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  • Monday, September 18, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Demography and Demographic Methods for Public Health: Introduction, demographic data and population growth

    This lecture will cover the structure of the class and discuss what demography is, and what it can add to public health research. We will then cover basic demographic theory, population growth calculations, and population pyramids. 

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, September 25, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Fertility

    This lecture will cover theories of fertility decline, what makes fertility change, and low fertility. We will then focus on different methods for calculating fertility, learn about lexis diagrams and periods vs cohorts. We will then move to look at fertility differentials and policy and fertility. We will have a discussion session based on the readings.

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, October 2, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture 3: Mortality

    Guest Lecture: Magali Barbieri, UC Berkeley (title TBA)


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      1. - Barbieri, Magali, John R. Wilmoth, Vladimir M. Shkolnikov, Dana Glei,

        Domantas Jasilionis, Dmitri Jdanov, Carl Boe, Timothy Riffe, Pavel

        Grigoriev, and Celeste Winant. "Data Resource Profile: The Human

        Mortality Database (HMD)." International journal of epidemiology 44, no.

        5 (2015): 1549-1556.


        2. Ouellette, Nadine, Magali Barbieri, and John R. Wilmoth. "Period‐Based

        Mortality Change: Turning Points in Trends since 1950." Population and

        development review 40, no. 1 (2014): 77-106.


        3. Wilmoth, John R., Carl Boe, and Magali Barbieri. "Geographic

        Differences in Life Expectancy at Age 50 in the United States Compared

        with Other High-Income Countries", in National Academy of Sciences

        (Ed.), Understanding Divergent Trends in Longevity in High-Income

        Countries, (2010): 333-366.

    • Wilmoth-Boe-Barbieri-2010 File
    • Ouellette-Barbieri-Wilmoth-2014 File
    • Barbieri-et-al-2015-IJE File

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Datasets:

  • Monday, October 9, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Mortality measures, Aging and data quality

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, October 16, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Family Demography

    Guest Lecturer: Kristen Harknett, UCSF, title TBA


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

        1. Cherlin, A. (2010). Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000s. Journal of Marriage and Family, 72(3), 403-419.


        2. Stevenson, B., & Wolfers, J. (2007). Marriage and divorce: Changes and their driving forces. The Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21(2), 27-52.


        3. Zaidi, Batool and Philip Morgan (2017). "The Second Demographic Transition Theory: A Review and Appraisal" Annu Rev Sociol. 43: 473–492.


        4. Umberson, Debra; Robert Crosnoe; Corinne Reczek (2010) "Social Relationships and Health Behavior Across the Life Course" Annual Review of Sociology Vol. 36,

    • Cherlin-JMF-2010 File
    • Stevenson-Wolfers-2007 File
    • Umberson-Crosnoe-Reczek-SocialHealth-ARS2010 File

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Zaidi-Morgan-SDT-ARS2017 File

  • Monday, October 23, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Migration and Urbanization; Life tables!


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • DemogHealthLifeTables 2017 File

    • Required Reading:

      1. Hummer, Robert A., Daniel A. Powers, Starling G. Pullum, Ginger L. Grossman and W. Parker Frisbie.  2007.  “Paradox Found (Again):  Infant Mortality Among the Mexican-Origin Population in the United States.”  Demography 44(3):441-457.
      2. Ro and Fleischer. 2014. “Changes in health selection of obesity among Mexican immigrants: A binational examination” Social Science & Medicine 123 (2014)
      3. Montgomery Mark R. and Paul C. Hewett 2005. “Urban Poverty and Health in Developing Countries: Household and Neighborhood Effects” Demography Vol. 42, No. 3 (Aug., 2005), pp. 397-425
    • HUMMER, 2007 File
    • Ro 2014 File
    • MONTGOMERY 2005 File

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Turn in Lab 3 here Assignment
    • Lab 4 and 5 2017 File
    • Probabilities of Dying File

  • Monday, October 30, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

     Lecture:  Disability and Work

    Guest Lecturer: Amal Harrati, Stanford University


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      Bonczar, 2003 "Prevalence of Imprisonment in the U.S. Population, 1974-2001"

      Crimmins et al. 1994 "Changing Mortality and Morbidity Rates and the Health Status and Life Expectancy of the Older Population" Demography

      Kuo et al. 2008 "THE MULTISTATE LIFE TABLE METHOD: AN APPLICATION TO CONTRACEPTIVE SWITCHING BEHAVIOR" Demography

    • Bonczar File
    • Crimmins 1994 Demography File
    • KUO File

  • Monday, November 6, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Residential Segregation

    Guest Lecturer: Joan Casey, UC Berkeley/UCSF


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Casey UCSF Seg EJ File
    • MeasuresofSegregation File

    • Required Reading:

      1) Kreiger et al. 2017. Local Residential Segregation Matters: Stronger Association of Census Tract Compared to Conventional City-Level Measures with Fatal and Non-Fatal Assaults (Total and Firearm Related), Using the Index of Concentration at the Extremes (ICE) for Racial, Economic, and Racialized Economic Segregation, Massachusetts (US), 1995–2010

      2) Jones et al. 2014.  Race/Ethnicity, Residential Segregation, and Exposure to Ambient Air Pollution: The Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis (MESA)


    • 2017 Krieger File
    • American Journal of Public Health 2014 Jones File
    • Turn in Lab 4 here Assignment

  • Monday, November 13, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sex Ratios and In-depth Case Study in Demography and Public Health: HIV/AIDS in Africa, Discussion


    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • DemogHealthLecture Sexratio File

    • Required Reading:
      1. Das Gupta, Monica and P. N. Mari Bhat. 1997. “Fertility Decline and Increased Manifestation of Sex Bias in India” Population Studies, Vol. 51, No. 3 
      2. Sebnem Kalemli-Ozcan, 2012. “AIDS, “reversal” of the demographic transition and economic development: evidence from Africa” Journal of Population Economics 25:871-89
      3. MIKA UEYAMA and FUTOSHI YAMAUCHI. "MARRIAGE BEHAVIOR RESPONSE TO PRIME-AGE ADULT MORTALITY: EVIDENCE FROM MALAWI". . 2009 Feb; 46(1): 43–63.


    • dasguptabhat 1997 File
    • Kalemli-Ozcan 2011 File
    • UEYAMA 2008 File

  • Monday, November 20, 2017 - No Lecture - Thanksgiving Holiday

    Lecture: No class, prepare for final presentations next week and work on paper

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, November 27, 2017; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Presentations of Individual Project Findings

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108