" OBJECTIVES: This report presents national estimates of the probabilities of marital and
cohabitation outcomes for women 15-44 years of age in 1995, by a wide variety of individual …

" Introduction to Applied Bayesian Statistics and Estimation for Social Scientists" covers the
complete process of Bayesian statistical analysis in great detail from the development of a …

Publisher Summary The chapter presents an investigation on those microeconomic models
of marital status and childbearing that contains implications for female labor supply. The …

Using data from the 1987–1988 National Survey of Families and Households, this paper
studies the role of the religious composition of unions as a determinant of marital stability …

A high level of marital disruption remains a major factor of American family experience. This
analysis takes advantage of the broad coverage of family-related issues by the National …

The post-1980 decline in the crude divorce rate must be interpreted in the context of the long-
term trend and in terms of what we know about composition effects on crude measures …

Black teenagers living in metropolitan areas of the United States initiate sexual intercourse
at earlier ages than other teenagers and have higher rates of premarital pregnancy …

Using three data sources we explore the effects of the quantity and quality of potential new
marital partners available in local marriage markets on the risk of marital dissolution. Data …

Awarded the WW Howells Award for the Outstanding Book in Biological Anthropology, this
volume presents a comprehensive, integrated, and up-to-date overview of the major …

This is the first volume to present a comprehensive treatment of the theory and application of
life table techniques. The emphasis is placed on applications, and the theory is presented in …