Journal of Biosocial Science

Research Articles

FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH RISKY SEXUAL BEHAVIOUR AMONG OUT-OF-SCHOOL YOUTH IN KENYA

ANNE A. KHASAKHALA and AKIM J. MTURI

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 641-653

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002647 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 16 Jan 2008

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EFFECTS OF THE FERTILITY TRANSITION ON BIRTH SEASONALITY IN THE NETHERLANDS

KAREN HAANDRIKMAN and LEO J. G. VAN WISSEN

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 655-672

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002733 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 31 Jan 2008

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THE INFLUENCE OF ACCULTURATION ON BREAST-FEEDING INITIATION AND DURATION IN LOW-INCOME WOMEN IN THE US

KATARINA M. SUSSNER, ANA C. LINDSAY and KAREN E. PETERSON

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 673-696

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002593 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 29 Nov 2007

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TRADITIONAL OCCUPATIONS AND NUTRITIONAL ADAPTATION AMONG CENTRAL INDIAN CASTE POPULATIONS

RAJESH K. GAUTAM

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 697-723

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002581 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 19 Dec 2007

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CHILDBEARING IN CRISIS: WAR, MIGRATION AND FERTILITY IN ANGOLA

WINFRED AVOGO and VICTOR AGADJANIAN

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 725-742

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002702 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 22 Jan 2008

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HIV STATUS AND AGE AT FIRST MARRIAGE AMONG WOMEN IN CAMEROON

TIMOTHY ADAIR

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 743-760

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002556 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 08 Nov 2007

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CHILDLESSNESS PREDICTS HELPING OF NIECES AND NEPHEWS IN UNITED STATES, 1910

THOMAS V. POLLET and ROBIN I. M. DUNBAR

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 761-770

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002659 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 20 Dec 2007

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CONTEXTUAL CORRELATES OF CHILD MALNUTRITION IN RURAL MAHARASHTRA

MANASI BAWDEKAR and LAISHRAM LADUSINGH

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 771-786

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002757 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 04 Feb 2008

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Short Report

ISOLATION AND MARRIAGE PATTERNS IN FOUR SOUTH TYROLEAN VILLAGES (ITALY) DURING THE NINETEENTH CENTURY

A. RIEGLER, F. MARRONI, C. PATTARO, P. GUERESI and P. P. PRAMSTALLER

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 787-791

doi:10.1017/S0021932007002568 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 28 Nov 2007

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Debate

COMMENTS ON THE PAPER BY LYNN ET AL. ON THE INTERPRETATION OF CORRELATIONS BETWEEN IQ AND ACHIEVEMENT TEST SCORES

WILLIAM LICHTEN

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 793-794

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002836 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 11 Apr 2008

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NOT ALL AGGREGATE-LEVEL CORRELATIONS APPROACH UNITY: A REPLY TO WILLIAM LICHTEN

GERHARD MEISENBERG and RICHARD LYNN

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 795-796

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002848 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 07 Apr 2008

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Book Reviews

Econometrics, Statistics and Computational Approaches in Food and Health Sciences. By Alok Bhargava, (World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2006.) £41.00, ISBN: 981-256-841-7, hardback

Aravinda Meera Guntupalli

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 797-798

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002915 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 29 Jul 2008

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Jesus in Our Wombs. Embodying Modernity in a Mexican Convent. By Rebecca J. Lester. Pp. 344. (University of California Press, Berkeley, 2005.) ISBN 0-520-24268-8, paperback.

Raúl Acosta

Journal of Biosocial Science, Volume 40, Issue 05, September 2008, pp 798-800

doi:10.1017/S0021932008002976 (About doi), Published Online by Cambridge University Press 29 Jul 2008

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