Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Convergent Trends in Black-White Test-Score Differentials in the U.S.: A Correction of Richard Lynn

Convergent Trends in Black - White Test - Score Differentials in the U . S . : A Correction of Richard Lynn

Using aggregate data from the General Social Survey (GSS), 1974-1996, Lynn (1998) claims that the Black-White intelligence difference in the United States has not been narrowing over time. We replicate Lynn's analysis and challenge his conclusion by identifying several methodological problems. By analyzing changes in Black-White differences in the GSS vocabulary test across survey years, rather...

Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Mortality in the U.S.: Comparing Race/Ethnicity and Nativity

Mortality differentials by nativity have not received as much attention as have mortality differentials by race. We examine the joint effects of race/ethnicity and nativity. Raceand nativity-specific life tables are created using US vital statistics for 1989-1991 for each gender; death rates are compared to the reference category (white US-born person). Both race/ethnicity and nativity modify m...

Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Debt, Cohabitation, and Marriage in Young Adulthood

Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Coverage Error: The Achilles’ Heel of Web-Based Surveys

Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison Event History Models for Life Course Analysis