Laurie Fields DeRose

Assistant Professor, Sociology
The Catholic University of America

derosel@cua.edu

Field of Study: Sociology
 
Specialization: Children and Youth, Culture, religion and ethnicity, Education and Schooling, Families and Households, Fertility, HIV/AIDS and STI's, Marriage, Divorce and Consensual Unions, Population and Development, Reproductive Health (Family Planning), Social Demography
 
Regional focus: Latin America and the Caribbean, Sub-Saharan Africa
 
Education: Doctorate (Ph.D, or MD), Brown University, Sociology, 1995
 
Working languages: English
 
Other association membership in population or related fields: Population Association of America (PAA)


Professional web page:
http:/https://www.popcenter.umd.edu/mprc-associates/lderose/  
 
Professional Summary:

Laurie DeRose’s current research is focused on global family demography. Her work has shown that maternal union transitions are associated with poorer child health outcomes throughout the Global South (Population Studies 2017), just as they are in contexts with more substantial material resources supporting children’s health. More generally, her work pushes the limits of developing country data sets to answer questions about family demography known to be important in the developed world. She is co-editing a book, Family Inequality in Europe and the Americas: Causes and Consequences, to be published by Cambridge University Press.

 

Publications:

DeRose, Laurie F., Andrés Salazar-Arango, Paúl Corcuera García, Montserrat Gas-Aixendri, and Reynaldo Rivera. “Maternal Union Instability and Childhood Mortality Risk in the Global South, 2010-2014.” Population Studies 71, no. 2 (2017): 211-228. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00324728.2017.1316866

DeRose, Laurie F., Gloria Huarcaya, Andrés Salazar-Arango, Marcos Agurto, Paúl Corcuera, Marga Gonzalvo-Cirac, and Claudia Tarud. “Children’s Living Arrangements and On-Time Progression Through School in Latin America and the Caribbean.” Journal of Family and Economic Issues 38, no. 2 (2017): 184-203. doi:10.1007/s10834-016-9502-7

DeRose, Laurie F., Lijuan Wu, and F. Nii-Amoo Dodoo. "Inferring Gender-Power: Women’s Schooling and Relative Spousal Influence in Childbearing in Ghana." Genus 66, no. 2 (December 2010): 69-91. http://scistat.cilea.it/index.php/genus/article/view/211/149

DeRose, Laurie F., and Alex C. Ezeh. "Decision-Making and Contraceptive Use: Evidence from Uganda." Population Research and Policy Review 29, no. 3 (June 2010): 423-439. http://www.springerlink.com/content/4406270qmrw03620/

 

Klein Hattori, Megan, and Laurie DeRose. "Young Women’s Perceived Ability to Refuse Sex in Urban Cameroon." Studies in Family Planning 39, no. 4 (December 2008): 309-320. http://www.popcouncil.org/research/young-womens-perceived-ability-to-refuse-sex-in-urban-cameroon