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Demographic Research, 2003 This article examines changes in network structure using data on conversational networks from the 1998 and 2001 rounds of the Malawi Diffusion and Ideation Change project.
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Introduction Research has demonstrated that primary care providers can safely and effectively provide follow-up care after a person has received treatment for cancer.
Robin Urquhart, Lynn Lethbridge
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Introduction Mechanical ventilation (MV) is an important intervention used in critically ill patients. Accurately identifying MV use in Hospital Discharge Abstracts will be extremely useful in population-based research.
Yao Nie +3 more
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A gender perspective on preferences for marriage among cohabitating couples
Demographic Research, 2006 This paper addresses the sex differences in cohabiters' marriage preferences, which have received very little attention in the family literature. According to Norwegian survey data from 1996, cohabiting men are more hesitant to marry than cohabiting ...
Anne Reneflot
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International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Introduction Surgical site infection (SSI) following joint replacement results in considerable disease burden. Costs include longer wait times for initial joint replacements which, in Nova Scotia (NS), are the longest in the country.
Lynn Lethbridge, Michael Dunbar
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Working with federal government agencies to unlock administrative data
International Journal of Population Data Science, 2018 Federal administrative data is a low-cost and low-burden data source for evidence-based policy making. By linking information from different surveys, or over time, researchers can achieve the sample size and variation needed for advanced econometric ...
Jennifer Auer
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Gender Preferences for Children in Europe
Demographic Research, 2000 Gender preferences may have substantial implications for a couple's fertility behavior. However, there is only limited empirical research investigating this subject in modern Western societies.
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Demographic Research, 2012 BACKGROUND In recent years, several studies have reported a positive effect of women's education on the transition to second births. This finding contradicts the economic theory of fertility. Three explanations were proposed: the selection, the time-
Tamás Bartus +3 more
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A comparative analysis of leaving home in the United States, the Netherlands and West Germany
Demographic Research, 2002 We investigate how leaving the parental home differs between three countries with different welfare-state and housing systems: the USA, the Netherlands and West Germany.
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