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. " Paying for Household Expenses Among Unmarried Elderly Women in Latin America and the Caribbean" Journal of Comparative Family Studies, 43(6):787-809, 2012
      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