M L Caudillo
Biographic Data
| ID | 53486 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M L Caudillo |
| GIVEN NAMES | M L |
| FAMILY NAME | Caudillo |
| SIGNATURE | CAUDILLO M L |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Maryland, College Park |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-1309-3253 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 95 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Does Exposure to Community Violence Predict Higher Suicide Rates? The Case of Mexico
Despite both homicide and suicide being identified as global public health concerns, it is unclear whether and how homicide trends could shape suicide patterns, particularly in low‐or‐middle income countries. We use the case of Mexico, an upper‐middle‐income country that experienced a dramatic increase in homicide after a shift in drug‐enforcement policy in 2006, to evaluate the relationship between community violence and suicide. Our analysis re…
The Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use and Provision in Mexico
This study examines the relationship between community violence and the use and provision of contraception in Mexico, where family planning is a long-standing policy priority and the “war on drugs” has led to chronically high levels of violence. We adopt a two-step approach. First, we investigate the association between women's exposure to violence and first contraceptive use. Combining individual-level data (n = 86,219) from two waves of the Nat…
Individual Behaviors and Health Inequalities
We evaluate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for preterm birth in Mexico using microdata that include all births from 2014 to 2022. The country's hybrid public/private healthcare system allows us to examine how women's adaptive behaviors to the health crisis shaped their birth outcomes. The proportion of women giving birth in private hospitals increased dramatically after the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. This was likely a strateg…
Hybrid Interpersonal Violence in Latin America
In this review, we argue that to understand patterns and causes of violence in contemporary Latin America, we must explicitly consider when violence takes on interpersonal qualities. We begin by reviewing prominent definitions and measurements of interpersonal violence. We then detail the proliferation of interlocking sources of regional insecurity, including gender-based violence, gangs, narcotrafficking, vigilantism, and political corruption. T…
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Dyadic Pregnancy Intentions Preceding Births in the United States
Community Violence and the Stability of Marriages and Cohabitations in Mexico
This study evaluates the link between local violence and the stability of women’s first co-residential unions in Mexico by exploiting the drastic increase in homicide rates caused by the Mexican War on Drugs in December 2006. We use event history analysis and individual union histories collected by a national survey in 2009 to assess whether increasing homicide rates in the previous 2 years relates to the dissolution of marital and cohabiting uni…
Local violence and transitions to marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
Objective To assess whether local violence is associated with the timing and type of women's first union formation. Background Local violence may cause disruptions to marriage markets and psychological and behavioral changes that may affect union formation patterns. Method The authors exploited the variation in homicide rates caused by a shift in national drug‐enforcement policy in Mexico in December 2006. Competing‐risks Cox models and union his…
Association of the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now Initiative with Postpartum Larc Use
The DelCAN initiative was associated with increased LARC use among postpartum women in Delaware. During the first 3 years of the initiative, LARC use increased progressively and to a greater extent among Medicaid-enrolled women. Comprehensive initiatives that combine Medicaid payment reforms, provider training, free contraceptive services, and public awareness efforts may reduce unmet demand for highly effective contraceptives in the postpartum m…
The Opioid Epidemic and Children’s Living Arrangements in the United States, 2000–2018
Although the detrimental effects of the opioid epidemic on individuals’ health and well-being have been well documented, we know little about how it has affected the family contexts in which children live. We assess how the opioid epidemic, as measured by a rise in the opioid overdose death rate, has affected the rates at which children live in different family arrangements: two married parents, two cohabiting parents, single mother, single fathe…
Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality
It is difficult to gauge people’s acceptance about same-sex sexualities, as responses to questionnaires are prone to social desirability bias. We offer a new proxy for understanding popular concern surrounding same-sex sexualities: prevalence of Google searches demonstrating concern over gay/lesbian sexual identities. Using Google Trends data, we find that Google searches about whether a specific person is gay or lesbian show patterned bias towar…
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
The United States has experienced a dramatic rise in opioid addiction and opioid overdose deaths in recent years. We investigate the effect of the opioid epidemic at the local level on nonmarital fertility using aggregate- and individual-level analyses. Opioid overdose death rates and prescriptions per capita are used as indicators of the intensity of the opioid epidemic. We estimate area fixed-effects models to test the effect of the opioid epid…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Risk‐Taking and the Effectiveness of Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use
Future studies should examine whether interventions designed to reduce adolescent risk-taking improve the effectiveness of contraceptive use, particularly among White females. However, efforts to increase Black and Hispanic adolescents' use of more-effective contraceptives should target barriers other than risk-proneness. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2020, 52(4):TK, doi:10.1363/psrh.12165
Intentionally or Ambivalently Risking a Short Interpregnancy Interval
A focus of research on short interpregnancy intervals (IPI) has been on young disadvantaged women whose births are likely to be unintended. Later initiation of family formation in the United States and other high-income countries points to the need to also consider a woman’s attributes indicative of readiness for purposefully accelerated family formation achieved through short IPIs. We test for whether factors indicating “reproductive readiness”—…
Cohort Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners
We examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1920 and 2000 in their probability of having had sex with same-sex partners in the last year and since age 18. Using data from the 1988-2018 General Social Surveys, we explore how trends differ by gender, race, and class background. We find steep increases across birth cohorts in the proportion of women who have had sex with both men and women since age 18, whereas increases for men are less stee…
Advanced School Progression Relative to Age and Early Family Formation in Mexico
Research has documented a negative association between women’s educational attainment and early sexual intercourse, union formation, and pregnancy. However, the implications that school progression relative to age may have for the timing and order of such transitions are poorly understood. In this article, I argue that educational attainment has different implications depending on a student’s progression through school grades relative to her age.…
How does the personal become political? Assessing the impact of mothers' employment on daughters' participation in political organizations
Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners and Bisexual Identity Across Cohorts of Women (but Not Men)
We use data from the 2002–2013 National Surveys of Family Growth to examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1966 and 1995 in whether individuals have had sex with same-sex partners only, or with both men and women, and in whether they have a bisexual or gay identity. Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and mother’s education, we find increases across cohorts in the proportion of women who report a bisexual identity, who re…
Why Do Young, Unmarried Women Who Do Not Want to Get Pregnant Contracept Inconsistently? Mixed-method Evidence for the Role of Efficacy
Many sexually active single women do not want to get pregnant but use contraception inconsistently. To explore why, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 99 unmarried women in their 20s, asking about contraception with each of their sexual partners. The authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence that contraceptive inconsistency sometimes results from having too little efficacy, a concept that includes the subconcepts of planfu…
Exposure to Local Homicides and Early Educational Achievement in Mexico
We investigate the effect of children's exposure to local violence on grade failure in Mexico. We construct an annual panel of all elementary schools from 1990 to 2010 and merge municipality-level homicide rates to analyze the effect of exposure to local homicide. Using a variety of causal inference techniques, we consistently find that exposure to local violence increases the probability of failing a grade in elementary school. This effect is ne…
Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners and Bisexual Identity Across Cohorts of Women (but Not Men)
We use data from the 2002–2013 National Surveys of Family Growth to examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1966 and 1995 in whether individuals have had sex with same-sex partners only, or with both men and women, and in whether they have a bisexual or gay identity. Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and mother’s education, we find increases across cohorts in the proportion of women who report a bisexual identity, who re…
Why Do Young, Unmarried Women Who Do Not Want to Get Pregnant Contracept Inconsistently? Mixed-method Evidence for the Role of Efficacy
Many sexually active single women do not want to get pregnant but use contraception inconsistently. To explore why, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 99 unmarried women in their 20s, asking about contraception with each of their sexual partners. The authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence that contraceptive inconsistency sometimes results from having too little efficacy, a concept that includes the subconcepts of planfu…
Exposure to Local Homicides and Early Educational Achievement in Mexico
We investigate the effect of children's exposure to local violence on grade failure in Mexico. We construct an annual panel of all elementary schools from 1990 to 2010 and merge municipality-level homicide rates to analyze the effect of exposure to local homicide. Using a variety of causal inference techniques, we consistently find that exposure to local violence increases the probability of failing a grade in elementary school. This effect is ne…
Cohort Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners
We examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1920 and 2000 in their probability of having had sex with same-sex partners in the last year and since age 18. Using data from the 1988-2018 General Social Surveys, we explore how trends differ by gender, race, and class background. We find steep increases across birth cohorts in the proportion of women who have had sex with both men and women since age 18, whereas increases for men are less stee…
Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality
It is difficult to gauge people’s acceptance about same-sex sexualities, as responses to questionnaires are prone to social desirability bias. We offer a new proxy for understanding popular concern surrounding same-sex sexualities: prevalence of Google searches demonstrating concern over gay/lesbian sexual identities. Using Google Trends data, we find that Google searches about whether a specific person is gay or lesbian show patterned bias towar…
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
The United States has experienced a dramatic rise in opioid addiction and opioid overdose deaths in recent years. We investigate the effect of the opioid epidemic at the local level on nonmarital fertility using aggregate- and individual-level analyses. Opioid overdose death rates and prescriptions per capita are used as indicators of the intensity of the opioid epidemic. We estimate area fixed-effects models to test the effect of the opioid epid…
Advanced School Progression Relative to Age and Early Family Formation in Mexico
Research has documented a negative association between women’s educational attainment and early sexual intercourse, union formation, and pregnancy. However, the implications that school progression relative to age may have for the timing and order of such transitions are poorly understood. In this article, I argue that educational attainment has different implications depending on a student’s progression through school grades relative to her age.…
Hybrid Interpersonal Violence in Latin America
In this review, we argue that to understand patterns and causes of violence in contemporary Latin America, we must explicitly consider when violence takes on interpersonal qualities. We begin by reviewing prominent definitions and measurements of interpersonal violence. We then detail the proliferation of interlocking sources of regional insecurity, including gender-based violence, gangs, narcotrafficking, vigilantism, and political corruption. T…
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Dyadic Pregnancy Intentions Preceding Births in the United States
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Risk‐Taking and the Effectiveness of Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use
Future studies should examine whether interventions designed to reduce adolescent risk-taking improve the effectiveness of contraceptive use, particularly among White females. However, efforts to increase Black and Hispanic adolescents' use of more-effective contraceptives should target barriers other than risk-proneness. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2020, 52(4):TK, doi:10.1363/psrh.12165
Intentionally or Ambivalently Risking a Short Interpregnancy Interval
A focus of research on short interpregnancy intervals (IPI) has been on young disadvantaged women whose births are likely to be unintended. Later initiation of family formation in the United States and other high-income countries points to the need to also consider a woman’s attributes indicative of readiness for purposefully accelerated family formation achieved through short IPIs. We test for whether factors indicating “reproductive readiness”—…
How does the personal become political? Assessing the impact of mothers' employment on daughters' participation in political organizations
Exposure to Local Homicides and Early Educational Achievement in Mexico
We investigate the effect of children's exposure to local violence on grade failure in Mexico. We construct an annual panel of all elementary schools from 1990 to 2010 and merge municipality-level homicide rates to analyze the effect of exposure to local homicide. Using a variety of causal inference techniques, we consistently find that exposure to local violence increases the probability of failing a grade in elementary school. This effect is ne…
Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners and Bisexual Identity Across Cohorts of Women (but Not Men)
We use data from the 2002–2013 National Surveys of Family Growth to examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1966 and 1995 in whether individuals have had sex with same-sex partners only, or with both men and women, and in whether they have a bisexual or gay identity. Adjusted for age, race/ethnicity, immigrant status, and mother’s education, we find increases across cohorts in the proportion of women who report a bisexual identity, who re…
Why Do Young, Unmarried Women Who Do Not Want to Get Pregnant Contracept Inconsistently? Mixed-method Evidence for the Role of Efficacy
Many sexually active single women do not want to get pregnant but use contraception inconsistently. To explore why, the authors conducted in-depth interviews with 99 unmarried women in their 20s, asking about contraception with each of their sexual partners. The authors present quantitative and qualitative evidence that contraceptive inconsistency sometimes results from having too little efficacy, a concept that includes the subconcepts of planfu…
How does the personal become political? Assessing the impact of mothers' employment on daughters' participation in political organizations
Advanced School Progression Relative to Age and Early Family Formation in Mexico
Research has documented a negative association between women’s educational attainment and early sexual intercourse, union formation, and pregnancy. However, the implications that school progression relative to age may have for the timing and order of such transitions are poorly understood. In this article, I argue that educational attainment has different implications depending on a student’s progression through school grades relative to her age.…
Racial and Ethnic Differences in the Relationship Between Risk‐Taking and the Effectiveness of Adolescents’ Contraceptive Use
Future studies should examine whether interventions designed to reduce adolescent risk-taking improve the effectiveness of contraceptive use, particularly among White females. However, efforts to increase Black and Hispanic adolescents' use of more-effective contraceptives should target barriers other than risk-proneness. Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health, 2020, 52(4):TK, doi:10.1363/psrh.12165
Intentionally or Ambivalently Risking a Short Interpregnancy Interval
A focus of research on short interpregnancy intervals (IPI) has been on young disadvantaged women whose births are likely to be unintended. Later initiation of family formation in the United States and other high-income countries points to the need to also consider a woman’s attributes indicative of readiness for purposefully accelerated family formation achieved through short IPIs. We test for whether factors indicating “reproductive readiness”—…
Cohort Increases in Sex with Same-Sex Partners
We examine change across U.S. cohorts born between 1920 and 2000 in their probability of having had sex with same-sex partners in the last year and since age 18. Using data from the 1988-2018 General Social Surveys, we explore how trends differ by gender, race, and class background. We find steep increases across birth cohorts in the proportion of women who have had sex with both men and women since age 18, whereas increases for men are less stee…
Google, Tell Me. Is He Gay? Masculinity, Heterosexuality, and Gendered Anxieties in Google Search Queries about Sexuality
It is difficult to gauge people’s acceptance about same-sex sexualities, as responses to questionnaires are prone to social desirability bias. We offer a new proxy for understanding popular concern surrounding same-sex sexualities: prevalence of Google searches demonstrating concern over gay/lesbian sexual identities. Using Google Trends data, we find that Google searches about whether a specific person is gay or lesbian show patterned bias towar…
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
The United States has experienced a dramatic rise in opioid addiction and opioid overdose deaths in recent years. We investigate the effect of the opioid epidemic at the local level on nonmarital fertility using aggregate- and individual-level analyses. Opioid overdose death rates and prescriptions per capita are used as indicators of the intensity of the opioid epidemic. We estimate area fixed-effects models to test the effect of the opioid epid…
Local violence and transitions to marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
Objective To assess whether local violence is associated with the timing and type of women's first union formation. Background Local violence may cause disruptions to marriage markets and psychological and behavioral changes that may affect union formation patterns. Method The authors exploited the variation in homicide rates caused by a shift in national drug‐enforcement policy in Mexico in December 2006. Competing‐risks Cox models and union his…
Association of the Delaware Contraceptive Access Now Initiative with Postpartum Larc Use
The DelCAN initiative was associated with increased LARC use among postpartum women in Delaware. During the first 3 years of the initiative, LARC use increased progressively and to a greater extent among Medicaid-enrolled women. Comprehensive initiatives that combine Medicaid payment reforms, provider training, free contraceptive services, and public awareness efforts may reduce unmet demand for highly effective contraceptives in the postpartum m…
The Opioid Epidemic and Children’s Living Arrangements in the United States, 2000–2018
Although the detrimental effects of the opioid epidemic on individuals’ health and well-being have been well documented, we know little about how it has affected the family contexts in which children live. We assess how the opioid epidemic, as measured by a rise in the opioid overdose death rate, has affected the rates at which children live in different family arrangements: two married parents, two cohabiting parents, single mother, single fathe…
Community Violence and the Stability of Marriages and Cohabitations in Mexico
This study evaluates the link between local violence and the stability of women’s first co-residential unions in Mexico by exploiting the drastic increase in homicide rates caused by the Mexican War on Drugs in December 2006. We use event history analysis and individual union histories collected by a national survey in 2009 to assess whether increasing homicide rates in the previous 2 years relates to the dissolution of marital and cohabiting uni…
Hybrid Interpersonal Violence in Latin America
In this review, we argue that to understand patterns and causes of violence in contemporary Latin America, we must explicitly consider when violence takes on interpersonal qualities. We begin by reviewing prominent definitions and measurements of interpersonal violence. We then detail the proliferation of interlocking sources of regional insecurity, including gender-based violence, gangs, narcotrafficking, vigilantism, and political corruption. T…
Racial-Ethnic Disparities in Dyadic Pregnancy Intentions Preceding Births in the United States
The Consequences of Community Violence for Contraceptive Use and Provision in Mexico
This study examines the relationship between community violence and the use and provision of contraception in Mexico, where family planning is a long-standing policy priority and the “war on drugs” has led to chronically high levels of violence. We adopt a two-step approach. First, we investigate the association between women's exposure to violence and first contraceptive use. Combining individual-level data (n = 86,219) from two waves of the Nat…
Individual Behaviors and Health Inequalities
We evaluate the consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic for preterm birth in Mexico using microdata that include all births from 2014 to 2022. The country's hybrid public/private healthcare system allows us to examine how women's adaptive behaviors to the health crisis shaped their birth outcomes. The proportion of women giving birth in private hospitals increased dramatically after the onset of the pandemic in March 2020. This was likely a strateg…
Does Exposure to Community Violence Predict Higher Suicide Rates? The Case of Mexico
Despite both homicide and suicide being identified as global public health concerns, it is unclear whether and how homicide trends could shape suicide patterns, particularly in low‐or‐middle income countries. We use the case of Mexico, an upper‐middle‐income country that experienced a dramatic increase in homicide after a shift in drug‐enforcement policy in 2006, to evaluate the relationship between community violence and suicide. Our analysis re…
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