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University of Pennsylvania, Sociology Department
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Telephone: (215) 898-9162
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Email: popelo@pop.upenn.edu
Full CV

Alternate website: http://www.pop.upenn.edu/people/bios02/elo.html

Education:

1976  B.A., Political Science, University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR

1986  M.P.A., Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

1990  Ph.D., Woodrow Wilson School of International and Public Affairs, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ

Research:

• Socioeconomic and racial/ethnic differences in health and mortality
• Family sociology
• Medical sociology
• Mathematical demography

Selected Publications:

2001  Elo, I.T. “New African American Life Tables from 1935-40 to 1985-90.” Demography 38: 97-114.

2001  Elo, I.T. and S.H. Preston.“The African American Population: 1930-1990.” In Massey, Douglas and Elijah Anderson, eds. Problem of the Century: Racial Stratification in the U.S. at the Millennium. New York: Sage Press, pages 168-223.

1999  Elo, I.T., R.Berkowitz King, and F.F. Furstenberg, Jr. “Adolescent Females: Their Sexual Partners and the Fathers of their Children.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 61:74-84.

1997  Elo, I.T. “Adult Mortality Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders: A Review of the Evidence.” In K.S. Markides and M.R. Miranda, eds. Minorities, Aging and Health. Thousand Oaks, Ca: Sage Publications, pages. 41-78.

1996  Elo, I.T. and S.H. Preston. “Educational Differentials in Mortality: United States, 1979-1985.” Social Science and Medicine 42: 47-57.

1994  Elo, I.T. and S.H. Preston. “Estimating African-American Mortality from Inaccurate Data.” Demography 31:427-458.

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