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Biologically Childless Women 60+ Often Live in Extended Family Households in Latin America by De Vos, Susan

“…This paper shows empirically that many biologically childless elderly women in Latin America at the turn of the 21st century lived in extended family…”
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On The Role of the Extended Family in Helping to Pay for the Household Expenses of Unmarried Older Women (60+) in Latin America and the Caribbean by De Vos, Susan

“…This study helps document the important role of extended family living—considered in terms of both coresidence and child proximity—in helping to predict…”
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Indicating socioeconomic status among elderly people in developing societies: An example from Brazil by De Vos, Susan

“…This paper is concerned with how to indicate Socioeconomic status (SES) among elderly people with census or survey data from less developed societies. It…”
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The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families by Elizabeth Hordge-Freeman (review) by De Vos, Susan

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On classifying race in Brazil: example from a study of the functional ability of older people (60+) by De Vos, Susan

“…How should race be categorized? This article investigates the usefulness of having three categories to describe a black-white racial continuum, focusing on…”
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A Note on the Living Arrangements of Elders 1970-2000, with Special Emphasis on Hispanic Subgroup Differentials by De Vos, Susan, Arias, Elizabeth

“…Previous research suggests that Hispanic elders, as a group, have been much more likely to live with others, especially adult children, than have other,…”
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Elderly Living Arrangements in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland, and Romania by de Vos, Susan, Sandefur, Gary

“…Using unique 1990-round census microdata, the paper describes the household arrangements of elderly people in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Finland…”
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Using Housing Items to Indicate Socioeconomic Status: Latin America by Arias, Elizabeth, De Vos, Susan

“…This note explores the possibility of using physical housing quality information from censuses to help indicate socioeconomic status, particularly that of…”
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On The Role of the Extended Family in Helping to Pay for the Household Expenses of Unmarried Older Women (60+) in Latin Anerica and the Caribbean by Vos, Susan De

“…This study helps document the important role of extended family living-considered in terms of both coresidence and child proximity-in helping to predict…”
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Regional differences in living arrangements among the elderly in Ecuador by De Vos, S

“…On the national level in Ecuador in 1982 roughly 61 percent of elderly people 60 years and over lived in complex family households, but this was 70 percent in…”
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Ethnic Differences in Contraceptive Use in Sri Lanka by Murty, K. Radhakrishna, De Vos, Susan

“…In Sri Lanka in 1975, the majority Sinhalese had a much higher use of contraception than either the Sri Lanka Tamils or the Moors. This study uses a national…”
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The Color of Love: Racial Features, Stigma, and Socialization in Black Brazilian Families by De Vos, Susan

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Measures Comparing Living Arrangements of the Elderly: An Assessment by De Vos, Susan, Holden, Karen

“…The ability to evaluate differences in living arrangements across countries in terms of the relative importance of culture or socioeconomic factors depends in…”
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Change in extended family living among elderly people in South Korea, 1970-1980 by De Vos, S, Lee, Y.J

“…In the South Korea, the proportion of individuals 60 years of age or older living in extended-family households declined from about 71% in 1970 to 64% in 1980…”
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Family Structure and School Attendance Among Children 13-16 in Argentina and Panama by DE VOS, SUSAN

“…This paper examines the relative likelihood of an adolescent 13-16 being in school by his or her family situation in two Latin American countries, Argentina…”
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Comment Of Coding Marital Status In Latin America by DE VOS, SUSAN

“…Although the value of information on marital status is often questioned seriously, this note assumes that it is valuable and comments on its rather distinctive…”
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Leaving the Parental Home: Patterns in Six Latin American Countries by De Vos, Susan

“…Using cross-sectional data from household files of the World Fertility Survey, this study explores sociodemographic determinants of leaving the parental…”
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Research note: revisiting the classification of household composition among elderly people by De Vos, Susan

“…The note updates comments written a decade and a half ago on our need for a standard schemata for comparing the living arrangements of elderly people around…”
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Using Union Status or Marital Status to Study the Living Arrangements of Elderly People by De Vos, Susan, Schwartzman, Luisa Farah

“…The authors reflect on the use of marital status to study the living arrangements of elderly people (aged 60 years and older) in a comparative perspective…”
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Research note: revisiting the classification of household composition among elderly people by De Vos, Susan

“…The note updates comments written a decade and a half ago on our need for a standard schemata for comparing the living arrangements of elderly people around…”
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