect of a marital dissolution. There are significant gender differences …
Does Marital History Matter? Marital Status and Wealth Outcomes Among Preretirement Adults
Data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey are used to specify ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models predicting wealth. Separate models are estimated for men and women. The results indicate that individuals who are not continuously married have significantly lower wealth than those who remain married throughout the life course. Remarriage offsets the negative effect of a marital dissolution. There are significant gender differences …
Military Service and Men's Health Trajectories in Later Life
Although veterans experience better health relative to nonveterans around retirement age, they have poorer health than nonveterans among the oldest old. These findings inform our understanding of the veteran-nonveteran health-mortality paradox found in previous research and suggest a health crossover among veterans and nonveterans in later life
Motives and the Geographic Mobility of very Old Americans
The proposition that motives for migration are important in explaining geographic mobility of very old persons was explored in this study. Data from the biennial 1984 through 1990 rounds of the Longitudinal Study on Aging were used to predict the move/not-move behavior of a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized respondents aged 70 years and over in 1984. Six motives for elderly migration were identified: health, affiliation, ec…
Immigrant Status, Living Arrangements, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
The results highlight the important influence of social integration on mental health while demonstrating that context shapes the effect of social integration. They suggest that interventions should promote social integration, particularly among older adults living alone or with family or others. However, those programs should be sensitive to the unique needs of native-born and immigrant populations
Measuring Morbidity
Statistical power estimates are advisable when using the binary variable approach, especially if the list of diseases and health conditions is extensive. Although a simple count of diseases may be useful in some research applications, separate counts for serious and nonserious conditions should be more useful in many research projects while avoiding the risk of inadequate statistical power
The Effects of Residential Mobility on ADL and Iadl Limitations Among the Very Old Living in the Community
Older adults and service providers need to be concerned with short-term increases in objective ADL and IADL limitations that accompany residential relocations, especially for those who move for subjective health reasons. However, from a long-term perspective, residential relocation may serve as a mechanism for accommodating age-related changes that threaten effective functioning
Veteran Status and Material Hardship
Veterans are a sizable and policy-relevant demographic group in the United States, yet little is known about their economic well-being. Although having a work-limiting disability is known to be associated with material hardship, no known study compares material hardship between veteran households and nonveteran households or investigates whether work-limiting disability moderates the association between veteran status and material hardship. This …
Immigrant and Non‐immigrant Living Arrangements Among America's White, Hispanic, and Asian Elderly Population
Do the living arrangements of immigrant elderly differ significantly from those for non‐immigrant elderly? If so, are differences between immigrants and non‐immigrants due to population composition or immigration‐based cultural preferences? To answer these questions this research examines the living arrangements of Non‐Hispanic White, Hispanic, and Asian elderly using data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). The standardization and …
Health Trajectories Among Older Movers
The results are consistent with the predictions of Litwak and Longino's (1987) typology of later-life migration and the extant literature on later-life migration. Implications for communities are considered
Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty
The authors examine the interrelationships between work-related disability, veteran, and poverty statuses using data from the 1992–2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. They find that households with nondisabled veterans present have a lower likelihood of poverty, but that advantage is severely eroded when the veteran or another family member has a work-limiting disability. Nevertheless, all veteran households have substa…
Teaching Students Inferential Statistics
THERE IS LITTLE question that fundamental concepts of statistics are quintessentially abstract (Watts 1991:290). As a result, the teaching of introductory statistics can be as frustrating as it is satisfying. It is frustrating in the sense that a complete understanding of statistical principles generally exceeds that which can be taught in a single semester. It is satisfying because the instructor is left with the creative task of finding mathema…
Veteran Status, Race-Ethnicity, and Marriage Among Fragile Families
We used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,679 ) to examine the impact of men's past military service on the likelihood that a couple will marry within 5 years of a nonmarital birth. Logistic regression analyses showed that men's past military service increased marriage odds by 54% for couples with Black fathers even after controlling for potential mediators. But veteran status had no effect on couples with White or H…
Mortality Among Veterans and Non-veterans
Veteran Status and Men’s Later-Life Cognitive Trajectories
Findings are discussed in relation to the extant literature, future research, potential service needs, and study limitations
Veteran Status, Extramarital Sex, and Divorce
Despite perceptions that infidelity is common among military and veteran populations, there is relatively little evidence documenting the prevalence of extramarital sex among persons with a history of military service or its consequences for marital stability. Using data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey, we estimate multivariate logistic regression models to examine the associations between veteran status, extramarital sex, an…
Service-Connected Disability and the Veteran Mortality Disadvantage
Research consistently reports a veteran mortality disadvantage relative to nonveterans, but has not considered the contribution of service-connected disability to this differential. We use data from the 1986 and 1989 National Health Interview Survey-2011 Linked Mortality Files ( N = 124,122) to estimate multivariate Cox regression models of the association between veteran status and mortality, taking service-connected disability status into accou…
Profits and Pitfalls
Janet Wilmoth, John Wybraniec, Profits and Pitfalls: Thoughts on Using a Laptop Computer and Presentation Software to Teach Introductory Social Statistics, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul., 1998), pp. 166-178
Veteran Status and Paid Sex Among American Men
Sex Differences in the Relationship between Military Service Status and Functional Limitations and Disabilities
Questions and Comments about National, Externally Graded Assessment Exams
EDGE Theodore Wagenaar extends an invitation to readers to engage in a conversation about the merits of using a national, externally graded essay exam to assess undergraduate students. This invitation is appropriate, given that there are few comprehensive assessment instruments in sociology and none, to my knowledge, that has been endorsed by the American Sociological Association. Perhaps, through a collective dialogue we can arrive at a reasonab…
Motives and the Geographic Mobility of very Old Americans
The proposition that motives for migration are important in explaining geographic mobility of very old persons was explored in this study. Data from the biennial 1984 through 1990 rounds of the Longitudinal Study on Aging were used to predict the move/not-move behavior of a nationally representative sample of noninstitutionalized respondents aged 70 years and over in 1984. Six motives for elderly migration were identified: health, affiliation, ec…
Immigrant and Non‐immigrant Living Arrangements Among America's White, Hispanic, and Asian Elderly Population
Do the living arrangements of immigrant elderly differ significantly from those for non‐immigrant elderly? If so, are differences between immigrants and non‐immigrants due to population composition or immigration‐based cultural preferences? To answer these questions this research examines the living arrangements of Non‐Hispanic White, Hispanic, and Asian elderly using data from the 1990 Public Use Microdata Sample (PUMS). The standardization and …
The Elementary Forms of Statistical Reason
Profits and Pitfalls
Janet Wilmoth, John Wybraniec, Profits and Pitfalls: Thoughts on Using a Laptop Computer and Presentation Software to Teach Introductory Social Statistics, Teaching Sociology, Vol. 26, No. 3 (Jul., 1998), pp. 166-178
Teaching Students Inferential Statistics
THERE IS LITTLE question that fundamental concepts of statistics are quintessentially abstract (Watts 1991:290). As a result, the teaching of introductory statistics can be as frustrating as it is satisfying. It is frustrating in the sense that a complete understanding of statistical principles generally exceeds that which can be taught in a single semester. It is satisfying because the instructor is left with the creative task of finding mathema…
Measuring Morbidity
Statistical power estimates are advisable when using the binary variable approach, especially if the list of diseases and health conditions is extensive. Although a simple count of diseases may be useful in some research applications, separate counts for serious and nonserious conditions should be more useful in many research projects while avoiding the risk of inadequate statistical power
Arranjos de vida de idosos nos Estados Unidos
Este artigo repassa a literatura corrente no que se refere a arranjos de vida (condições e locais de moradia e co-habitação) entre idosos nos EUA. As razões para o estudo dos arranjos de vida estão delineadas e as tendências agregadas estão humanizadas. Os dois modelos conceituais comumente usados nesta área de pesquisa estão apresentados. Estes modelos identificam as características de nível que influenciam os arranjos de vida na terceira idade.…
Does Marital History Matter? Marital Status and Wealth Outcomes Among Preretirement Adults
Data from the 1992 Health and Retirement Survey are used to specify ordinary least squares (OLS) regression models predicting wealth. Separate models are estimated for men and women. The results indicate that individuals who are not continuously married have significantly lower wealth than those who remain married throughout the life course. Remarriage offsets the negative effect of a marital dissolution. There are significant gender differences …
Immigrant Status, Living Arrangements, and Depressive Symptoms Among Middle-Aged and Older Adults
The results highlight the important influence of social integration on mental health while demonstrating that context shapes the effect of social integration. They suggest that interventions should promote social integration, particularly among older adults living alone or with family or others. However, those programs should be sensitive to the unique needs of native-born and immigrant populations
Moving for care
This paper examines sociodemographic and HIV-related factors associated with moving post-HIV diagnosis for non-care- and care-related reasons (versus never moving post-HIV diagnosis). Distinctions are made between those who move for informal care only, formal care only, or informal and formal care. Data come from the nationally representative US HIV Cost and Services Utilization Study (N=2,864). Overall, 31.8% moved at least once post-HIV diagnos…
The Effects of Residential Mobility on ADL and Iadl Limitations Among the Very Old Living in the Community
Older adults and service providers need to be concerned with short-term increases in objective ADL and IADL limitations that accompany residential relocations, especially for those who move for subjective health reasons. However, from a long-term perspective, residential relocation may serve as a mechanism for accommodating age-related changes that threaten effective functioning
Questions and Comments about National, Externally Graded Assessment Exams
EDGE Theodore Wagenaar extends an invitation to readers to engage in a conversation about the merits of using a national, externally graded essay exam to assess undergraduate students. This invitation is appropriate, given that there are few comprehensive assessment instruments in sociology and none, to my knowledge, that has been endorsed by the American Sociological Association. Perhaps, through a collective dialogue we can arrive at a reasonab…
Aging, Demography of
Demography is the scientific study of human populations. Its origins are as old as those of science. The demography of aging, on the other hand, did not begin to emerge as a distinct subfield until the second half of the twentieth century, when low fertility and mortality rates were creating dramatic shifts in the age structure of developed countries. In 1980, Jacob Siegel devoted his presidential address to the Population Association of America …
Veteran Status, Race-Ethnicity, and Marriage Among Fragile Families
We used data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,679 ) to examine the impact of men's past military service on the likelihood that a couple will marry within 5 years of a nonmarital birth. Logistic regression analyses showed that men's past military service increased marriage odds by 54% for couples with Black fathers even after controlling for potential mediators. But veteran status had no effect on couples with White or H…
Health Trajectories Among Older Movers
The results are consistent with the predictions of Litwak and Longino's (1987) typology of later-life migration and the extant literature on later-life migration. Implications for communities are considered
Military Service and Men's Health Trajectories in Later Life
Although veterans experience better health relative to nonveterans around retirement age, they have poorer health than nonveterans among the oldest old. These findings inform our understanding of the veteran-nonveteran health-mortality paradox found in previous research and suggest a health crossover among veterans and nonveterans in later life
Work-Related Disability, Veteran Status, and Poverty
The authors examine the interrelationships between work-related disability, veteran, and poverty statuses using data from the 1992–2004 panels of the Survey of Income and Program Participation. They find that households with nondisabled veterans present have a lower likelihood of poverty, but that advantage is severely eroded when the veteran or another family member has a work-limiting disability. Nevertheless, all veteran households have substa…
Sex Differences in the Relationship between Military Service Status and Functional Limitations and Disabilities
Veteran Status and Material Hardship
Veterans are a sizable and policy-relevant demographic group in the United States, yet little is known about their economic well-being. Although having a work-limiting disability is known to be associated with material hardship, no known study compares material hardship between veteran households and nonveteran households or investigates whether work-limiting disability moderates the association between veteran status and material hardship. This …
Uma sondagem via internet projetada para avaliar a vida diária dos idosos
O declínio da saúde física e do funcionamento cognitivo, em decorrência da idade, pode ter efeitos profundos na vida diária dos idosos, inclusive no desempenho de tarefas de autocuidado e na participação em atividades sociais. No entanto, pouco ainda se sabe sobre essa relação, devido à falta de medidas adequadas para uma avaliação diária dessa população. Este artigo apresenta um projeto piloto interdisciplinar que desenvolveu medidas diárias de …
Veteran Status, Extramarital Sex, and Divorce
Despite perceptions that infidelity is common among military and veteran populations, there is relatively little evidence documenting the prevalence of extramarital sex among persons with a history of military service or its consequences for marital stability. Using data from the 1992 National Health and Social Life Survey, we estimate multivariate logistic regression models to examine the associations between veteran status, extramarital sex, an…
Veteran Status and Men’s Later-Life Cognitive Trajectories
Findings are discussed in relation to the extant literature, future research, potential service needs, and study limitations
The Influence of Veteran Status, Psychiatric Diagnosis, and Traumatic Brain Injury on Inadequate Sleep
Adequate sleep is essential for health, social participation, and wellbeing. We use 2010 and 2011 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data (N = 35,602) to examine differences in sleep adequacy between: non-veterans; non-combat veterans with no psychiatric diagnosis or traumatic brain injury (TBI); combat veterans with no psychiatric diagnosis or TBI; and veterans (non-combat and combat combined) with a psychiatric diagnosis and/or TBI. On …
Veteran Status and Paid Sex Among American Men
Aging, Demography of
The demography of aging primarily uses quantitative methods to document population aging worldwide and in the United States. In doing so, it provides a justification for studying older adults, identifies the demographic mechanisms driving population aging, and considers the various consequences of shifting population age structure. Demography of aging documents changes in mortality, morbidity, and disability, and identifies trends in the composit…
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