Rite of Passage? Why Young Adults Become Uninsured and How New Policies Can Help, a new issue brief from The Commonwealth Fund, explains why young adults are one of the largest segments of the US population without health insurance and outlines policies that could help.

HRS has announced the early release of the 2006 Core files. PRI Affiliates may request the above data from the Data Archivist.

For children whose health insurance doesn’t cover some vaccines, it might be better to have no insurance, according to a new study. The shots are available for free to children without insurance or who qualify for public insurance, but not to those with inadequate private insurance. (AP via Centre Daily Times)

Citation: Grace M. Lee, Jeanne M. Santoli, Claire Hannan, et al. (2007). Gaps in vaccine financing for underinsured children in the United States. JAMA 298:638-643. [Available online to Penn State faculty, students, and staff.]

Harnessing the Power of Google to Find Free Money for College is written primarily for undergraduates seeking scholarships, but the search tips could easily be applied to searches for fellowships or research funding.

I recommend using a variety of sources in your funding search.

The PRI Library has received an announcement from Penn State’s Department of Sociology for a tenure-line appointment in demography (associate or professor).

Becker, Patricia C. (editor)
Social change in America : the historical handbook 2006
HA203.S746 2006
707 Oswald (Library)

Blank, Rebecca M. Danziger, Sheldon H. Schoen, Robert F. (editors)
Working and poor : how economics and policy changes are affecting low-wage workers
HD5724.W6417 2006
707 Oswald (Library)

Brown, Courtney
Differential equations : a modeling approach
QA371.B84 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Cayemittes, Michel. Placide, Marie florence. Barrere, Bernard.
Enquete Mortalite, Morbidite et Utilisation des Services (EMMUS-II), Haiti 2005-2006
DHS CAR
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
America’s children: key national indicators of well-being, 2007
Online

Garenne, Muchel. Zwang, Julien.
Premarital fertility and ethnicity in Africa
DHS
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Gutmann, Myron P. Stern, Paul C. (editors)
Putting people on the map : Protecting confidentiality with linked social-spatial data
H62.P953 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Hao, Lingxin. Naiman, Daniel Q.
Quantile regression
HA31.3.H36 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Macro International Inc.
Niger Enquete Demographique et de Sante et a indicateurs mulitples 2006
DHS AFR
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Macro International Inc.
Peru Encuesta Demografica y de Salud Familiar, endes continua 2004-2005
DHS SA
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Ministry of Health [Zambia], Central Statistical Office [Zambia], Macro International Inc.
Zambia HIV/AIDS service provision assessment survey, 2005
DHS AFR
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

National Center for Health Statistics
Trends in oral health status: United States, 1988-1994 and 1999-2004
RA407.3.A347 no. 248
707 Oswald (Library)

National Scientific and Applied Center for Preventative Medicine, Moldova Ministry of Health and Social Protection
Moldova Demographic and Health Survey 2005
DHS EUR
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

National Statistical Service [Armenia]. Ministry of Health [Armenia]. ORC Macro.
Armenia Demographic and Health Survey 2005
DHS ASIA
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Partridge, Mark D. Rickman, Dan S.
Geography of American poverty : is there a need for place-based policies?, The
HC110.P6P37 2006
707 Oswald (Library)

Population Action International
Annual Report: Passport
ANN RPT PAI
707 Oswald (Library) - Current Journals Shelf

Population Reference Bureau
2007 World population data sheet of the Population Reference Bureau
707 Oswald (Library)

Pullum, Thomas.
Assessment of age and date reporting in the DHS surveys, 1985-2003, An
DHS
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

Renner, Michael. Chafe, Zoë.
Beyond disasters : creating opportunities for peace
HV553.R45 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

The World Bank
2007 World Development Indicators
HC59.15.W656 2004
707 Oswald (Library)

UNICEF
Africa’s orphaned and vulnerable generations : children affected by AIDS
Online

UNICEF
State of the world’s children 2007 women and children : the double dividend of gender equality
707 Oswald (Library) - Current Journals Shelf

United Nations
World mortality report, 2005
Online

United States. Bureau of the Census
Statistical Abstract of the United States : 2007
HA202.A385 2007 REF
707 Oswald (Library) - Reference

Wendel, Helmut F. Wendel, Christopher S. (editors) Ryan, Mary M.(associate editor)
Vital Statistics of the United States : births, life expectancy, deaths, and selected health data 2006
HB3505.V58 2006 REF
707 Oswald (Library)

Westoff, Charles F.
New estimates of unmet need and the demand for family planning
DHS
707 Oswald (Library) - DHS

A study of Old Order Amish found that lifespan may be inherited from fathers but not from mothers (The Economist).

Citation: Omer T. Njajou, Richard M. Cawthon, Coleen M. Damcott, et al. (2007). Telomere length is paternally inherited and is associated with parental lifespan. PNAS 104(29): 12135-12139. [Available online to Penn State faculty, students, and staff.]

Social Security provides benefits on a gender-neutral basis, but gender-related differences in work culture mean that in practice Social Security provides different levels of retirement security for men and women (Women and Social Security [PDF], American Academy of Actuaries issue brief).

The first days and weeks after prison release are crucial for the prevention of recidivism and authorities should intensify services for prisoners immediately before and after release, according to a new report from the National Research Council (Parole, Desistance from Crime, and Community Integration).

The Wisconsin Longitudinal Study, “one of the longest and most respected sociological investigations ever undertaken,” began as a survey of high school seniors’ post-graduation plans in 1957. Fifty years later, the study continues to examine how lifetime experiences affect quality of life as people age. This summer, WLS researchers are celebrating and sharing results with participants at their 50th high school reunions. (University of Wisconsin-Madison press release)