Susan De Vos

Senior Scientist
Department of Sociology
Center for Demography and Ecology
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4412 Sewell Social Sciences Bldg.
Madison, Wisconsin 53706-1393

Education
AB 1975 Geography, University of California at Berkeley
MPP 1977 Public Policy, University of California at Berkeley
MA 1980 Sociology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor
PhD 1982 Sociology, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

Research Interests
Aging/Gerontology
Comparative Studies
Family/Household/Kin Group
Fertility
Social Change

Recent Publications

      Susan De Vos and Luisa Schwartzman. " Using Union Status or Marital Status to Study the Living Arrangements of Elderly People" Research on Aging, 30(4): 474-487, 2008
      Susan De Vos. " On Classifying Race in Brazil: Example from A Study of the Functional Ability of Older People (60+)" Social Biology, 52(1-2): 73-84, 2005
      Susan De Vos and Flavia Andrade. " Race and Independent Living Among Elderly Brazilians Since 1980" Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 36(4): 567-581, 2005
      Susan De Vos. " Indicating Socioeconomic Status Among Elderly People in Developing Societies: An Example from Brazil" Social Indicators Research, 73: 87-108, 2005
      Susan De Vos, Patricio Solís and Verónica Montes de Oca . "Receipt of Assistance and Extended Family Residence Among Elderly Men in Mexico" International Journal of Aging and Human Development 58 (1): 1-27, 2004
      Susan De Vos. "Revisiting the Classification of Household Composition Among Elderly People" Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology 19(2): 135-152, 2004
      Susan De Vos & Elizabeth Arias. "A note on the living arrangements of elders 1970-2000, with special emphasis on Hispanic sub-group differentials," Population Research and Policy Review 22 (1): 91-101, 2003,

Works In Progress
      Susan De Vos. "Paying For Household Expenses Among Unmarried Elderly Women in Latin America and the Caribbean"
      Susan De Vos. "Reflections on Childlessness Among Elderly People in Latin America and the Caribbean"