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Adolescent Drug and HIV Prevention in South Africa (Edward A. Smith)
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Advanced Spatial Analysis Training for Population Scientists (Stephen Matthews)
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Antioxidant Status, Diet and Early Pregnancy (Terryl Hartman)
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Baylor Religion Survey (Roger Finke)
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BJBC Evaluation Follow-up in NC (Peter Kemper)
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Career Development Program in Women's Health Research at Penn State (Carol Weisman)
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Center on Population Health and Aging (Duane Alwin)
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Collaborative Research: A National Survey of Informal Work (Leif Jensen)
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Collaborative Research: Measuring Spatial Segregation (Stephen Matthews)
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Collaborative Research: Statistical Methods and Algorithms for Genomic Data (Bruce Lindsay)
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A Cross-National Study of 15-Year-Olds' Environmental Scientific Literacy and Attitudes towards the Environment (David Baker)
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Daily Stress and Well-Being During Adulthood (David Almeida)
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Early Work Experiences and the Transition to Adulthood (Jeremy Staff)
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The Effects of a High Legume Low Glycemic Index Diet on Insulin Resistance and Inflammation in Patients at High Risk for Colorectal Adenoma Recurrence (Terryl Hartman)
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The Effects of Food Insecurity on the Physical, Cognitive, and Socio-emotional Development of Infants and Toddlers (Daphne Hernandez)
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Estimates of the Foreign-Born Population of the United States by Migration Status and Geography (Jennifer Van Hook)
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Extending the Outreach of ARDA (Roger Finke)
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Fatherhood in Institutional Context: Explaining Variation in Fathers' Time with Children in the United States, Germany, Norway, and the United Kingdom (Jennifer Lynn Hook)
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Geisinger Rural Aging Study (Terryl Hartman)
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Hotel Work and Well-Being: The Penn State Hotel Managers Initiative (Ann C. Crouter)
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The Increasing Cognitive Demand of the American Mathematics Curriculum, 1890-2005 (David Baker)
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Infertility: Pathways and Psychosocial Outcomes (David Johnson)
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Instructional Effects on Achievement Growth of Children with Learning Difficulties in Mathematics (Paul Morgan)
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Interdisciplinary Training in Demography (Gordon F. De Jong)
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Latent Growth Curve Models of Cognitive Aging (Duane Alwin)
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Life Course Trajectories of Substance Use and Crime (Derek Kreager)
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Low-Income Women and Marriage Entry: Evidence from Qualitative Data (Rukmalie Jayakody)
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Making Waves: From Pattern to Structure in Dental Evolution (Kenneth Weiss)
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National Children's Study (Carol Weisman)
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National Symposium on Family Issues (Alan Booth)
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Neighborhood, Food Environment, Diet and Health: Quasi-experimental Study (Stephen Matthews)
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Nonresident Father Involvement and Child Well-Being (Valarie King)
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Obesity Among Young Children of Immigrants (Jennifer Van Hook)
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Parenting of Infants Project (Robert Drago)
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Personality and Well-Being Trajectories in Adulthood (David Almeida)
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Population Research Institute (Nancy Landale)
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PSU Minority Health Disparities International Research Training Program (Gary King)
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Race-Ethnicity, Census Places, and Violent Crime: Expanding the Racial Invariance Hypothesis to include White-Latino and Black-Latino Comparisons (Darrell Steffensmeier)
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Research and Training Grant for Developing Population Studies at the University of Ghana (Francis Dodoo)
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The Role of Career Aspirations and Educational Expectations in the Process of Socioeconomic Attainment: Evidence from Two Recent Cohorts of Youth (Jeremy Staff)
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Rural Youth Education Project, Wave III (Diane McLaughlin)
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A Secular Change in Menstrual Characteristics of Adult and Midlife Women (Phyllis Mansfield)
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Simultaneous Activities in the American Time Use Survey: An Exploratory Analysis (Robert Drago)
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The Social Consequences of Hong Kong Education: Family Welfare, Mobility, Gender Equity and Civil Society (David Post)
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Social Demography and Adolescent Obesity (Molly Martin)
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Spatiotemporal Dimensions of Population Change in the Northern Orkney Islands, c. 1735-2000 (James Wood)
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Stimulating Research and Discovery in the Study of Religion: An Initiative by the Association of Religion Data Archives (Roger Finke)
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A Study of African American Marriage and Health (Chalandra Bryant)
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Training in Genetics of Complex Behaviors in Aging (George Vogler)
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Transitions to Prosperity and Sustainability: Enhancing Small and Medium-Sized Farms in the Rural-Exurban-Urban Transitional Zone (Jill L. Findeis)
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University of Ghana (RIPS) Visiting Scholar Training Program at Penn State University (Francis Dodoo)
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