People of CHS

Education

Ph.D. (Sociology) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1980.
M.P.S. (International Development) Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. 1978.
B.A. (Comparative Communist Studies) Union College, Schenectady, NY. 1974.

About

My research has focused on fertility and marriage patterns, children's health and welfare, and family organization in the United States and in other countries. I have collaborated with researchers and institutions in Central America, West, Central, and East Africa, and Bangladesh and India. Currently most of my research is based on the Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS) which I co-direct with Narayan Sastry (University of Michigan). For more information and papers see the Links Section below.

Courses

CHS100 Introduction to Community Health Sciences
CHS247 Population Change and Public Policy
CHS/SOCM263 Social Demography of Los Angeles
CHS286 Doctoral Roundtable

Selected Publications

Pebley, A.R and N. Goldman, "Social Inequality and Children's Growth in Guatemala," Health Transition Review, Vol. 5, No. 1, April, pp. 1-20, 1995.

Pebley, A.R., N. Goldman, and G. Rodríguez, "Prenatal and Delivery Care and Childhood Immunization in Guatemala: Do Family and Community Matter?" Demography, Vol. 33, No. 2, April 1996. Erratum in Demography, Vol. 33, No. 2, 1996.

Rosero Bixby, L., A.R. Pebley, and A. Bermudez Mendez (eds.) De los Mayas a la Planificación Familiar: Demografía del Istmo. San José. Editorial de la Universidad de Costa Rica 1997.

Pebley, A.R. and L. Rosero-Bixby (eds.) Demographic Diversity and Change in the Central American Isthmus. RAND Book. 1997.

Goldman, N., B. Vaughan, and A.R. Pebley, "The Use of Calendars to Measure Child Illness in Health Interview Surveys." International Journal of Epidemiology, Vol. 27, pp. 505-512, 1998.

Pebley, A.R., "Demography and the Environment." Demography, Vol. 35, No. 4, pp. 377-389, 1998.

Pebley, A.R., N. E. Hurtado, and N. Goldman, "Beliefs About Children's Illness." Journal of Biosocial Science, Vol. 31, pp. 195-219, 1999.

Pebley, A.R. and L. Rudkin, "Grandparents Caring for Grandchildren: What Do We Know?" Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 20, No. 2, pp. 218-242, 1999.

Goldman, N., A.R. Pebley, and M. Beckett, "Diffusion of Ideas about Personal Hygiene and Contamination in Poor Countries: Evidence from Guatemala." Social Science and Medicine, Vol. 52, pp. 53-69, 2001.

Pebley, AR and M Vaiana. In Our Backyard: How 3 L.A. Neighborhoods Affect Kids' Lives. Santa Monica: RAND Publications. 2002.

Goldman, N., A.R. Pebley, and M. Gragnolati, "Choices about Treatment for ARI and Diarrhea in Rural Guatemala." Social Science & Medicine, Vol. 55(10), pp. 1693-1712. 2002.

Lara-Cinisomo, S., A.R. Pebley, M.E. Vaiana, and E. Maggio.  “Are L.A.’s Children Ready for School?  RAND Publication MG-145-FFLA.  2004

Pebley, AR and N Sastry. “Neighborhoods, Poverty and Children’s Well-being” in Kathryn Neckerman (ed.) Social Dimensions of Inequality.   Chapter 3, pp. 119-146.  Russell Sage Foundation.  2004.

Chyu, Laura, A.R. Pebley, and S. Lara-Cinisomo.  Patterns of Child Care Use for Preschoolers in Los Angeles County.  Santa Monica:  RAND Publications. 2005.

Prentice, J. C.; Pebley, A. R.; Sastry, N.  Immigration Status and Health Insurance Coverage:  Who Gains? Who Loses? American Journal of Public Health.  Vol. 95(1): 109-116.  2005.

Pebley, AR, N Goldman, and A Robles.  “Isolation, Integration, and Ethnic Boundaries in Rural Guatemala” Sociological Quarterly, 46:2.  2005.

Pebley, AR and N Sastry. “Neighborhoods, Poverty, and Children’s Well-being” in David B. Grusky and Szonja Szelényi (eds.) The Inequality Reader: Contemporary and Foundational Readings in Race, Class, and Gender.   Chapter IV, pp. 165-178.  Westview Press.  2006.

Sastry, N., B. Ghosh-Dastidar, J. Adams, A.R. Pebley,  “The Design of a Multilevel Longitudinal Survey of Children, Families, and Communities:  The Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey.”  Social Science Research.  Vol. 35, pp. 1000-1024, 2006.

Brown, A., A. Ang, and A.R. Pebley, “The Relationship Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Self-Rated Health for Adults With Chronic Conditions.”  American Journal of Public Health.  Vol. 97(5): 926-932. 2007.

Goldman, N., R.T. Kimbro, C.M. Turra, and A.R. Pebley.  Socioeconomic Gradientes in health for White and Mexican-Origin Populations.   American Journal of Public Health.  Vol. 96, No. 12, pp 2186-2193.

Links

Bixby Program in Population and Reproductive Health
California Center for Population Research
Los Angeles Family and Neighborhood Survey (L.A.FANS)