Carol Mulford Albrecht
Biographic Data
| ID | 164175 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Carol Mulford Albrecht |
| GIVEN NAMES | Carol Mulford |
| FAMILY NAME | Albrecht |
| SIGNATURE | ALBRECHT C M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Texas A&M University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 67 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Social Status, Adolescent Behavior, and Educational Attainment
Education has long been recognized as an institution that plays a prominent role in the reproduction of social class. Children from socially advantaged backgrounds tend to achieve higher educational outcomes than children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In this study, data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were utilized to better understand the relationship between social advantage, high school educationa…
Inequality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties: Factors Related to Variation and Change
This manuscript attempts to improve social science understanding of inequality by utilizing data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties from the 1990 and 2000 Census. It was found that a set of social conditions were stronger predictors of inequality than either economic structure or the contextual variables. The primary exception was that inequality levels were much higher in the nonmetro South than in other regions. The most important so…
Income Inequality: The Implications of Economic Structure and Social Conditions
During the past few decades income inequality has been increasing in the United States and other developed nations, and is having major social consequences. In this study county-level data for the United States was analyzed to test the relative importance of three alternative approaches for explaining increased levels of inequality. These three approaches include economic structure, social conditions, and a model that maintains that both social c…
Minority Concentration, Disadvantage, and Inequality in The Nonmetropolitan United States
The implications of the residential concentration of minority populations are issues of vital concern in the United States. Much of the previous minority concentration literature has focused on African-American residents of metropolitan communities. This article expands on this literature by exploring a variety of minority groups in nonmetropolitan communities. It was found that the minority residents of communities with large minority population…
Metro/Nonmetro Residence, Nonmarital Conception, and Conception Outcomes
Two of the most significant changes affecting U.S. society during the 20th century were transformations in family structure and the transition from a nonmetropolitan/farm society to a largely metropolitan society. In this study, classic sociological theory, developed to understand differences between metro and nonmetro society, was employed. Despite contentions that the residence variable is no longer viable, we hypothesized that nonmetro interac…
Sex Ratio and Family Structure in the Nonmetropolitan United States
The sex ratio hypothesis maintains that the ratio of marriageable men to marriageable women can have major implications for family formation and structure. Despite extensive research attention, the sex ratio hypothesis has yet to be tested on general nonmetropolitan populations. This study of nonmetropolitan counties in the United States found strong support for the sex ratio hypothesis. Counties with low sex ratios (shortage of men) had lower pr…
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Minority Concentration, Disadvantage, and Inequality in The Nonmetropolitan United States
The implications of the residential concentration of minority populations are issues of vital concern in the United States. Much of the previous minority concentration literature has focused on African-American residents of metropolitan communities. This article expands on this literature by exploring a variety of minority groups in nonmetropolitan communities. It was found that the minority residents of communities with large minority population…
Metro/Nonmetro Residence, Nonmarital Conception, and Conception Outcomes
Two of the most significant changes affecting U.S. society during the 20th century were transformations in family structure and the transition from a nonmetropolitan/farm society to a largely metropolitan society. In this study, classic sociological theory, developed to understand differences between metro and nonmetro society, was employed. Despite contentions that the residence variable is no longer viable, we hypothesized that nonmetro interac…
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Sex Ratio and Family Structure in the Nonmetropolitan United States
The sex ratio hypothesis maintains that the ratio of marriageable men to marriageable women can have major implications for family formation and structure. Despite extensive research attention, the sex ratio hypothesis has yet to be tested on general nonmetropolitan populations. This study of nonmetropolitan counties in the United States found strong support for the sex ratio hypothesis. Counties with low sex ratios (shortage of men) had lower pr…
Income Inequality: The Implications of Economic Structure and Social Conditions
During the past few decades income inequality has been increasing in the United States and other developed nations, and is having major social consequences. In this study county-level data for the United States was analyzed to test the relative importance of three alternative approaches for explaining increased levels of inequality. These three approaches include economic structure, social conditions, and a model that maintains that both social c…
Social Status, Adolescent Behavior, and Educational Attainment
Education has long been recognized as an institution that plays a prominent role in the reproduction of social class. Children from socially advantaged backgrounds tend to achieve higher educational outcomes than children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In this study, data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were utilized to better understand the relationship between social advantage, high school educationa…
Mate Availability, Women's Marriage Prevalence, and Husbands' Education
We predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education for Black women vary directly with mate availability. We also predict that marriage prevalence and husbands' education will be lower for Black women with less than a high school education than for other Black women. We test these predictions using data on marriage and husbands' education for a national sample of individuals and data on aggregate-level marriage prevalence and husbands' ed…
Sex Ratio and Family Structure in the Nonmetropolitan United States
The sex ratio hypothesis maintains that the ratio of marriageable men to marriageable women can have major implications for family formation and structure. Despite extensive research attention, the sex ratio hypothesis has yet to be tested on general nonmetropolitan populations. This study of nonmetropolitan counties in the United States found strong support for the sex ratio hypothesis. Counties with low sex ratios (shortage of men) had lower pr…
Metro/Nonmetro Residence, Nonmarital Conception, and Conception Outcomes
Two of the most significant changes affecting U.S. society during the 20th century were transformations in family structure and the transition from a nonmetropolitan/farm society to a largely metropolitan society. In this study, classic sociological theory, developed to understand differences between metro and nonmetro society, was employed. Despite contentions that the residence variable is no longer viable, we hypothesized that nonmetro interac…
Minority Concentration, Disadvantage, and Inequality in The Nonmetropolitan United States
The implications of the residential concentration of minority populations are issues of vital concern in the United States. Much of the previous minority concentration literature has focused on African-American residents of metropolitan communities. This article expands on this literature by exploring a variety of minority groups in nonmetropolitan communities. It was found that the minority residents of communities with large minority population…
Income Inequality: The Implications of Economic Structure and Social Conditions
During the past few decades income inequality has been increasing in the United States and other developed nations, and is having major social consequences. In this study county-level data for the United States was analyzed to test the relative importance of three alternative approaches for explaining increased levels of inequality. These three approaches include economic structure, social conditions, and a model that maintains that both social c…
Inequality in Metropolitan and Nonmetropolitan Counties: Factors Related to Variation and Change
This manuscript attempts to improve social science understanding of inequality by utilizing data for metropolitan and nonmetropolitan counties from the 1990 and 2000 Census. It was found that a set of social conditions were stronger predictors of inequality than either economic structure or the contextual variables. The primary exception was that inequality levels were much higher in the nonmetro South than in other regions. The most important so…
Social Status, Adolescent Behavior, and Educational Attainment
Education has long been recognized as an institution that plays a prominent role in the reproduction of social class. Children from socially advantaged backgrounds tend to achieve higher educational outcomes than children from more disadvantaged backgrounds. In this study, data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health (Add Health) were utilized to better understand the relationship between social advantage, high school educationa…
Sociology (6 works) · Demographic economics (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Economics (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Metropolitan area (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Urban, Neighborhood, and Segregation Studies (4 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (3 works) · Inequality (3 works)