Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order... more Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order to evaluate future perspectives of morbidity among the elderly in the region: 1) Cohorts who will compose the bulk of the elderly population in the 21st century in Latin America survived to old age largely because of improvements in medicine and to a much lesser extent to amelioration of living standards, as it is the case in high income countries, and 2) a high proportion of the Latin American population still live in poor economic conditions and even these vulnerable individuals continue to experience gains in (adult and older adult) survival. We aim to evaluate to what an extent recent levels of poverty and indigence among young children in Argentina could impact future levels of disability and demands for long-term care of older people. Our results show that given the levels of poverty and indigence in childhood observed between 1988 and 1994, the relationship between poor early con...
... Coale, Ansley J. 1986 "The decline of fertility in Europe since the 18th century as a ch... more ... Coale, Ansley J. 1986 "The decline of fertility in Europe since the 18th century as a chapter in demographic history." In Ansley J. Coale and Susan Cotts Watkins eds. ... 9. Palloni, Alberto, Susan De Vos, Elizabeth Arias, Beth Fussell, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana. ...
Previous research suggests that incarceration has negative implications for individualsā well-bei... more Previous research suggests that incarceration has negative implications for individualsā well-being, health, and mortality. These studies, however, are limited because they do not follow former prisoners over extended periods of time into older adult ages when the brunt of incarceration effects may be felt. This paper contributes to this literature by employing the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to estimate long-term effects of individual incarceration on mortality over a period of nearly 40 years. We use these estimates to investigate the implications of the US incarceration regime and the post-1980 incarceration boom for the US health and mortality disadvantage relative to industrialized peer countries (the United Kingdom).
During the last ten years there has been an interest for determining the prevalence and incidence... more During the last ten years there has been an interest for determining the prevalence and incidence of dementia among older adults and for cognitive tests that do to discriminate by level of education. This article revolves around the validation of a minimental exam, the CabƔn minimental, to measure the cognitive capacity of Spanish-speaking adults 60 years of age and older; a test that is not affected by level of education. The factors measured in the CabƔn minimental are: orientation, visual and motor coordination, learning, recent memory and abstraction. The validation process underwent two phases. During the first one, the CabƔn test was subjected to construct validation and internal and predictive consistency tests. The second stage comprised a comparison between the CabƔn and Folstein minimentals. The CabƔn showed a statistically significant difference to discriminate for subjects with dementia. Results also suggest that the CabƔn is not as much affected as the Folstein by differences in education.
Research in Human Capital and Development, Feb 1, 1994
People have long studied the relationship between economic trends and demographic parameters. How... more People have long studied the relationship between economic trends and demographic parameters. However, in so doing, it is important to distinguish between the direct and usually short-term effects of economic change on demographic variables and longer-term, ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 0032472031000146046, Jun 4, 2010
ABSTRACT Recent contributions to our knowledge about the effects of breastfeeding and pace of chi... more ABSTRACT Recent contributions to our knowledge about the effects of breastfeeding and pace of childbearing on early child mortality have originated in the analysis of birth histories elicited from retrospective interviews. The validity of these findings has been questioned on the ground that when the timing of events is systematically distorted, estimates of effects will be affected by serious biases. In addition, it has been argued that the results obtained are highly sensitive to the models used and the techniques of estimation applied to calculate estimates of effects. In this paper we review the most important criticisms levelled against recent findings and interpretations and show that they rest on propositions of questionable validity.
Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order... more Two aspects of the aging process in Latin America should be specially taken into account in order to evaluate future perspectives of morbidity among the elderly in the region: 1) Cohorts who will compose the bulk of the elderly population in the 21st century in Latin America survived to old age largely because of improvements in medicine and to a much lesser extent to amelioration of living standards, as it is the case in high income countries, and 2) a high proportion of the Latin American population still live in poor economic conditions and even these vulnerable individuals continue to experience gains in (adult and older adult) survival. We aim to evaluate to what an extent recent levels of poverty and indigence among young children in Argentina could impact future levels of disability and demands for long-term care of older people. Our results show that given the levels of poverty and indigence in childhood observed between 1988 and 1994, the relationship between poor early con...
... Coale, Ansley J. 1986 "The decline of fertility in Europe since the 18th century as a ch... more ... Coale, Ansley J. 1986 "The decline of fertility in Europe since the 18th century as a chapter in demographic history." In Ansley J. Coale and Susan Cotts Watkins eds. ... 9. Palloni, Alberto, Susan De Vos, Elizabeth Arias, Beth Fussell, and Hantamalala Rafalimanana. ...
Previous research suggests that incarceration has negative implications for individualsā well-bei... more Previous research suggests that incarceration has negative implications for individualsā well-being, health, and mortality. These studies, however, are limited because they do not follow former prisoners over extended periods of time into older adult ages when the brunt of incarceration effects may be felt. This paper contributes to this literature by employing the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to estimate long-term effects of individual incarceration on mortality over a period of nearly 40 years. We use these estimates to investigate the implications of the US incarceration regime and the post-1980 incarceration boom for the US health and mortality disadvantage relative to industrialized peer countries (the United Kingdom).
During the last ten years there has been an interest for determining the prevalence and incidence... more During the last ten years there has been an interest for determining the prevalence and incidence of dementia among older adults and for cognitive tests that do to discriminate by level of education. This article revolves around the validation of a minimental exam, the CabƔn minimental, to measure the cognitive capacity of Spanish-speaking adults 60 years of age and older; a test that is not affected by level of education. The factors measured in the CabƔn minimental are: orientation, visual and motor coordination, learning, recent memory and abstraction. The validation process underwent two phases. During the first one, the CabƔn test was subjected to construct validation and internal and predictive consistency tests. The second stage comprised a comparison between the CabƔn and Folstein minimentals. The CabƔn showed a statistically significant difference to discriminate for subjects with dementia. Results also suggest that the CabƔn is not as much affected as the Folstein by differences in education.
Research in Human Capital and Development, Feb 1, 1994
People have long studied the relationship between economic trends and demographic parameters. How... more People have long studied the relationship between economic trends and demographic parameters. However, in so doing, it is important to distinguish between the direct and usually short-term effects of economic change on demographic variables and longer-term, ...
Http Dx Doi Org 10 1080 0032472031000146046, Jun 4, 2010
ABSTRACT Recent contributions to our knowledge about the effects of breastfeeding and pace of chi... more ABSTRACT Recent contributions to our knowledge about the effects of breastfeeding and pace of childbearing on early child mortality have originated in the analysis of birth histories elicited from retrospective interviews. The validity of these findings has been questioned on the ground that when the timing of events is systematically distorted, estimates of effects will be affected by serious biases. In addition, it has been argued that the results obtained are highly sensitive to the models used and the techniques of estimation applied to calculate estimates of effects. In this paper we review the most important criticisms levelled against recent findings and interpretations and show that they rest on propositions of questionable validity.
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