Recent Publications
Books
Johnston, Lloyd, and Patrick M. O'Malley. 2003. Obesity among American adolescents : tracking the problem and searching for causes. Ann Arbor, MI. : University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research.
Journal Articles
2009
Maccini, Sharon, and Dean Yang. 2009. "Under the Weather: Health, Schooling, and Economic Consequences of Early-Life Rainfall." American Economic Review, 99(3): 1006–26.
2008
Cairney, J., and Krause, Neal. 2008. "Negative life events and age-related decline in mastery: Are older adults more vulnerable to the control-eroding effect of stress?" Journals of Gerontology Series B-Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences, 63(3): S162-S170.
Walsemann, Katrina M., Geronimus, Arline T., and G.C. Gee. 2008. "Accumulating disadvantage over the life course - Evidence from a longitudinal study investigating the relationship between educational advantage in youth and health in middle age." Research on Aging, 30(2): 169-199.
Freedman, Vicki, Linda Martin, Robert F. Schoeni, and Jennifer C. Cornman. 2008. "Declines in late-life disability: The role of early- and mid-life factors." Social Science & Medicine, 66(7): 1588-1602.
2006
Geronimus, Arline T., Cynthia Colen, Tara P. Shochet, Lori Barer Ingber, and Sherman James. 2006. "Urban-Rural Differences in Excess Mortality among High-Poverty Populations: Evidence from the Harlem Household Survey and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Health." Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 17(3): 532-558.
2005
Schulenberg, John E., A.C. Merline, Lloyd Johnston, Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and V.B. Laetz. 2005. "Trajectories of Marijuana Use During the Transition to Adulthood: the Big Picture Based on National Panel Data." Journal of Drug Issues, 35:255-279.
2004
Alter, George C. 2004. "Height, Frailty, and the Standard of Living: Modeling the Effects of Diet and Disease on Declining Mortality and Increasing Height." Population Studies, 58(3): 265-279.
Chang, Jui-Shan, E. Faerstein, George A. Kaplan, John W. Lynch, and C.S. Lopes. 2004. "Association of Weight Change With Ethnicity and Life Course Socioeconomic Position Among Brazilian Civil Servants." International Journal of Epidemiology, 33(1): 100-106.
Beebe, J., John W. Lynch, G. Turrell, S. Lustgarten, Trivellore Raghunathan, and George A. Kaplan. 2004. "Childhood and Adult Socioeconomic Conditions and 31-Year Mortality Risk in Women." American Journal of Epidemiology, 159(5): 481-490.
Perkins, D.F., J.E. Jocobs, B.L. Barber, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2004. "Childhood and Adolescent Sports Participation as Predicators of Participation in Sports and Physical Fitness Activities During Young Adulthood." Youth & Society, 35(4): 495-520.
Lisabeth, L., Sioban D. Harlow, and B. Qaqish. 2004. "A New Statistical Approach Demonstrated Menstrual Patterns During the Menopausal Transition Did Not Vary by Age at Menopause." Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, 57(5): 484-496.
Bainbridge, K.E., M. Sowers, X.H. Lin, and Sioban D. Harlow. 2004. "Risk Factors for Low Bone Mineral Density and the 6-Year Rate of Bone Loss Among Premenopausal and Perimenopausal Women." Osteoporosis International, 15(6): 439-446.
Randolph, J.F., M. Sowers, I.V. Bondarenko, Sioban D. Harlow, J.L. Luborsky, and R.J. Little. 2004. "Change in Estradiol and Follicle-Stimulating Hormone Across the Early Menopausal Transition: Effects of Ethnicity and Age." Journal of Clinical Endocrinology and Metabolism, 89(4): 1555-1561.
Schulenberg, John E., A.L. Bryant, and P.M. O'malley. 2004. "Taking Hold of Some Kind of Life: How Developmental Tasks Relate to Trajectories of Well-Being During the Transition to Adulthood." Development and Psychopathology, 16:1119-1140.
Merline, A.C., Patrick M. O'Malley, John E. Schulenberg, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2004. "Substance Use Among Adults 35 Years of Age: Prevalence, Adulthood Predictors, and Impact of Adolescent Substance Use." American Journal of Public Health, 94:96-102.
2003
Colarossi, L.G., and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2003. "Differential effects of support providers on adolescents' mental health." Social Work Research, 27(1), 19-30.
Shaw, B.A., Neal Krause, L.M. Chatters, C.M. Connell, and Berit Ingersoll-Dayton. 2003. "Social Structural Influences on Emotional Support From Parents Early in Life and Adult Health Status." Behavioral Medicine, 29(2): 68-79.
Geronimus, Arline T. 2003. "Commentary: Weathering Chicago." International Journal of Epidemiology, 32(1): 90-91.
Hillemeier, Marianne M., John W. Lynch, S. Harper, Trivellore Raghunathan, and George A. Kaplan. 2003. "Relative or Absolute Standards for Child Poverty: a State-Level Analysis of Infant and Child Mortality." American Journal of Public Health, 93(4): 652-657.
Zimmer, Zachary S., and James S. House. 2003. "Education, Income, and Functional Limitation Transitions Among American Adults: Contrasting Onset and Progression." International Journal of Epidemiology, 32(6): 1089-1097.
Wallace, J.M., T.N. Brown, Jerald Bachman, and T.A. Laveist. 2003. "The influence of race and religion on abstinence from alcohol, cigarettes and marijuana among adolescents." Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 64(6): 843-848.
Krause, Neal. 2003. "Race, religion, and abstinence from alcohol in late life." Journal of Aging and Health, 15: 508-533.
2002
Sampselle, C.M., V. Harris, Sioban D. Harlow, and M.F. Sowers. 2002. "Midlife Development and Menopause in African American and Caucasian Women." Health Care for Women International, 32(4): 351-363.
Harper, S., John W. Lynch, W.L. Hsu, S.A. Everson, Marianne M. Hillemeier, Trivellore Raghunathan, J.T. Salonen, and George A. Kaplan. 2002. "Life Course Socioeconomic Conditions and Adult Psychosocial Functioning." International Journal of Epidemiology, 31(2): 395-403.
Chapters
Pienta, Amy M., and Melissa Franks. 2005. "Physical Health and Widowhood." In Late Life Widowhood: New Directions in Theory, Research, and Practice edited by D.S. Carr; R. Nesse; C. Wortman. Springer Publishing Company.
Schulenberg, John E., Patrick M. O'Malley, Jerald Bachman, and Lloyd Johnston. 2005. "Early adult transitions and their relation to well-being and substance abuse." In On the Frontier of Adulthood : Theory, Research, and Public Policy edited by Richard A. Settersten, Jr., Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr., and Ruben G. Rumbaut. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Alter, George C., Muriel Neven, and Michel Oris. 2004. "Mortality and Modernization in Sart and Surroundings, 1812-1900." In Life Under Pressure: Mortality and Modernization in Sart and Surroundings, 1812-1900 edited by T. Bengtsson, C. Campbell, and J. Lee. Ch 7. MIT University Press.
Morenoff, Jeffrey, and John W. Lynch. 2004. "What Makes a Place Healthy? Neighborhood Influences on Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Health Over the Life Course." In Critical Perspectives on Racial and Ethnic Differences in Health in Late Life edited by Norman B. Anderson, Randy A. Bulatao, and Barney Cohen. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press.
PSC Reports
Bound, John, Todd R. Stinebrickner, and Timothy A. Waidmann. 2007. "Health, Economic Resources and the Work Decisions of Older Men." PSC Research Report No. 07-630. November 2007.
Johnson, Rucker C., and Robert F. Schoeni. 2007. "The Influence of Early-Life Events on Human Capital, Health Status, and Labor Market Outcomes Over the Life Course." PSC Research Report No. 07-616. January 2007.
Knodel, John E., Vu Tuan Huy, Vu Manh Loi, and Sharon Ghuman. 2005. "Marital Sexual Behavior and Aging in Vietnam in Comparative Perspective." PSC Research Report No. 05-583. October 2005.