Multivariate Decomposition for Hazard Rate Models [PDF]
We develop a regression decomposition technique for hazard rate models, where the difference in observed rates is decomposed into components attributable to group differences in characteristics and group differences in effects.
Powers, Daniel A., Yun, Myeong-Su
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Sex and Sexuality in the United States: A Brief History of Culture Wars [PDF]
, 2011 The HIV/AIDS pandemic has entered its thirtieth year; sex trafficking persists as an $8 billion industry (May 2006); unwanted pregnancies and transmission of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) continuously occur due to a lack of simple knowledge ...
Marcus, Olivia
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Trends in Marital Dissolution by Women's Education in the United States [PDF]
I use the Survey of Income and Program Participation (N = 16,452) to measure trends in marital dissolution rates for U.S. women by education level. In marriage cohorts from the mid-1970s to the 1990s, marital dissolution rates fell among women with a 4 ...
Steven P. Martin
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Missing Contracts: On the Rationality of not Signing a Prenuptial Agreement [PDF]
Many couples do not sign prenuptial agreements, even though this often leads to costly and inefficient litigation in case of divorce. In this paper we show that strategic reasons may prevent agents from signing prenuptial agreements.
Antonio Nicolò, Piero Tedeschi
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Is the male marriage premium due to selection? The effect of shotgun weddings on the return to marriage [PDF]
In standard cross-sectional wage regressions, married men appear to earn 10 to 20 percent more than comparable never-married men. One proposed explanation for this male marriage premium is that men may be selected into marriage on the basis of ...
Donna Ginther, Madeline Zavodny
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, 2006 Back ground. In the era of HIV/AIDS pandemic, understanding the nature of adolescents' sexual behaviors is critical in developing an effective preventive strategy. Objectives The purpose of this study were to assess the prevalence of premarital sexual practice, factors contributing to premarital sex and condom utilization among high school adolescents.
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Consanguinity in the Lebanese population: knowledge, attitudes and practices. [PDF]
J Community GenetChouery E +13 more
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Assessment of the knowledge, attitude, and future practices toward the concept of premarital screening among unmarried Lebanese adults: A cross-sectional study. [PDF]
PLOS Glob Public HealthAl Jassem O +5 more
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Genetic blood disorder status awareness and factors influencing willingness or reluctance to undergo premarital screening among young adults in Ahafo Region, Ghana: a cross-sectional survey. [PDF]
J Health Popul NutrSarpong ML, Tetteh RJ, Kuupiel D.
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