The theory that marriage has protective effects for survival has itself lived for more than 100
years since Durkheim's groundbreaking study of suicide (Durkheim). Investigations of …

Objective. We reviewed recent evidence on the apparent Hispanic mortality paradox.
Methods. Recent studies using vital statistics, national community surveys linked to the …

" 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 …

Timely, high‐quality mortality data have allowed for assessments of the impact of the novel
coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID‐19) on life expectancies in upper‐middle‐and high …

Older Americans 2008: Key Indicators of Well-Being (Older Americans 2008) is the fourth in
a series of reports produced by the Federal Interagency Forum on Aging-Related Statistics …

This groundbreaking book provides a comprehensive treatment of the political economy of
aging. From the founder and key thinker in the field comes a work that aims to contribute to …

This paper discusses problems that are common to both the epidemiologic risk‐factor
approach and the demographic variable‐based approach to studying population health. We …

In their later years, Americans of different racial and ethnic backgrounds are not in equally
good-or equally poor-health. There is wide variation, but on average older Whites are …

Recent research suggests that the favorable mortality outcomes for the Mexican immigrant
population in the United States may largely be attributable to selective out-migration among …

This paper investigates the social and economic circumstances of childhood that predict the
probability of survival to age 85 among African–Americans. It uses a unique study design in …