Charles B Nam
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3631099 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Charles B Nam |
| PRENOMES | Charles B |
| SOBRENOME | Nam |
| ASSINATURA | NAM C B |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Florida State University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 59 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 458 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 59 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1964 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ÍNDICE H | 11 |
Family Structure Outcomes of Alternative Family Definitions
Causes of death and mortality crossovers by race
The phenomenon of "mortality crossovers," the intersection of age curves of mortality at older ages, has been observed in comparisons of various populations for some time. Some researchers have argued that crossovers are an artifact of deficient reporting of age that is greater for some populations than others. Other researchers attribute crossovers to selective processes by age that vary by group. We use mortality data from the National Center f…
Occupational Status in 2000; Over a Century of Census-Based Measurement
Self-reported health and adult mortality risk
Living and Dying in the USA
The simplicity of using one data set in addressing the relationship of single variables to mortality distinguishes Living and Dying in the USA from other recent investigations of mortality. The authors use the recently released National Health Interview Survey and the National Death Index to make a definitive statement about demographics and mortality. By surveying demographic and sociocultural characteristics associated with mortality, socioecon…
Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality
We use recently released, nationally representative data from the National Health Interview Survey—Multiple Cause of Death linked file to model the association of religious attendance and sociodemographic, health, and behavioral correlates with overall and cause-specific mortality. Religious attendance is associated with U.S. adult mortality in a graded fashion: People who never attend exhibit 1.87 times the risk of death in the follow-up period …
Adult mortality differentials associated with cigarette smoking in the USA
Demographic, Socioeconomic, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Ethnic Mortality by Cause
This article examines ethnic differences in total and cause-specific mortality. We employ the linked National Health Interview Survey-National Death Index (NHIS-NDI) to examine ethnic differences in mortality from a combination of demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristic perspectives. We find that Asian American mortality is low in part because of healthy behaviors and socioeconomic advantages; that Caucasian American mortality is hi…
Impact of future cigarette smoking scenarios on mortality of the adult population in the United States, 2000-2050
The prevalence of cigarette smoking in the United States has declined over the past few decades. However, some leveling-off in prevalence rates has been observed in recent years, and the rate for teenagers and young adults has even turned upward. This paper considers four alternative scenarios of future cigarette smoking patterns in the United States for the population 25 and over and measures the impact these different scenarios would have on ex…
Demographic and socioeconomic links to cigarette smoking
This paper illuminates the demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with smoking statuses. It employs the 1990 National Health Interview Survey's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Supplement and logistic regression to examine the covariates of smoking status among the U.S. adult population. Polychotomous logistic regression, which provides an alternate way to examine smoking practices, simultaneously considers multiple variables and…
Another look at mortality crossovers
Considerable debate still ensues on whether or not the so-called "mortality crossover," the intersection of age curves of mortality at the older ages, is artifactual or real. One school of thought argues that it is a function of misreporting of ages, greater for one population than another. The other school of thought counters that it persists apart from age misreporting and is due to selective frailty processes as age increases. An historical re…
Mortality Patterns and Trends in the United States
Underlying and multiple causes of death related to smoking
Handbook on International Migration
Handbook on International Migration
Infant Mortality Differentials among Hispanic Groups in Florida
Journal Article Infant Mortality Differentials among Hispanic Groups in Florida Get access Robert A. Hummer, Robert A. Hummer Florida State University Direct correspondence to Robert A. Hummer, Center for the Study of Population, 659-C Bellamy Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 3230-4063, (904-644-1762). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Isaac W. Eberstein, Isaac W. Eberstein Florida State U…
Response to Fleshman's comment on “sudden infant death syndrome as a socially determined cause of death”
International Handbook on Internal Migration
Introduction Botswana Brazil Canada China Ecuador Egypt France Federal Republic of Germany Guatemala India Indonesia Israel Italy Japan Kenya The Netherlands Poland The Soviet Union Thailand The United Kingdom The United States Selected General Bibliography Index
The Changing Age Distribution in Indonesia and Some Consequences 1
"Beginning with a discussion of the sources and quality of Indonesian age data by sex, this paper examines the changes in the functional age groups of the population of Indonesia from 1971 to the year 2005, and the implications of these changes for education, labour force participation, dependency ratios and fertility. Data for the period 1971 to 1985 are based on actual enumerations, while those for the period 1990 to 2005 are based on projectio…
Handbook on International Migration
Introduction Australia by Ronald F. Moore Botswana by James D. Tarver and H. Max Miller Canada by Monica Boyd and Chris Talyor Federal Republic of Germany by Hilde Wander French West Indies by Herve Domenach and Michael Picouet India by Pravin Visaria and Leela Visaria Ireland by Patrick M. O'Sullivan and Morton D. Winsberg Israel by Calvin Goldscheider Italy by Antonio Golini and Anna Maria Birindelli Jordan by John M. Wardwell Kenya by Shanyisa…
Infant Mortality by Cause of Death
We examine infant mortality among the 1980–1982 live birth cohorts in the state of Florida, specific to five categories of underlying cause of death: infections, perinatal conditions, delivery complications, congenital malformations, and sudden infant death syndrome. The gross and net effects of eight categorical and continuous independent variables, along with 11 first-order interactions, are examined with microlevel data through the use of mult…
Infant mortality by cause
Sudden infant death syndrome as a socially determined cause of death
The background characteristics of infant deaths which have been certified by physicians as due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) are examined. Two alternative models for explaining SIDS deaths are considered. The first views SIDS solely in medical/biological terms, while the second emphasizes the role played by social and cultural factors, either as contributing conditions or as factors in the misattribution of SIDS as the cause of death whe…
Social Contexts of Official Statistics
Rupert B. Vance on Population
Rupert B. Vance, a distinguished sociologist, was a true Renaissance man whose writings spanned a variety of disciplines and touched on many issues of public as well as professional interest. As is typical of such scholars, his writings are published in a broad range of books, journals, newspapers, and other outlets. Reed and Singal (1982) brought together a selection of his writings on the South as a region, but his works in other areas have not…
Religious involvement and U.S. adult mortality
We use recently released, nationally representative data from the National Health Interview Survey—Multiple Cause of Death linked file to model the association of religious attendance and sociodemographic, health, and behavioral correlates with overall and cause-specific mortality. Religious attendance is associated with U.S. adult mortality in a graded fashion: People who never attend exhibit 1.87 times the risk of death in the follow-up period …
Self-reported health and adult mortality risk
Occupational Status in 2000; Over a Century of Census-Based Measurement
The formation and stability of ideal family size among young people
A sample of 1,123 sixth, ninth, and twelfth graders in two Southern counties was questioned to ascertain how many children they think is ideal. More than three-fourths of the students in each grade had given thought to an ideal number of children for themselves; fewer had thought about the ideal number for the average American couple. Two and three children were the modal responses; mean ideal sizes were 3.02 for self and 3.16 for the average cou…
Infant Mortality by Cause of Death
We examine infant mortality among the 1980–1982 live birth cohorts in the state of Florida, specific to five categories of underlying cause of death: infections, perinatal conditions, delivery complications, congenital malformations, and sudden infant death syndrome. The gross and net effects of eight categorical and continuous independent variables, along with 11 first-order interactions, are examined with microlevel data through the use of mult…
Causes of death which contribute to the mortality crossover effect
Death rates vary over the life cycle in a standard fashion, with mortality probabilities being highest at infant and older ages. Nevertheless, when age curves of mortality are compared for different populations, they sometimes can be seen to intersect so that one population has higher death rates at younger and middle ages and lower rates at older ages. Past research has shown that this phenomenon is not due to erroneous data and is probably a re…
Sex predetermination
The results of research regarding public knowledge and reactions about sex determination are reported. Ancient ideas and folklore are related. Because X sperm are heavier than Y sperm they can be separated by centrifuging. This has been shown to be effective in cattle breeding with insemination. Electrophoresis of rabbit semen has been used with insemination and correct prediction of sex in a large proportion of cases. Human sperm can also be sep…
Variations in Socioeconomic Structure by Race, Residence, and the Life Cycle
Education of the American Population
Changes in the Relative Status Level of Workers in the United States, 1950-60
Analysis of socioeconomic scores of persons classified by detailed occupation in 1950 and 1960 shows general stability of occupational status over the decade but significantly-changing status for a minority of occupations. The latter are examined in terms of changing numbers of occupants and changing median age, as well as relative increases or decreases in average education and income of occupants. Slight declines in scores for persons in a high…
Development, inequality, health care, and mortality at the older ages
We examine mortality at ages 50 and above in female populations of 38 countries and control for variation in quality of the mortality data. We find that economic development, economic distributional inequality, and basic primary health care have independent cross-national effects on cause of death structures and that these effects are not uniform across the age intervals of interest. As improvements occur in level of living and heath care, age-sp…
Underlying and multiple causes of death related to smoking
Causes of death and mortality crossovers by race
The phenomenon of "mortality crossovers," the intersection of age curves of mortality at older ages, has been observed in comparisons of various populations for some time. Some researchers have argued that crossovers are an artifact of deficient reporting of age that is greater for some populations than others. Other researchers attribute crossovers to selective processes by age that vary by group. We use mortality data from the National Center f…
Family Structure Outcomes of Alternative Family Definitions
Infant Mortality Differentials among Hispanic Groups in Florida
Journal Article Infant Mortality Differentials among Hispanic Groups in Florida Get access Robert A. Hummer, Robert A. Hummer Florida State University Direct correspondence to Robert A. Hummer, Center for the Study of Population, 659-C Bellamy Building, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL 3230-4063, (904-644-1762). Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Isaac W. Eberstein, Isaac W. Eberstein Florida State U…
The progress of demography as a scientific discipline
The discipline of demography deals with the size composition distribution and characteristics of populations and how the factors interact and change. Demography also includes the internal and external dynamics of population. Data collection is hampered because censuses are infrequent so records of births marriages and deaths are crucial for interim statistics especially in developing nations. Demographers interest is in population variables and t…
The Religious Context of Educational Expectations
Trends in Education in Relation to the Occupational Structure
The trend in the relationship between formal education and occupation is examined, with special reference to the problems of educational supply and demand. The analysis is based primarily on census data for 1940, 1950, and 1960 for men at prime working ages. The association of education and occupation is found to be moderate but declining. The increase in the educational level of the labor-force is considerably more a function of the risintg educ…
Adult mortality differentials associated with cigarette smoking in the USA
Infant mortality by cause
Sudden infant death syndrome as a socially determined cause of death
The background characteristics of infant deaths which have been certified by physicians as due to Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) are examined. Two alternative models for explaining SIDS deaths are considered. The first views SIDS solely in medical/biological terms, while the second emphasizes the role played by social and cultural factors, either as contributing conditions or as factors in the misattribution of SIDS as the cause of death whe…
Underlying versus multiple causes of death
Educational Trends from Census Data
Demographic and socioeconomic links to cigarette smoking
This paper illuminates the demographic and socioeconomic factors associated with smoking statuses. It employs the 1990 National Health Interview Survey's Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Supplement and logistic regression to examine the covariates of smoking status among the U.S. adult population. Polychotomous logistic regression, which provides an alternate way to examine smoking practices, simultaneously considers multiple variables and…
Another look at mortality crossovers
Considerable debate still ensues on whether or not the so-called "mortality crossover," the intersection of age curves of mortality at the older ages, is artifactual or real. One school of thought argues that it is a function of misreporting of ages, greater for one population than another. The other school of thought counters that it persists apart from age misreporting and is due to selective frailty processes as age increases. An historical re…
Educational trends from census data
Entre 1910 y 1960 hubo un aumento de caei 24 milliones de personas de 5 a 19 anos de edad matriculadas en escuelas. Se calcula que casi la mitad (45 par ciento) de este aumento se ha debido a tasas mas elevadas de asistencia escolar, en tanto que el resto se debe al crecimiento de la poblaci6n. En la actualidad, casi iodos de los ninos en edad correspondiente a la escuela primaria, y cuya salud lo permite, estdn matriculados en escuelas. El retra…
Educational Trends from Census Data
Impact of the "GI Bills" on the Educational Level of the Male Population
This paper is an attempt to evaluate the effects of the post-war educational rehabilitation programs for veterans (“GI Bills”) on the educational composition of the male population of the United States. Various sources of statistical data are integrated to produce estimates of the effects. The analysis leads to the conclusion that, even if the benefits of the GI education and training programs had not been available, the sharply rising trend in t…
Trends in Education in Relation to the Occupational Structure
The trend in the relationship between formal education and occupation is examined, with special reference to the problems of educational supply and demand. The analysis is based primarily on census data for 1940, 1950, and 1960 for men at prime working ages. The association of education and occupation is found to be moderate but declining. The increase in the educational level of the labor-force is considerably more a function of the risintg educ…
Factors related to school retention
Examínanse en esie estudio los factores demográficos y sociales y las aptitudes relacionados con la retención escolar. A los 5 y 6 años de edad (edad preobligatoria), las diferenciales según el ingreso, la educación de los padres y la residencia urbana o rural son substanciales. En la medidaen que la asistencia a temprana edad contribuye éxito posterior en la escuela, tales diferenciales sonimportantes. Entre los 7 y los 16 años (edad de la enseñ…
Variations in Socioeconomic Structure by Race, Residence, and the Life Cycle
Family Patterns of Educational Attainment
While much i8 known about the educational distribution of individual8 in the United State8, there i8 little knowledge about family pattern8 of educational attainment or of the component8 of these patterns. The pre8ent article examines the extent of con8i8tency of educational 8tatu8e8 within familie8 by comparing the actual di8tributions with what would be expected on the basis of a random di8tribution model. The tendenoy for 8imilar educational 8…
Schools in a Changing Society
Estimates of the "True" Educational Distribution of the Adult Population of the United States from 1910 to 1960
Estimates of the “true” educational distribution of the adult population of the United States from 1910 to 1960
Este estudio presenta series reguladas de datos sobre años de escuela completados por mujeres y hombres de mas de 25 años de edad en los Estados Unidos deede 1910 a 1960. Estos datos han sido producidos utilizando un conjunto de tabulaciones no publicadas del Censo de 1950 Post Enumeracion Survey (PES) el cual incluye datos de años de escuela completados por edad y sexo, como fueron informados en el PES por la PES muestra y tabulaciones separadas…
U.S. Bureau of the Census, Education of the American Population
Education of the American Population (A 1960 Census Monograph)
Population and Society
Changes in the Relative Status Level of Workers in the United States, 1950-60
Analysis of socioeconomic scores of persons classified by detailed occupation in 1950 and 1960 shows general stability of occupational status over the decade but significantly-changing status for a minority of occupations. The latter are examined in terms of changing numbers of occupants and changing median age, as well as relative increases or decreases in average education and income of occupants. Slight declines in scores for persons in a high…
Education of the American Population
Population and Society. A Textbook of Readings
The formation and stability of ideal family size among young people
A sample of 1,123 sixth, ninth, and twelfth graders in two Southern counties was questioned to ascertain how many children they think is ideal. More than three-fourths of the students in each grade had given thought to an ideal number of children for themselves; fewer had thought about the ideal number for the average American couple. Two and three children were the modal responses; mean ideal sizes were 3.02 for self and 3.16 for the average cou…
The Religious Context of Educational Expectations
Sex predetermination
The results of research regarding public knowledge and reactions about sex determination are reported. Ancient ideas and folklore are related. Because X sperm are heavier than Y sperm they can be separated by centrifuging. This has been shown to be effective in cattle breeding with insemination. Electrophoresis of rabbit semen has been used with insemination and correct prediction of sex in a large proportion of cases. Human sperm can also be sep…
Population
Causes of death which contribute to the mortality crossover effect
Death rates vary over the life cycle in a standard fashion, with mortality probabilities being highest at infant and older ages. Nevertheless, when age curves of mortality are compared for different populations, they sometimes can be seen to intersect so that one population has higher death rates at younger and middle ages and lower rates at older ages. Past research has shown that this phenomenon is not due to erroneous data and is probably a re…
The progress of demography as a scientific discipline
The discipline of demography deals with the size composition distribution and characteristics of populations and how the factors interact and change. Demography also includes the internal and external dynamics of population. Data collection is hampered because censuses are infrequent so records of births marriages and deaths are crucial for interim statistics especially in developing nations. Demographers interest is in population variables and t…
The Contraceptive Revolution
Residential mobility orientations of children and youth
Population socialization
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