Current Research News


Life After Welfare: Reform and the Persistence of Poverty
By Laura Lein and Deanna T. Schexnayder; with Karen Manges Douglas and Daniel G. Schroeder


XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference Call for Abstracts
The XXVI IUSSP International Population Conference website is now open and ready to accept submissions for papers and posters.

The deadline to submit short and long abstracts is September 15, 2008.

The Conference will take place in Marrakech, Morocco from September 26 to October 2, 2009. Please check the Conference website regularly for more information.

The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population
After years of research, researchers have a grasp of some of the complex issues and social and behavioral patterns surrounding health that impact older Hispanic people, especially those of Mexican ancestry.
The Health of Aging Health Hispanics

Recent News


Volunteers: A Social Profile
Marc A. Musick and John Wilson

"A much needed book for both scholars and practitioners. It covers a wide range of topics dealing with volunteering. . . . A major contribution." —Virginia Hodgkinson, Center for Voluntary Organizations and Service

Making use of a broad range of survey information to offer a detailed portrait of the volunteer in America, Volunteers provides an important resource for everyone who works with volunteers or is interested in their role in contemporary society. Mark A. Musick and John Wilson address issues of volunteer motivation by focusing on individuals' subjective states, their available resources, and the influence of gender and race.

News Archives



The Well-being of US-Born Children of Mexican Immigrants in Unmarried Families
by Yolanda C. Padilla, Melissa Dalton Radey, Eunjeong Kim, and Robert A. Hummer


Ethnic Identification, Intermarriage, and Unmeasured Progress by Mexican Americans
by Brian Duncan and Stephen J. Trejo


Rob Crosnoe's study featured on UT home page


One Size Does Not Fit All: Socioeconomic Status in Health Research
by Paula A. Braveman, Catherine Cubbin, Susan Egerter, Sekai Chideya, Kristen S. Marchi, Marilyn Metzler, Samuel Posner, JAMA, 2005


La Frontera and Beyond: Geography and Demography in Mexican American History


CWGS Hosts Grantwriting Workshop


Wearing Cultural Styles in Japan: Concepts of Tradition and Modernity in Practice
Edited by Christopher S. Thompson and John W. Traphagan


Mexican Roots, American Schools: Helping Mexican Immigrant Children Succeed
Available October 2006


Does the Body Forget? Women's cumulative onset of cardiovascular disease by age and marital history
Divorced and remarried women have similar risks of cardiovascular disease. Remarriage does not compensate the negative consequences of having been divorced.


Poor Families in America's Health Care Crisis


Three PRC Faculty Quoted in Washington Post Article


Forbidden Fruit: Sex and Religion in the Lives of American Teenagers
by Mark D. Regnerus

Cover of new book by Duncan, Huston, and Weisner

Higher Ground: New Hope for the Working Poor and Their Children


Does Globalization Benefit Women in Developing Countries? Percent Female Workers in Export and Non-export Manufacturing Firms in Mexico, 2001


PRC Researchers Featured on UT Home Page


SDA Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts