American Journal of Public Health, volume98 issue 4, April 2008

Cityscape: A Journal of Policy Development and Research, volume 10 number 1, 2008: Policy Issues and Assisted Housing

Family Relations, volume 57 number 2, April 2008: Special Issue: Enduring Couples

Office for Research Protection Newsletter, issue 19, April-August 2008

Population Studies: A Journal of Demography, volume 62 number 1, March 2008

The Stata Journal, volume 8 number 1, 1^st Quarter 2008

U.S. Housing Market Conditions, ^4th Quarter 2007, February 2008

The latest issue (volume 8, number 1) of The Stata Journal is now available online to PRI affiliates. To access the journal, log in with your POP username and password.

Contents of this issue:

Articles and Columns

• Editorial announcements
• metan: fixed– and random–effects meta–analysis
• A tool for deterministic and probabilistic sensitivity analysis of epidemiologic studies
• A new framework for managing and analyzing multiply imputed data in Stata
• Tests for unbalanced error–components models under local misspecification
• fuzzy: A program for performing qualitative comparative analyses (QCA) in Stata
• Speaking Stata: Spineplots and their kin
• Review of Applied Health Economics by Jones, Rice, Bago d’Uva, and Balia
• Review of Event History Analysis with Stata by Blossfeld, Golsch, and Rohwer

Notes and Comments

• Stata tip 56: Writing parameterized text files
• Stata tip 57: How to reinstall Stata
• Stata tip 58: nl is not just for nonlinear models
• Stata tip 59: Plotting on any transformed scale

Software Updates

American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98 Number 3, March 2008

American Journal of Sociology, Volume 113 Number 4, January 2008

Demography, Volume 45 Issue 1, February 2008

Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Volume 10 Number 2, April 2008

National Vital Statistics Reports, Volume 56 Number 13, February 29, 2008: Expanded Health Data from the New Birth Certificate, 2005

Population Headliners, No. 321, November-December 2008

Research Works, Volume 5 Number 2, February: A National Crisis with Global Impact

Social Forces, Volume 86 Issue 3, March 2008

World Bank Research Digest, Volume 2 Number 2, Winter 2008: Infrastructure and Growth in Developing Countries

Alwin, Duane F. McCammon Ryan J. Rodgers, Willard L. Wray, Linda.
Populations, cohorts, and process of cognitive aging
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Bhandari, Prem. Shrestha, Sundar Shyam.
Mass media, gender and contraception in Nepal
FILE PSU
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Caparros, Martin (editor)
Moving young: state of world population 2006: youth supplement
JV6035.M68 2006
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Citro, Constance F. Kalton, Graham (editors)
Using the American Community Survey benefits and challenges
HA37.U55U85 2007
707 Oswald (Library) - New Books/Course Readings Shelf

Flanagan, Constance. Osgood, D. Wayne. Briddell, Laine. Wray, Laura. Syversten, Amy
Changing social contract at the transition to adulthood: Implications for individual and the polity, The
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Hibel, Jacob. Farkas, George. Porgan, Paul.
Who is placed into special education?
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Ibrahim, Awad Ibrahim. Short, Pamela Farley. Tunceli, Kaan.
Profile of cancer survivors in the United States, A
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Jayaraman, Anuja. Findeis, Jill
Disaster, population, and poverty dynamics among Bangladeshi households
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Kandel, William A. Brown, David L.
Population change and rural society
HB2385.P66 2006
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Moyi, Peter. Pong, Suet-ling. Frick, William
Co-resident grandparents and grandchildren’s academic performance
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National Center for Health Statistics
Summary health statistics for the U.S. population : National Health Interview Survey, 2006
RA407.3.A346 no. 236
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Parker, Jennifer D. Kravets, Nataliya. Woodruff, Tracey J.
Linkage of the National Health Interview Survey to air quality data
RA409.U45 no. 145
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Pong, Suet-ling. Flanagan, Constance. Gallay, Les.
School climate and youth’s strategies to intervene peer’s risk behaviors
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Reardon, Sean. Matthews, Stephen. O’Sullivan, David. Lee, Barrett A. Firebaugh, Glenn. Farrell, Chad R.
Segregation profile: Investigating how metropolitan racial segregation varies by spacial scale, The
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Sandron, Frederic
Population developpement et environnement dans les espaces du Sud: actes du colloque international Pripode, 21-23 mars 2007,
Unesco, Paris
HB884.P676 2007
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Schoen, Robert. Jonsonn, Stefan. Tufis, Paula
Population with continually declining mortality, A.
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Short, Pamela Farley. Vasey, Joseph J. Markowski, Michael. Zabora, James R. Harper, Gregory R. Rybka, Witold B.
Risks of quality of life in a large cohort of adult cancer survivors
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United Nations
Demographic Yearbook 2004
HB881.U55 2004 REF
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United Nations Development Programme
Human development report : fighting climate change : human solidarity in a divided world
HD72.H85 2007
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American Sociological Association
Sociological methodology 2007
HM24.S55 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Gorr, Wilpen L. Kurland, Kristen S.
GIS tutorial: workbook for ArcView 9: updated fro ArcGIS 9.2
G70.212.G74 2007
803 Oswald (GIA Office)

Graham, Hilary.
Unequal lives: Health and socioeconomic inequalities
RA418.3.G7G73 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

Isaacs, Stephen L. Colby, David C. (editors)
To improve health and health care : the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation anthology
RA440.87.U6T627 2008
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Kurland, Kristen S. Gorr, Wilpen L.
GIS tutorial for health
RA792.G67 2007
803 Oswald (GIA Office)

Morrison, Andrew R. Schiff, Maurice. Sjoblom, Mirja (editors)
International migration of women, The
JV6347.I58 2007
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National Center for Health Statistics
Summary health statistics for the U.S. adults: National Health Interview Survey, 2006
RA407.3.A346 no. 235
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Pozo, Susan (editor).
Immigrants and their international money flows
JV6217.I54 2007
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Rodriguez, Havidan. Saenz, Rogelio. Menjivar, Cecilia.
Latinas/os in the United States: Changing the Face of America
E184.S75R63 2008
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Starke, Linda (editor)
State of the world 2008
HC59.B766 2008
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Statistical match of the March 1996 current population survey and the 1995 national health interview survey
RA409.U45 no.144
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Weinstein, Maxine. Vaupel, James W. Wachter, Kenneth W. (editors)
Biosocial surveys
RA418.A38 2008
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American Journal of Public Health, Volume 98 Number 2, February 2008

Center Report, Volume 28 Number 1, Spring 2008

International Family Planning Perspectives, Volume 33 Number 4, December 2007

Journal of Immigrant and minority Health, Volume 10 Number 1, February 2008

Journal of Marriage and Family, Volume 70 Number 1, February 2008

Population Briefs, Volume 13 Number 3, December 2007

Research on Aging, Volume 30 Number 2, March 2008: Race, Socioeconomic Status, and Health in Life-course Perspectives

The Stata Journal, Volume 7 Number 4, 4th Quarter 2007

Upjohn Institute Employment Research, Volume 15 Number 1, January 2008: “Eds & Meds” and Metropolitan Economic Development

Advance Data, number 394, January 22, 2008: Health characteristics of the Asian adult population: United States, 2004-2006

Family Relations, volume 57 number 1, January 2008

Ford Reports, volume number two, 2007: The public square in the a digital age

The Journal of Human Resources, volume 43 number 1, Winter 2008

Monthly Labor Review, volume 130 number 10, October 2007

National Vital Statistics Reports, volume 56 number 5, November 20, 2007 :Deaths: Leading causes for 2004

National Vital Statistics Reports, volume 56 number 6, December 5, 2007 : Births: Data for 2005

National Vital Statistics Reports, volume 56 number 9, December 28, 2007: United States life tables, 2004

NBER Bulletin on Aging and Health, issue number 20, Fall 2007: The economics of “Pay-or-Play” mandates

Office of Research Protection Newsletter, issue 18, January – March 2008

Population Bulletin, volume 62 number 4, December 2007: Immigration and America’s Black Population

Population Headliners, number 320, September-October 2007

Social Forces, volume 86 number 2, December 2007

U.S. Housing Market Conditions, 3^rd quarter 2007, November 2007

Wider Angle, No.2/2007: Why the poorest countries are failing and what can be done about it

World Bank Research Digest, volume 2 number 1, Fall 2007: “Fiscal Space” —or fiscal policy under constraints?

The latest issue (volume 7, number 3) of The Stata Journal is now available online to PRI affiliates. To access the journal, log in with your POP username and password.

Contents of this issue:

Articles and Columns
Multiple imputation of missing values: further update of ice, with an emphasis on interval censoring
Enhanced routines for instrumental variables/generalized method of moments estimation and testing
Causal inference with observational data
A generic function evaluator implemented in Mata
Mata Matters: Structures
Speaking Stata: Counting groups, especially panels

Notes and Comments
Stata tip 52: Generating composite categorical variables
Stata tip 53: Where did my p-values go?
Stata tip 54: Post your results
Stata tip 55: Better axis labeling for time points and time intervals

Software Updates

American Institute for Cancer Research
Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective
RC268.W67 2007
707 Oswald (Library)

American Institute for Cancer Research
Food, nutrition, physical activity, and the prevention of cancer: a global perspective : Summary
RC268.W67 2007 Sum
707 Oswald (Library)

Battery, Simon.
Rural populations and agrarian transformations in the global South
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Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
Carolina Population Center Review 2007
ANN RPT CAR
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CICRED
Digital CICRED library 1973-2005 publications
707 Oswald (Library) - Computer Workstation

De Sherbinin, Alex. Martine, George.
Urban population, development and environment dynamics
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Department of Homeland Security, Office of Immigration Statistics
Temporary admissions of nonimmigrants to the United States: 2006
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Gilbert, Nigel
Agent based models
HA29.G527 2008
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Hoefer, Michael. Rytina, Nancy. Campbell, Christopher.
Estimates of the unauthorized immigrant population residing in the United States: January 2006
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International Institute for Population Sciences
National Family Health Survey, India 2005-6, key findings
DHS ASIA
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International Institute for Population Sciences
National Family Health Survey, India 2005-6, volume I
DHS ASIA
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International Institute for Population Sciences
National Family Health Survey, India 2005-6, Volume II
DHS ASIA
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Jeffreys, Kelly.
Refugees and asylees: 2006
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Jeffreys, Kelly.
U.S. legal permanent residents: 2006
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Marquette, C.M.
Path to development or road to nowhere: poverty, migration and environment
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PA Department of Health
Vital Statisitics for Pennsylvania 1906-2005
Online

Pennsylvania State Health Data Center
Health profile 2007 : Pennsylvania counties
RA407.4.P4G86 2007
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Pool, Ian.
Mortality as a determinant and a consequence of poverty and hunger: policy implications
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Simanski, John.
Naturalizations in the Unites States: 2006
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State Health Access Data Assistance Center
Comparing federal government surveys that count uninsured people in America
Online

Thailand National Statistical Office, Ministry of Information and Communication Technology
Key statistics of Thailand, 2007
HA4600.55.P736 2007
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The World Bank
World development report 2008 : agriculture for development
HC59.7.W927 2008
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UNESCO Institute for Statistics
Global education digest 2007
Online

World Health Organization
World health report : 2007 : a safer future: global public health security in the 21st century
Online

New & Noteworthy in Nutrition, a newsletter that got its start as a World Bank staff publication, has been revived and is now published by the Population Reference Bureau. The first PRB issue is available for download.