Leticia Marteleto

Affiliated Programs:

Cape Area Panel Study

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. Marteleto is a social demographer with research interests on education and social opportunity, racial inequality, transitions to adulthood, survey research, Latin America and South Africa.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. 2008. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child’s Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children’s Resources." Population and Development Review, 34(2): 225-252. PMCID:PMC2546613. DOI:10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00218.x. Licensed Access.

Marteleto, Leticia, Lam, David, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2008. "Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young People in Urban South Africa." Studies in Family Planning, 39(4): 351-368. DOI:10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00180.x. Public Access. Worldcat.

Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. 2006. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras durante a Transicão Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuicão no Tamanho da Família." Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (PPE), 36(2): 319-341.

Chapters

Marteleto, Leticia, Ana Paula Verona, and Cristina Guimarães. 2007. "Race and Schooling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil." In Desigualdades Sociais, redes de sociabilidade e participação polític edited by Aguiar, N.. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG.

Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. 2005. "Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil." In Growing Up Global: The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries edited by Cynthia B. Lloyd. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.

Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. 2005. "Small families and large cohorts : the impact of the demographic transition on schooling in Brazil." In The changing transitions to adulthood in developing countries : selected studies edited by Cynthia Lloyd. 56-83. Washington, D.C.: National Academies Press.

Marteleto, Leticia. 2004. "Demographic Transition." In Encyclopedia of International Development edited by Forsyth, T.. London and New York: Routledge.

Marteleto, Leticia. 2004. "Cairo Conference." In Encyclopedia of International Development edited by Forsyth, T.. London and New York: Routledge.

Conference Proceedings

Marteleto, Leticia, David Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2006. "Sexual Behavior, Childbearing, Union Formation and Schooling in South Africa: Evidence from Panel Data." IUSSP Seminar, El Colegio de México Cholula, Puebla, Mexico, 6-9 November,

Lam, David, and Leticia Marteleto. 2005. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child's Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Schooling." Annals of the XXV International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Tours, France: July.

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