This study examines time with children among women who remain childless in young to middle adulthood. The authors identify biologically childless women aged 25 to 44 years in the June 2004-2008 Current Population Survey, and use their subsequent time use diaries in the 2004-2009 American Time Use Survey to measure their time with children. The…

This study examined need, predisposing, market, and regional factors that predicted the likelihood of individuals with developmental disabilities living in state developmental centers (DCs) compared with living at home, in community care, or in intermediate care (ICFs) and other facilities. Secondary data analysis using logistic regression models…

A phone survey of 1,007 male and female college students revealed that 1.1 percent of the women and 0.2 percent of the men were bulimic according to the revised (DSM IIIR) diagnostic criteria. At 2.2. percent, bulimia was most prevalent among undergraduate women living in group housing on campus. (Author/BJV)

Reports on the results of applying a multivariate regression model of living arrangement choices to census data on the 1970 U.S. population of nonmarried, nonparenting adults. The central finding was that no special role for the elderly in living arrangement choices existed. (Author)

Examines the importance of place of birth on the internal migration and spatial redistribution patterns of the foreign-born population in the United States for 1965-70 and 1975-80, relying mainly on the Public Use Microdata sample. Age patterns of migration are also analyzed for different groups. (SLD)

Analyzed 1976 Census data of Canada, showing that over half the older women lived with relatives while over three quarters of the older men did. Results indicate the percentage of older women living alone has increased markedly since 1961; those in western Canada were more likely to live alone. (Author)

Using 1980 and 1980 census data, tests hypotheses about the effects of adaptation, assimilation, and disruption on Mexican-origin women's fertility. Fertility declines with greater length of familial exposure to the United States, suggesting that fertility behavior of Mexican Americans will come to resemble that of the general population. (SLD)

Examines the relationships among human capital, employment, and ethnic factors, and return migration to the Southwest among Chicanos using an integrated human capital framework and data for 1,926 Chicano householders. Results suggest the importance of various human capital, employment, and ethnic composition variables as predictors of Chicano…

Examines the effect of socioeconomic status on segregation of Blacks, Hispanics, and Asians in 60 metropolitan areas in the United States. Compares indices of education, income, and occupation. Finds that integration is more difficult for Blacks than for Asians and Hispanics despite extensive civil rights legislation in recent decades. (KO)