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Grandmother Co-Residence and School Enrollment in sub-Saharan Africa.

Journal of family issues

Parker EM, Short SE.
PMID: 23180901
J Fam Issues. 2009 Jun 30;30(6):813-836. doi: 10.1177/0192513X09331921. Epub 2009 Mar 20.

The HIV/AIDS pandemic in sub-Saharan Africa has brought renewed attention to the role of grandmothers as caregivers of children. Using 2004 DHS data, we examine the relationship between co-residence with a grandmother and child schooling in Lesotho, a country...

Validating Population Estimates for Harmonized Census Tract Data, 2000-2010.

Annals of the American Association of Geographers

Logan JR, Stults BD, Xu Z.
PMID: 28626831
Ann Am Assoc Geogr. 2016;106(5):1013-1029. doi: 10.1080/24694452.2016.1187060. Epub 2016 Jun 17.

Social scientists regularly rely on population estimates when studying change in small areas over time. Census tract data in the United States are a prime example, since there are substantial shifts in tract boundaries from decade to decade. This...

Flexible kinship: caring for AIDS orphans in rural Lesotho.

The journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute

Block E.
PMID: 25866467
J R Anthropol Inst. 2014 Dec 01;20(4):711-727. doi: 10.1111/1467-9655.12131.

HIV/AIDS has devastated families in rural Lesotho, leaving many children orphaned. Families have adapted to the increase in the number of orphans and HIV-positive children in ways that provide children with the best possible care. Though local ideas about...

Development Mobilities: Identity and Authority in an Angolan Development Programme.

Journal of ethnic and migration studies

Peters RW.
PMID: 28936113
J Ethn Migr Stud. 2013;39(2):277-293. doi: 10.1080/1369183X.2013.723258. Epub 2012 Sep 20.

This ethnographic essay considers how international non-governmental organisations are able to make claims to authoritative knowledge about development work by offering the transnational mobilities of their staff members as evidence. I examine how one professional's biography-his trajectory from Angola...

Popular Moralities and Institutional Rationalities in Malawi's Struggle Against AIDS.

Population and development review

Angotti N, Frye M, Kaler A, Poulin M, Watkins SC, Yeatman S.
PMID: 26877567
Popul Dev Rev. 2014 Sep;40(3):447-473. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2014.00693.x. Epub 2014 Sep 15.

No abstract available.

Delinquency Among Adolescents with Disabilities.

Child indicators research

Shandra CL, Hogan DP.
PMID: 24273625
Child Indic Res. 2012 Dec;5(4). doi: 10.1007/s12187-012-9135-9.

This study expands upon previous research by utilizing nationally representative data and multivariate analyses to examine the relationship between an adolescent's disability status and their likelihood of engaging in a spectrum of delinquent behaviors through age 16. Logistic regression...

Applying spatial thinking in social science research.

GeoJournal

Logan JR, Zhang W, Xu H.
PMID: 20431703
GeoJournal. 2010 Jan 01;75(10):15-27. doi: 10.1007/s10708-010-9343-0.

Spatial methods that build upon Geographic Information Systems are spreading quickly across the social sciences. This essay points out that the appropriate use of spatial tools requires more careful thinking about spatial concepts. As easy as it is now...

Fatherhood Across Two Generations Factors Affecting Early Family Roles.

Journal of family issues

Goldscheider F, Hofferth S, Spearin C, Curtin S.
PMID: 24357893
J Fam Issues. 2009 May 01;30(5). doi: 10.1177/0192513X08331118.

This article examines the determinants of men's early parental roles, distinguishing factors that affect being a father versus being childless, and factors that affect being a resident versus a nonresident father, in the context of having a partner or...

Revolution, Modernity and (Trans)National Shi`i Islam: Rethinking Religious Conversion in Senegal.

Journal of religion in Africa. Religion en Afrique

Leichtman MA.
PMID: 23833329
J Relig Afr. 2009 Jul;39(3):319-351. doi: 10.1163/157006609X461456.

The establishment of a Shi`i Islamic network in Senegal is one alternative to following the country's dominant Sufi orders. I examine Senegalese conversion narratives and the central role played by the Iranian Revolution, contextualizing life stories (trans)nationally in Senegal's...

Off-farm Work among Rural Households: a Case Study in the Brazilian Amazon.

Rural sociology

Vanwey L, Vithayathil T.
PMID: 23503993
Rural Sociol. 2013 Mar 01;78(1):29-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1549-0831.2012.00094.x. Epub 2012 Dec 16.

No abstract available.

Family Instability and Pathways to Adulthood in Urban South Africa.

Population and development review

Goldberg RE.
PMID: 25067862
Popul Dev Rev. 2013 Jun;39(2):231-256. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00590.x.

Social, political, epidemiological, and economic forces have produced family instability during childhood for many young people transitioning to adulthood in South Africa. This study identifies pathways to adulthood for youth in Cape Town that capture the timing and sequencing...

Geographic Divergence in Mortality in the United States.

Population and development review

Fenelon A.
PMID: 25067863
Popul Dev Rev. 2013 Dec 01;39(4):611-634. doi: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00630.x.

No abstract available.

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