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Narayan Sastry
Funded Research:
India Travel Grant to Develop a New Research Collaboration (Hermalin)
Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 2012 - 2016 (NSF)
Economic Status, Health, & Wellbeing over the Life Course and Across Generations (NIA)
Continuity and Change in American Economic and Social Life: The PSID 07-11 (12-16 Supplement) (NSF)
The Transition from Childhood into Adulthood among PSID Children, 2013 and 2015 (NICHD)
Family Dynamics, Fertility, and Investments in Children Across Generations (NICHD)
Dynamic Participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program and its Impact on Child Overweight (Department of Agriculture)
Socioeconomic Disparities in Young Adult Health - Subontract (NICHD)
Creating a Lifecourse Panel From Birth to Early Adulthood (NICHD)
Emerging Disparities in Chronic Disease Risk Among Young Adults (NICHD)
Neighborhood and Family Effects on Disparities in Chronic Disease (NICHD)
Resettlement and Well-Being of New Orleans Residents After Hurricane Katrina (NICHD)
Neighborhood Effects on Children Health and Access to Care (HRSA)
Transitions From Preschool Through High School: Family, Schools and Neighborhoods (NICHD)
Health, Wealth, and Pensions Over the Life Course in a Long Panel (NIA)
Children in Transition to Adulthood: Family and Siblings Connections (NICHD)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Associate Director, Survey Research Center.
Ph.D., Princeton University
Dr. Sastry’s research interests center on studying the social and spatial dimensions of health, development, and well-being of children and adolescents, both in the United States and in less developed countries.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
McGonagle, K., Robert F. Schoeni, Narayan Sastry, and Vicki Freedman. 2012. "The Panel Study of Income Dynamics: Overview, Recent Innovations, and Potential for Life Course Research." Longitudinal and Life Course Studies, 3(2): 268-284. PMCID: PMC3591471.
Sastry, Narayan, and Jesse Gregory. 2012. "The effect of Hurricane Katrina on the prevalence of health impairments and disability among adults in New Orleans: Differences by age, race, and sex." Social Science and Medicine, 80: 121-129. NIHMSID: NIHMS430248. DOI. Abstract.
Jones, Malia, Anne R R. Pebley, and Narayan Sastry. 2011. "Eyes on the block: Measuring urban physical disorder through in-person observation." Social Science Research, 40(2): 523-537. PMCID: PMC3106307. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan, and Sarah Burgard. 2011. "Changes in Diarrheal Disease and Treatment among Brazilian Children from 1986 to 1996." Population Research and Policy Review, 30(1): 81-100. PMCID: PMC3045198. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan, and A.R. Pebley. 2010. "Family and Neighborhood Sources of Socioeconomic Inequality in Children's Achievement." Demography, 47(3): 777-800. PMCID: PMC3000065. DOI. Abstract.
Fussell, E., Narayan Sastry, and Mark VanLandingham. 2010. "Race, socioeconomic status, and return migration to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina." Population and Environment, 31(1-3): 20-42. PMCID: PMC2862006. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan, and Mark VanLandingham. 2009. "One year later: mental illness prevalence and disparities among New Orleans residents displaced by Hurricane Katrina." American Journal of Public Health, 99(Suppl 3): S725–S731. PMCID: PMC2774198. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan, K. McGonagle, and Robert F. Schoeni. 2009. "Introduction to the Special Issue on the Scientific Assessment of Biomeasures in the Panel Study of Income Dynamics." Biodemography and Social Biology, 55(2): 113-117. PMCID: PMC2824897. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan. 2009. "Displaced New Orleans Residents in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina: Results from a Pilot Survey." Organization and Environment, 22(4): 395-409. PMCID: PMC2846814. DOI. Abstract.
Sastry, Narayan. 2009. "Tracing the Effects of Hurricane Katrina on the Population of New Orleans: The Displaced New Orleans Residents Pilot Study." Sociological Methods & Research, 38(1): 171-196. PMCID: PMC2747749. DOI. Abstract.