Social Structure and Inequality in Health
Zheng, Hui and Linda K. George. 2018. “Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59(1): 113-132.
- Freidson Outstanding Publication Award Honorable Mention from the ASA Medical Sociology Section, 2019
Zang, Emma*, and Hui Zheng. 2018. “Does the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity Affect Men’s Later Life Mortality Risks?” Social Science & Medicine 202: 61-69.
Tumin, Dmitry*, and Hui Zheng. 2018. “Do the Health Benefits of Marriage Depend on the Likelihood of Marriage?” Journal of Marriage and Family 80: 622-636.
Zheng, Hui. 2017. “Why Does College Education Matter? Unveiling the Contributions of Selection Factors.” Social Science Research 68: 59-73.
Dirlam, Jonathan*, and Hui Zheng. 2017. “Job Satisfaction Trajectories and Health: A Life Course Perspective.” Social Science & Medicine 178: 95-103.
He, Wei, and Hui Zheng. 2017. “Under the One Child Policy Regime in China: Did Having Younger Sibling(s) Increase the Risk of Overweight and Underweight?” Asian Population Studies 13: 267-291.
Zheng, Hui. 2015. “Losing Confidence in Medicine in an Era of Medical Expansion?” Social Science Research 52: 701-715.
Zheng, Hui. 2015. “Why Has Medicine Expanded? The Role of Consumers.” Social Science Research 52: 34-46.
He, Wei, Sherman James, Givonna Merli, and Hui Zheng. 2014. “An Increasing Socioeconomic Gap in Childhood Overweight and Obesity in China.” American Journal of Public Health 104(1):e14-22.
Zheng, Hui, and Patricia A. Thomas. 2013. “Marital Status, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality: Overestimation of Health or Diminishing Protection of Marriage?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54(1): 128-43.
Zheng, Hui, and Linda K. George. 2012. “Rising U.S. Income Inequality and the Changing Gradient of Socioeconomic Status on Physical Functioning and Activity Limitations, 1984-2007.” Social Science & Medicine 75(12): 2170-82.
Zheng, Hui. 2012. “Do People Die from Income Inequality of A Decade Ago?” Social Science & Medicine 75(1): 36-45.
Zheng, Hui, and Kenneth C Land. 2012. “Composition and Decomposition in U.S. Gender-Specific Self-Reported Health Disparities, 1984-2007.” Social Science Research 41(2): 477-88.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Variance Function Regression in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models, with Applications to the Study of Self-Reported Health.” American Sociological Review 76(6): 955-83. PMCID:PMC3419541.
Zheng, Hui. 2009. “Rising U.S. Income Inequality, Gender, and Individual’s Self-Rated Health, 1972-2004.” Social Science and Medicine 69(9): 1333-42.
Population Process of Aging and Mortality
Zheng, Hui and Siwei Cheng. 2019. “A Simulation Study of the Role of Cohort Forces in Mortality Patterns.” Biodemography and Social Biology.
Zang, Emma*, Hui Zheng, Yang Claire Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2019. “Recent Trends in U.S. Mortality in Early and Middle Adulthood: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Inter-Cohort Patterns.” International Journal of Epidemiology, dyy255, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy255.
Mehta, Neil K, Hui Zheng, and Mikko Myrskyla. 2019. “How Do Age and Major Risk Factors for Mortality Interact over the Life-Course? Implications for Health Disparities Research and Public Health Policy.” Social Science & Medicine – Population Health.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang and Kenneth C Land. 2016. “Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries.” Population Research and Policy Review 35: 49-71.
Zheng, Hui, and Jonathan Dirlam*. 2016. “The BMI-Mortality Link across the Life Course: Two Selection Biases and Their Effects.” Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148178.
Zheng, Hui, and Dmitry Tumin* (equal authorship). 2015. “Variation in the Effects of Family Background and Birth Region on Adult Obesity: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study of a Great Depression-Era American Cohort.” BMC-Public Health. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1870-7.
Zheng, Hui. 2014. “Aging in the Context of Cohort Evolution and Mortality Selection.” Demography 51(4):1295-1317. PMCID: PMC4110171.
Zheng, Hui, Dmitry Tumin*, and Zhenchao Qian. 2013. “Obesity and Mortality Risk: New Findings from BMI Trajectories.” American Journal of Epidemiology 178(11):1591-9.
Zheng, Hui, and Yang Yang. 2012. “Population Heterogeneity in the Impact of Body Weight on Mortality.” Social Science & Medicine 75(6): 990-6.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Heterogeneity in the Strehler-Mildvan General Theory of Mortality and Aging.” Demography 48: 267-90.
Modeling Trends in Health Disparities and Life Expectancy Gap
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang and Kenneth C Land. 2016. “Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries.” Population Research and Policy Review 35: 49-71.
Reither, Eric, Ryan Masters, Y. Claire Yang, Daniel Powers, Hui Zheng, and Kenneth Land. 2015. “Should Age-Period-Cohort Studies Return to the Methodologies of the 1970s?” Social Science & Medicine 128: 356-365.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C. Land. 2013. “Heteroscedastic Regression Models for the Systematic Analysis of Residual Variances.” Pp. 133-152 in Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research, edited by S.L. Morgan. New York: Springer.
Zheng, Hui, and Kenneth C Land. 2012. “Composition and Decomposition in U.S. Gender-Specific Self-Reported Health Disparities, 1984-2007.” Social Science Research 41(2): 477-88.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Variance Function Regression in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models, with Applications to the Study of Self-Reported Health.” American Sociological Review 76(6): 955-83. PMCID:PMC3419541.
Zheng, Hui and Linda K. George. 2018. “Does Medical Expansion Improve Population Health?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 59(1): 113-132.
- Freidson Outstanding Publication Award Honorable Mention from the ASA Medical Sociology Section, 2019
Zang, Emma*, and Hui Zheng. 2018. “Does the Sex Ratio at Sexual Maturity Affect Men’s Later Life Mortality Risks?” Social Science & Medicine 202: 61-69.
Tumin, Dmitry*, and Hui Zheng. 2018. “Do the Health Benefits of Marriage Depend on the Likelihood of Marriage?” Journal of Marriage and Family 80: 622-636.
Zheng, Hui. 2017. “Why Does College Education Matter? Unveiling the Contributions of Selection Factors.” Social Science Research 68: 59-73.
Dirlam, Jonathan*, and Hui Zheng. 2017. “Job Satisfaction Trajectories and Health: A Life Course Perspective.” Social Science & Medicine 178: 95-103.
He, Wei, and Hui Zheng. 2017. “Under the One Child Policy Regime in China: Did Having Younger Sibling(s) Increase the Risk of Overweight and Underweight?” Asian Population Studies 13: 267-291.
Zheng, Hui. 2015. “Losing Confidence in Medicine in an Era of Medical Expansion?” Social Science Research 52: 701-715.
Zheng, Hui. 2015. “Why Has Medicine Expanded? The Role of Consumers.” Social Science Research 52: 34-46.
He, Wei, Sherman James, Givonna Merli, and Hui Zheng. 2014. “An Increasing Socioeconomic Gap in Childhood Overweight and Obesity in China.” American Journal of Public Health 104(1):e14-22.
Zheng, Hui, and Patricia A. Thomas. 2013. “Marital Status, Self-Rated Health, and Mortality: Overestimation of Health or Diminishing Protection of Marriage?” Journal of Health and Social Behavior 54(1): 128-43.
Zheng, Hui, and Linda K. George. 2012. “Rising U.S. Income Inequality and the Changing Gradient of Socioeconomic Status on Physical Functioning and Activity Limitations, 1984-2007.” Social Science & Medicine 75(12): 2170-82.
Zheng, Hui. 2012. “Do People Die from Income Inequality of A Decade Ago?” Social Science & Medicine 75(1): 36-45.
Zheng, Hui, and Kenneth C Land. 2012. “Composition and Decomposition in U.S. Gender-Specific Self-Reported Health Disparities, 1984-2007.” Social Science Research 41(2): 477-88.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Variance Function Regression in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models, with Applications to the Study of Self-Reported Health.” American Sociological Review 76(6): 955-83. PMCID:PMC3419541.
Zheng, Hui. 2009. “Rising U.S. Income Inequality, Gender, and Individual’s Self-Rated Health, 1972-2004.” Social Science and Medicine 69(9): 1333-42.
Population Process of Aging and Mortality
Zheng, Hui and Siwei Cheng. 2019. “A Simulation Study of the Role of Cohort Forces in Mortality Patterns.” Biodemography and Social Biology.
Zang, Emma*, Hui Zheng, Yang Claire Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2019. “Recent Trends in U.S. Mortality in Early and Middle Adulthood: Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Inter-Cohort Patterns.” International Journal of Epidemiology, dyy255, https://doi.org/10.1093/ije/dyy255.
Mehta, Neil K, Hui Zheng, and Mikko Myrskyla. 2019. “How Do Age and Major Risk Factors for Mortality Interact over the Life-Course? Implications for Health Disparities Research and Public Health Policy.” Social Science & Medicine – Population Health.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang and Kenneth C Land. 2016. “Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries.” Population Research and Policy Review 35: 49-71.
Zheng, Hui, and Jonathan Dirlam*. 2016. “The BMI-Mortality Link across the Life Course: Two Selection Biases and Their Effects.” Plos One. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0148178.
Zheng, Hui, and Dmitry Tumin* (equal authorship). 2015. “Variation in the Effects of Family Background and Birth Region on Adult Obesity: Results of a Prospective Cohort Study of a Great Depression-Era American Cohort.” BMC-Public Health. doi:10.1186/s12889-015-1870-7.
Zheng, Hui. 2014. “Aging in the Context of Cohort Evolution and Mortality Selection.” Demography 51(4):1295-1317. PMCID: PMC4110171.
Zheng, Hui, Dmitry Tumin*, and Zhenchao Qian. 2013. “Obesity and Mortality Risk: New Findings from BMI Trajectories.” American Journal of Epidemiology 178(11):1591-9.
Zheng, Hui, and Yang Yang. 2012. “Population Heterogeneity in the Impact of Body Weight on Mortality.” Social Science & Medicine 75(6): 990-6.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Heterogeneity in the Strehler-Mildvan General Theory of Mortality and Aging.” Demography 48: 267-90.
Modeling Trends in Health Disparities and Life Expectancy Gap
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang and Kenneth C Land. 2016. “Age-Specific Variation in Adult Mortality Rates in Developed Countries.” Population Research and Policy Review 35: 49-71.
Reither, Eric, Ryan Masters, Y. Claire Yang, Daniel Powers, Hui Zheng, and Kenneth Land. 2015. “Should Age-Period-Cohort Studies Return to the Methodologies of the 1970s?” Social Science & Medicine 128: 356-365.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C. Land. 2013. “Heteroscedastic Regression Models for the Systematic Analysis of Residual Variances.” Pp. 133-152 in Handbook of Causal Analysis for Social Research, edited by S.L. Morgan. New York: Springer.
Zheng, Hui, and Kenneth C Land. 2012. “Composition and Decomposition in U.S. Gender-Specific Self-Reported Health Disparities, 1984-2007.” Social Science Research 41(2): 477-88.
Zheng, Hui, Yang Yang, and Kenneth C Land. 2011. “Variance Function Regression in Hierarchical Age-Period-Cohort Models, with Applications to the Study of Self-Reported Health.” American Sociological Review 76(6): 955-83. PMCID:PMC3419541.