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Food Insecurity Across The First Five Years: Triggers Of Onset And Exit, Alison Jacknowitz, Taryn W. Morrissey Oct 2012

Food Insecurity Across The First Five Years: Triggers Of Onset And Exit, Alison Jacknowitz, Taryn W. Morrissey

University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series

Very low food security among young children is associated with developmental deficiencies. However, little is known about the factors that predict entry into or exit from very low food security during early childhood. This study seeks to: (1) Understand the triggers that explain movements into or out of very low food security among children from birth to age five; (2) Examine the first aim using different definitions of food insecurity. The analysis relies on the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study-Birth Cohort (ECLS-B), a longitudinal, nationally representative dataset of approximately 10,700 children, to estimate linear probability models. Results suggest that residential moves …


Population Dynamics And The Characteristics Of Inmates In The Cook County Jail, David E. Olson, Sema Taheri Apr 2012

Population Dynamics And The Characteristics Of Inmates In The Cook County Jail, David E. Olson, Sema Taheri

David E. Olson

An overview of the population characteristics and population dynamics in the Cook County Illinois Jail in 2011.


Population Dynamics And The Characteristics Of Inmates In The Cook County Jail, David E. Olson, Sema Taheri Feb 2012

Population Dynamics And The Characteristics Of Inmates In The Cook County Jail, David E. Olson, Sema Taheri

Criminal Justice & Criminology: Faculty Publications & Other Works

An overview of the population characteristics and population dynamics in the Cook County Illinois Jail in 2011.