Saturday, April 1 / 8:30 AM - 10:20 AM   •   Avalon

Session 129:
Does Community Matter for Health?

Chair: Brian K. Finch, San Diego State University
Discussant: Karl Eschbach, University of Texas Medical Branch

  1. Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities in Los Angeles: The Role of Immigration Status and NeighborhoodsMarianne Bitler, Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC)

  2. A Fixed-Effects Analysis of How Individual Mortality Is Influenced by the Proportion Who Are Not Married in the MunicipalityOystein Kravdal, University of Oslo

  3. Neighborhood Attributes Associated with Poor Diet and Inadequate Weight Gain during PregnancyBarbara A. Laraia, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Lynne Messer, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ; Jay S. Kaufman, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; Nancy Dole, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ; David A. Savitz, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  4. The Relationship between Attitudes toward Work and Suicide in SwedenJulianne Ohlander, Pennsylvania State University

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