Sarah Burgard

Funded Research:

The Well-being of the Long-term Unemployed after the Great Recession (Rockefeller Foundation)

Does Greater Prevalence of High Strain Working Conditions Lead to Greater Rates of Early Retirement in Central and Eastern Europe? (ERSTE Foundation)

Training in the Demography and Economics of Aging (NIA)

Social Science Training in Population Studies (NICHD)

Recessionary shocks and their relationship to health: Evidence from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study (Russell Sage Foundation)

Understanding Social Disparities in Health and Aging (NIA)

The Michigan Recession and Recovery Survey: Wave One Data Preparation and Initial Analysis (Weinberg Endowment Fund)

The Effects of the Housing Crisis on Vulnerable Workers and Families (MacArthur Foundation)

Negative Work Conditions and Health Across the Career (NICHD)

Work-family Conflict, Stressful Working Conditions, and Health in the United States (Sloan)

Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles

Dr. Burgard's research interests focus on the way systems of stratification and inequality impact the health of people and populations. She currently studies racial/ethnic and gender-based disparities in working conditions and occupational careers, the effect of these inequalities on health, and the impact of an individual's working life on the well-being of other family members. She also examines racial/ethnic and socioeconomic determinants of children's health in South Africa and Brazil.

Recent Publications

Journal Articles

Burgard, Sarah, and Jennifer Ailshire. 2013. "Gender and Time for Sleep among U.S. Adults." American Sociological Review, 78(1): 51-69. DOI. Abstract.

Story, William, Sarah Burgard, J. Lori, F. Taleb, N. Ali, and D. Hoque. 2012. "Husbands' involvement in delivery care utilization in rural Bangladesh: A qualitative study." BMC Pregnancy Childbirth, 12: 28. PMCID: PMC3364886. DOI. Abstract.

Story, W.T., and Sarah Burgard. 2012. "Couples' reports of household decision-making and the utilization of maternal health services in Bangladesh." Social Science and Medicine, 75(12): 2403-2411. PMCID: PMC3523098. DOI. Abstract.

Burgard, Sarah, Lucie Kalousova, and Kristin Seefeldt. 2012. "Perceived job insecurity and health: the Michigan recession and recovery study." Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine, 54(9): 1101-1106. DOI. Abstract.

Ailshire, Jennifer, and Sarah Burgard. 2012. "Family relationships and troubled sleep among U.S. adults: examining the influences of contact frequency and relationship quality." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 53(2): 248-262. DOI.

Burgard, Sarah, Kristin Seefeldt, and Sarah Zelner. 2012. "Housing Instability and Health: Findings from the Michigan Recession and Recovery Study." Social Science and Medicine, 75(12): 2215-2224. DOI. Abstract.

Zajacova, Anna, and Sarah Burgard. 2012. "Shape of the BMI-Mortality Association by Cause of Death, Using Generalized Additive Models: NHIS 1986-2006." Journal of Aging and Health, 24(2): 191-211. DOI. Abstract.

Song, Shige, and Sarah Burgard. 2011. "Dynamics of Inequality: Mother's Education and Infant Mortality in China, 1970-2001." Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 52(3): 349-364. DOI. Abstract.

Kershaw, Kiarri N., Ana Diez Roux, Sarah Burgard, Lynda D. Lisabeth, Mahasin S. Mujahid, and Amy J. Schulz. 2011. "Metropolitan-Level Racial Residential Segregation and Black-White Disparities in Hypertension." American Journal of Epidemiology, 174(5): 537-545. PMCID: PMC3202148. DOI. Abstract.

Burgard, Sarah. 2011. "The Needs of Others: Gender and Sleep Interruptions for Caregivers." Social Forces, 89(4): 1189-1215. DOI. Abstract.

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