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  • Monday, September 17, 2018; 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 24, 2018; 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 1, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture 3: Follow up on fertility, Mortality

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, October 8, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Lecture: Aging and life tables

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

  • Monday, October 15, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Disability, labor force, and Sequence Analysis

    Guest Lecturer: Amal Harrati, Stanford


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

        1. Abbott and Tsay, Sequence Analysis and Optimal Matching Methods in Sociology

        2. Sabbath, et al. "Use of Life Course Work–Family Profiles to Predict Mortality Risk Among US Women" American Journal of Public Health | April 2015, Vol 105, No. 4

        3. Frye, Margaret and Jenny Trinitapoli. Ideals as Anchors for Relationship Experiences.  American Sociological Review 2015, Vol. 80(3) 496–525


    • Abbott Tsay Seq Analysis Review 2000 File
    • AJPH.2014.302471 File
    • Frye 2015 File

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Lab 4 2018 File
    • Turn in Lab 4 here Assignment
    • Probabilities of Dying File
    • WPP2015 SA4 MORT F07 1 LIFE EXPECTANCY 0 BOTH SEXES File

  • Monday, October 22, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Racial Demography and its Discontents
    Guest: Robert Pickett, UC Berkeley


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      1. Dressler, William W., Kathryn S. Oths, and Clarence C. Gravlee. 2005. "Race and Ethnicity in Public Health Research: Models to Explain Health Disparities." Annual Review of Anthropology. 34:231-252.

        2. 2. (skim)van den Oord, Edwin J. C. G., and David c. Rowe. 2000. "Racial differences in birth health risk: A quantitative genetic approach." Demography. 37(3):285-298.
        3. Frank, Reanne. 2001. "The misuse of biology in demographic research on racial/ethnic differences: A reply to van den oord and rowe." Demography. 38(4):563-567.
        4. Zuberi, Tukufu. 2001. "One step back in understanding racial differences in birth weight." Demography. 38(4):569-571.
        5. Van Den Oord, Edwin J. C. G., and David C. Rowe. 2001. "A step in another direction: Looking for maternal genetic and environmental effects on racial differences in birth weight." 38(4):573-576.
        6. Saperstein, Aliya and Andrew M. Penner. 2012. "Racial Fluidity and Inequality in the United States." American Journal of Sociology. 118(3):676-727.

    • Assignment: Optional narrative description

    • Zuberi File
    • Oord-Rowe2001 Article AStepInAnotherDirectionLooking File
    • Saperstein File
    • Dresssler File
    • Oord-Rowe2000 Article RacialDifferencesInBirthHealth File
    • Frank2001 Article TheMisuseOfBiologyInDemographi File
    • RacialDemography UCSF 2018Oct22 File

  • Monday, October 29, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

     Lecture:  Environmental Health and Segregation

    Guest Lecturer: Joan Casey, UC Berkeley


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:


    • 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)


    • American Journal of Public Health 2014 Jones File
    • 2017 Krieger File
    • Final paper topic 1 paragraph Assignment
    • Casey UCSF Seg EJ File

  • Monday, November 5, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Migration and Urbanization; Measurement of segregation

    Theories of migration (neoclassical, segmented labor markets, family economics, cumulative causation)

    a.     Definitions, trends and measures of urban-ness

    b.     Measurement of migration

    c.     Health in cities: urban penalty or advantage?

    d.     Index of dissimilarity and dimensions of segregation (evenness, exposure, clustering, concentration, centralization)


    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • Session Slides:

    • Required Reading:

      a.     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.

      b.     Ro and Fleischer. 2014. “Changes in health selection of obesity among Mexican immigrants: A binational examination” Social Science & Medicine 123 (2014)

      c.     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


    • Turn in Lab 5 here Assignment
    • HUMMER, 2007 File
    • MONTGOMERY 2005 File
    • Ro 2014 File
    • Lab 5 File
    • DemogHealthMigrationSegregation 2018 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 26, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Sex Ratios and Family Demography


    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108

    • 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. Smith-Greenaway, Emily and Jenny Trinitapoli. 2014. “Polygynous Contexts, Family Structure, and Infant Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa” Demography, 51:341-366


      3.  O’Flaherty et. Al. 2016. “The Family Life Course and Health: Partnership, Fertility Histories, and Later-Life Physical Health Trajectories in Australia” Demography 53:777–804


    • Smith-Greenaway 2014 File
    • O’Flaherty 2015 File
    • dasguptabhat 1997 File

  • Monday, December 3, 2018; 10:30 AM - 12:00 PM

    Presentations of Individual Project Findings

    Faculty:  Nadia Diamond-Smith

    Location:  Mission Hall 1108