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Tobacco Industry and Smoking

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Tobacco Industry and Smoking

By: Fred C. Pampel

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1438119038

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9781438119038

Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State

By: Fred C. Pampel,John B. Williamson

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Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State

By: Fred C. Pampel,John B. Williamson

Detailed analysis of data from the UN, ILO, and the World Bank leads to the conclusion that a large aged population, especially in combination with democratic political processes, has a direct and crucial influence on the level of welfare expenditures.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521437911

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9780521437912

Logistic Regression

A Primer

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Logistic Regression

A Primer

By: Fred C. Pampel

This volume helps readers understand the intuitive logic behind logistic regression through nontechnical language and simple examples. The Second Edition presents results from several statistical packages to help interpret the meaning of logistic regression coefficients, presents more detail on variations in logistic regression for multicategory outcomes, and describes some potential problems in interpreting logistic regression coefficients. A companion website includes the three data sets and Stata, SPSS, and R commands needed to reproduce all the tables and figures in the book. Finally, the Appendix reviews the meaning of logarithms, and helps readers understand the use of logarithms in logistic regression as well as in other types of models.

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SAGE Publications

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1071816195

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The Struggle for Public Health

Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and Transformed the Way We Live

By: Fred C. Pampel

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The Struggle for Public Health

Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and Transformed the Way We Live

By: Fred C. Pampel

The fascinating stories of public health innovators who overcame immense obstacles to improve the health of millions. In the nineteenth century, the scourge of deadly infectious diseases permanently receded for the first time in human history while longevity steadily improved. This progress was due in large part to advances in the public health field, including improved sanitation and cleaner water. Progress in health and longevity continued through the twentieth century, again thanks in part to public health advances in safer food, access to nursing care, an understanding of health disparities, reduced tobacco use, and a global network for vaccine distribution. In The Struggle for Public Health, Fred C. Pampel shares the stories of public health innovators who, over a period of 150 years, helped save lives and change the way we live. These engaging stories feature scientific discoveries, strong personalities, and new forms of social behavior. But these changes did not come without struggle: public health advances met vigorous resistance from vested interests in the status quo, attachment to deeply embedded but false beliefs, and the sheer difficulty of creating large-scale changes in public behavior. This well-researched and historically grounded volume chronicles the fascinating lives of seven advocates for public health progress, including a London bureaucrat who devoted his life to cleaning up filthy streets and neighborhoods, an activist nurse who provided first-rate care and health guidance to newly arrived immigrants, and the organizational genius who overcame limited funding, bureaucratic inertia, and political infighting to deliver vaccines across the world. It features public health innovations developed by Edwin Chadwick, John Snow, Harvey Wiley, Lillian Wald, W.E.B. Du Bois, Richard Doll, and D. A. Henderson. The inspiring stories in The Struggle for Public Health offer insights on past advances and the potential for future solutions that could save lives and improve the quality of life for millions of people.

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JHU Press

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1421447932

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9781421447933

Old-age Security in Comparative Perspective

By: John B. Williamson,Fred C. Pampel

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Old-age Security in Comparative Perspective

By: John B. Williamson,Fred C. Pampel

This book examines a central element of social welfare, old age security, exploring the history of policies in both developed and underdeveloped countries to assess their structure, ideology and effectiveness. The authors test five theoretical perspectives on old-age security policy in four industrial nations (the United States, the United Kingdom, Sweden, Germany) and three developing countries (India, Nigeria, Brazil), challenging the view that old age policy is the outcome of class conflict between capital and labour. Instead, the authors adopt a neo-pluralist perspective which emphasizes the influence of ethnic religious and regional groups, as well as "the grey lobby", over that of class-based groups. The authors attempt to test ideas derived in part from these historical case studies by analysing quantitative data from a broader sample of countries (18 industrial nationa and 32 developing nations), and they use these results to anticipate future policy developments in the U.S.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0195068599

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The Institutional Context of Population Change

Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations

By: Fred C. Pampel

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The Institutional Context of Population Change

Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations

By: Fred C. Pampel

Despite having similar economies and political systems, high-income nations show persistent diversity. In this pioneering work, Fred C. Pampel looks at fertility, suicide, and homicide rates in eighteen high-income nations to show how they are affected by institutional structures. European nations, for example, offer universal public benefits for men and women who are unable to work and have policies to ease the burdens of working mothers. The United States, in contrast, does not. This study demonstrates how public policy differences such as these affect childbearing among working women, moderate pressures for suicide and homicide among the young and old, and shape sex difference in suicide and homicide. The Institutional Context of Population Change cuts across numerous political and sociological topics, including political sociology, stratification, sex and gender, and aging. It persuasively shows the importance of public policies for understanding the demographic consequences of population change and the importance of demographic change for understanding the consequences of public policies.

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University of Chicago Press

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0226645274

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9780226645278

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

By: Fred C. Pampel

Author, Fred C. Pompel, treats age as a component of social inequality which gives rise to the three major themes of the text: diversity in the experience of individuals, differences in public policy, and variations across nations. Comparison of the United States with other nations is a central component of the book, providing a greater understanding of the larger forces that shape old age.

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SAGE Publications

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1452250928

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Threats to Food Safety

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Threats to Food Safety

By: Fred C. Pampel

Presents an overview of potential threats on food supplies, new techniques to insure food safety, a chronology of important food related events, and a complete annotated bibliography.

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Infobase Publishing

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1438124481

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9781438124483

Progress against Heart Disease

By: Fred C. Pampel,Seth Pauley

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Progress against Heart Disease

By: Fred C. Pampel,Seth Pauley

In the last 35 years, declining deaths from heart disease have translated into 13 million lives saved and extended. Medical treatments and lifestyle changes have dealt successfully with the serious heart problems of Vice President Richard Cheney, talk show host David Letterman, Disney-ABC CEO Michael Eisner, and countless other less famous people. In the past, those with serious heart disease would have died young, but today can live long and active lives. Few families have not benefited from improvements in the way we treat and prevent heart problems, yet we often hear that poor lifestyles and the limitations of modern medicine threaten our health and well-being. Although room for improvement always remains, this book provides evidence to the contrary: we have made and continue to make tremendous progress in dealing with heart disease. In reviewing the progress being made in this crucially important area of health, Pampel and Pauley offer an optimistic view of the potential for continued improvement and for longer, healthier lives. Despite the prevalence of heart disease, deaths from this cause have declined greatly in past decades. From its peak in 1968, the heart disease mortality rate has fallen by 52% for men and 48% for women. That translates into over 13 million lives saved and extended. The lives saved are not limited to the very old. To the contrary, heart disease mortality has fallen faster among the young and middle aged.

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Bloomsbury Publishing USA

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0313057745

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9780313057748

Sociological Lives and Ideas

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Sociological Lives and Ideas

By: Fred C. Pampel

Despite their role in founding and defining the discipline of sociology, the field's classical theorists typically receive only cursory attention in standard introductory texts. Written specifically for undergraduate students, this supplemental text, Fred Pampel's Sociological Lives and Ideas brings to life the fundamental ideas of Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Max Weber, Georg Simmel, George H. Mead, and W.E.B. DuBois by placing them in the context of each theorists' biography. By exploring the lives and times of these key figures, students will gain a richer understanding of their intellectual legacies, as well as of the ways in which their work can be applied to current issues.

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Macmillan

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0716779153

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9780716779155

Rights of the Elderly

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Rights of the Elderly

By: Fred C. Pampel

Rights of the Elderly provides an overview of the history of this timely topic and the opinions surrounding it--from the Social Security Act of 1935 to the current activism of groups such as AARP and the Gray Panthers. Examining recent court cases such as Kathi Cooper et al. v. IBM Personal Pension Plan and IBM Corporation and documents such as The Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967, this new volume provides multiple perspectives and decisions surrounding this issue while also plotting a course for the future of legislative action. A comprehensive and up-to-date overview essay, capsule biographies, a large annotated bibliography, a chronology of significant events, organization and agency listings, and a glossary provide useful information for students, teachers, librarians, older persons, activists, policy makers, and the general reader interested in this controversial issue.

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1438100213

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Logistic Regression

A Primer

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

By: Fred C. Pampel

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The Struggle for Public Health

Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and Transformed the Way We Live

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Seven People Who Saved the Lives of Millions and Transformed the Way We Live

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JHU Press

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The Institutional Context of Population Change

Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Patterns of Fertility and Mortality across High-Income Nations

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University of Chicago Press

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0226645258

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Threats to Food Safety

By: Fred C. Pampel

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Threats to Food Safety

By: Fred C. Pampel

Food is an intrinsic part of every society, but recently it has become a source of worry for many Americans and government officials. It has been estimated that more than 76 million people in the United States—more than a quarter of the population—suffer from food poisoning each year. There also lurks potential for food contamination from food brought in from other countries, as well as threats of bioterrorism. Despite these risks, most Americans take the safety of their food for granted and take very minimal precautions when preparing or handling food. New techniques to ensure food safety have emerged to deal with many of these problems, including genetic engineering of plants and animals to be resistant to disease; the radiation of food products to kill bacteria; the development of new food products, such as artificial sweeteners and fat substitutes; and eating only organic foods. However, these short-term solutions could pose long-term problems. Are these concerns overstated by health food advocates? Should Americans worry about food safety? Has the government failed to protect consumers from the risks of food-based diseases? Threats to Food Safety addresses these concerns and provides a wealth of essential, first-stop information on this important issue. This volume also includes a chronology; a glossary; a guide to further research; an annotated bibliography, an integral part of the Library in a Book series; appendixes; and an index. This resource acts as a useful reference for students, teachers, health officials, and general readers who are interested in the safety of our food supply.

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Book's by Fred C. Pampel

Tobacco Industry and Smoking

Tobacco Industry and Smoking

Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State

Age, Class, Politics, and the Welfare State

Logistic Regression

Logistic Regression

The Struggle for Public Health

The Struggle for Public Health

Old-age Security in Comparative Perspective

Old-age Security in Comparative Perspective

The Institutional Context of Population Change

The Institutional Context of Population Change

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

Threats to Food Safety

Threats to Food Safety

Progress against Heart Disease

Progress against Heart Disease

Sociological Lives and Ideas

Sociological Lives and Ideas

Rights of the Elderly

Rights of the Elderly

Logistic Regression

Logistic Regression

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

Aging, Social Inequality, and Public Policy

The Struggle for Public Health

The Struggle for Public Health

The Institutional Context of Population Change

The Institutional Context of Population Change

Threats to Food Safety

Threats to Food Safety

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