Barbara A. Anderson

Ronald Freedman Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies.
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.

Ph.D., Sociology, Princeton University

Research Interests: Dr. Anderson studies the relationship between social change and demographic change. Her research focuses on the former Soviet Union, China and South Africa. Her teaching centers on the relationship between social and demographic change and on technical demography.

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barba@umich.edu

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Anderson comments on delays and potential undercount on the 2020 Census due to corona virus

Barbara Anderson comments in NYT on Federal Law that protects citizenship status data from distribution by the Census Bureau

Anderson discusses impact of Administration's ongoing pursuit of Citizenship information around the 2020 Census with Michigan Radio

Anderson and Ocampo frame the "Citizen Question" for the Census argument that will come before the Supreme Court

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Mosley, Elizabeth, Barbara A. Anderson, Lisa H. Harris, Paul J. Fleming, and Amy J. Schulz. Forthcoming. "Attitudes toward abortion, social welfare programs, and gender roles in the U.S. and South Africa." Critical Public Health.

Mosley, Elizabeth, Barbara A. Anderson, L.H. Harris, P.J. Fleming, and Amy Jo Schultz. 2017. "Attitudes toward Abortion Morality, Social Welfare, and Gender Roles: Lessons in Human Rights and Reproductive Justice from South Africa." American Public Health Association Annual Meeting and Exposition,

Nhlapo, Mosidi, Barbara A. Anderson, and Marie Wentzel. 2017. "Trends in Voting in South Africa 2003-2014." PSC Research Report No. 17-881. 4 2017.

Mosley, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Jane King, Amy Jo Schultz, Lisa H. Harris, Nicole De Wet, and Barbara A. Anderson. 2017. "Abortion attitudes among South Africans: findings from the 2013 social attitudes survey." Culture, Health and Sexuality, 19(8): 918-933.

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Using the ACS to Introduce Demographic Approaches in Undergraduate Courses (NICHD)

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