This paper uses unique data from teh 1976-77 and 1988-89 malaysian Family Life Surveys (MFLSs) to address two quations: 1) Are the reported reasons for not initiating breastfeeding or for stopping breastfeeding reliable based in indices of agreement of responses between the two surveys and/or...

Poor educational attainment is a persistent problem among latino children, relative to non-Latinos. This paper examines the effects of participation in the Head Start program on Latinos. We find that large and significat benefits accrue to Head Start children when we compare them to siblings who...

Most elderly parents in Indonesia coreside with their adult children. However, preliminary studies provide some evidence that casts doubt on the presumed relationship between coresidence and receipt of support (Frankenberg et al. 1999; Cameron 2000). This paper uses qualitative case studies of...