Research Area: Regional Studies:
Nepal

Recent Publications

Books

Jayakody, Rukmalie, Arland Thornton, and William Axinn. 2008. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.

Journal Articles

2007

Bhandari, Prem B., S.S. Shrestha, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2007. "Sociocultural and geographical disparities in child immunization in Nepal." Asia-Pacific Population Journal, 22(1): 43-64.

2005

Biddlecom, Ann E., William Axinn, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2005. "Environmental effects on family size preferences and subsequent reproductive behavior in Nepal." Population and Environment, 26(3): 183-206.

2003

Barber, Jennifer S., Ann E. Biddlecom, and William Axinn. 2003. "Neighborhood Social Change and Perceptions of Environmental Degradation." Population and Environment, 25(2): 77-108.

2002

Maples, Jerry, Susan A. Murphy, and William Axinn. 2002. "Two Level Proportional Hazards Models." Biometrics, 58(4): 754-763.

Beutel, Ann, and William Axinn. 2002. "Gender, Social Change, and Educational Attainment." Economic Development and Cultural Change, 51(1): 109-134.

Barber, Jennifer S., Lisa D. Pearce, Indra Chaudhari, and Susan Gurung. 2002. "Voluntary Associations and Fertility Limitation." Social Forces, 80(4): 1369-1401.

PSC Reports

Macht, Cynthia F., William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2007. "Household Energy Consumption: Community Context and the Fuelwood Transition." PSC Research Report No. 07-629. October 2007.

Axinn, William, Jennifer S. Barber, and Ann E. Biddlecom. 2007. "Social Organization and the Transition from Direct to Indirect Consumption." PSC Research Report No. 07-618. February 2007.

Thornton, Arland, Georgina Binstock, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2004. "International Networks, Ideas, and Family Change." PSC Research Report No. 04-566. October 2004.

Shrestha, Sundar S., Sujan Shrestha, and Ann E. Biddlecom. 2002. "The Household Registration System: Methods and Issues in Collecting Continuous Data on Demographic Events." PSC Research Report No. 02-517. July 2002.


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New Publications

Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"

Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report

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