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Stockard, Jean; Gray, Jo Anna; O'Brien, Robert; Stone, Joe – Social Forces, 2009
In this article, the authors clarify and provide additional tests of the key elements of their age-period-cohort analysis of non-marital birth rates in this March 2009 issue of "Social Forces." Where Steve Martin, in his commentary, has suggested specific alternative specifications or interpretations of their findings, the authors have…
Descriptors: Cohort Analysis, Birth Rate, Reader Response, Racial Differences
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O'Brien, Robert M.; Stockard, Jean – Social Forces, 2006
A longstanding debate focuses on whether suicide and homicide rates walk hand in hand or whether they are reciprocally related. Much of the research on this issue investigates whether suicide or homicide predominates in certain geographic areas or whether they trend together over time. We theorize that the degree of social integration and social…
Descriptors: Homicide, Social Integration, Suicide, Cohort Analysis