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Rogers, Richard

Professor Emerita/Emeritus

Positions

Professor Emerita/Emeritus, Sociology

Research Areas

Research

research overview

Richard G. Rogers, PhD, is Professor of Sociology and Institute of Behavioral Science Fellow at the University of Colorado Boulder. His research focuses on differences in early life and adult longevity by social relations, demographic characteristics, socioeconomic status, health conditions, and health behaviors.

keywords

Demography, early life and adult mortality, social factors that affect life expectancy and longevity

Publications

selected publications

book
- International Handbook of Adult Mortality. Ed. Rogers, Richard. 2011
- International Handbook of Adult Mortality Introduction. Ed. 2. 2011
- Living and Dying in the USA: Behavioral, Health, and Social Differentials of Adult Mortality 1999
chapter
- THE INTRODUCTION. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS). Ed. Rogers, Richard. S1-S10. 2023
- The Conclusion. Daedalus. Ed. Rogers, Richard. 210-215. 2023
- Adult Mortality. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. 355-381. 2019
- Handbook of Population. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. 2019
- Low Fertility Regimes and Demographic and Societal Change 2018
- The Persistence of Mortality Disparities Over Historical Time: A Test of the 'Fundamental Cause' Perspective 2014
- Religious Attendance and Cause-Specific Mortality in the United States 2010
- Religious Involvement and Mortality Risk among Pre-Retirement Aged U.S. Adults 2010
- Mortality Patterns in Late Life 2009
- Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health and Mortality among the U.S. Elderly Population 2004
- Mortality Differentials in a Diverse Society 2002
- Activity Limitation and Cigarette Smoking in the United States: Implications for Health Expectancies 1994
- SUCCESSFUL AGING IN THE UNITED-STATES. 141-152. 1993
- Health-Related Lifestyles among Mexican-Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cubans in the United States 1991
- Mortality by Violence among Mexican Immigrants and Mexican-Americans in California and Texas 1991
- The Use of Surname Data in the Analysis of Mortality Rates of U.S. Mainland-Born Puerto Ricans 1991
- Income and Occupational Attainment Patterns of Mexican Immigrants and Nonimmigrants 1986
journal article
- Sex Differences in US Adolescent and Young Adult Mortality. Population Research and Policy Review. 2024
- Documenting the optimal model fit among eleven different categorizations of self-reported sleep duration and mortality in a large population-based sample. Sleep Epidemiology. 100070-100070. 2023
- Cognition and Diabetes: Examining Sex Differences Using a Longitudinal Sample of Older Adults. Research on Aging. 161-172. 2023
- "Outside the Skin": The Persistence of Black-White Disparities in US Early-Life Mortality. Demography. 2247-2269. 2022
- Dying Young in the United States: What’s Driving High Death Rates Among Americas Under Age 25 and What Can Be Done?. Population bulletin. 1-31. 2022
- The National Death Index as a Source of Homicide Data: A Methodological Exposition of Promises and Pitfalls for Criminologists. Homicide Studies. 5-36. 2021
- Exceptional mortality risk among police-identified young black male gang members. Preventive Medicine. 2020
- The Relationship Between Education and Pain Among Adults Aged 30-49 in the United States. Journal of Pain. 1270-1280. 2020
- Family Structure and Early Life Mortality in the United States. Journal of Marriage and Family. 1159-1177. 2020
- Greater mortality variability in the United States in comparison with peer countries. Demographic Research. 1039-1056. 2020
- Lung cancer mortality among never-smokers in the United States: estimating smoking-attributable mortality with nationally representative data. Annals of Epidemiology. 5-11. 2020
- Maternal Educational Attainment and Child Health in the United States. American Journal of Health Promotion. 303-306. 2020
- The persistent southern disadvantage in US early life mortality, 1965-2014. Demographic Research. 343-382. 2020
- Race/ethnicity, maternal educational attainment, and infant mortality in the United States. Biodemography and Social Biology. 1-26. 2020
- Family Socioeconomic Status and Early Life Mortality Risk in the United States. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 1382-1391. 2019
- Marital Happiness, Marital Status, Health, and Longevity. Journal of Happiness Studies. 1539-1561. 2019
- Cigarette Smoking and All-Cause and Cause-Specific Adult Mortality in the United States. Demography. 1855-1885. 2018
- A longitudinal examination of US teen childbearing and smoking risk. Demographic Research. 619-650. 2018
- Racial disparities in health conditions among prisoners compared with the general population. SSM: Population Health. 487-496. 2017
- Does the Hispanic health advantage extend to better management of hypertension? The role of socioeconomic status, sociobehavioral factors, and health care access. Biodemography and Social Biology. 262-277. 2017
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in Early-Life Mortality in the United States. Biodemography and Social Biology. 189-205. 2017
- Alcohol's Collateral Damage: Childhood Exposure to Problem Drinkers and Subsequent Adult Mortality Risk. Social Forces. 809-836. 2016
- Educational Attainment and Mortality in the United States: Effects of Degrees, Years of Schooling, and Certification. Population Research and Policy Review. 501-525. 2016
- Happiness and longevity in the United States. Social Science and Medicine. 115-119. 2015
- Postmortem Presence of Drugs and Method of Violent Suicide. Journal of Drug Issues. 249-262. 2015
- Drinking problems and mortality risk in the United States. Drug and Alcohol Dependence. 38-46. 2015
- Negative Acculturation and Nothing More? Cumulative Disadvantage and Mortality during the Immigrant Adaptation Process among Latinos in the United States. International Migration Review. 443-478. 2015
- Suicide in the City: Do Characteristics of Place Really Influence Risk?. Social Science Quarterly. 313-329. 2015
- The Relationship Between Major Depression and Nonsuicide Mortality for US Adults: The Importance of Health Behaviors. Journals of Gerontology - Series B Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 622-632. 2014
- The Nonlinear Relationship Between Education and Mortality: An Examination of Cohort, Race/Ethnic, and Gender Differences. Population Research and Policy Review. 893-917. 2013
- Gender differences in the presence of drugs in violent deaths. Addiction. 547-555. 2013
- Gender differences in the presence of drugs in violent deaths (vol 108, pg 547, 2013). Addiction. 1176-1176. 2013
- Nondrinker Mortality Risk in the United States. Population Research and Policy Review. 325-352. 2013
- Stagnating Life Expectancies and Future Prospects in an Age of Uncertainty. Social Science Quarterly. 445-461. 2013
- Educational differentials in US adult mortality: An examination of mediating factors. Social Science Research. 465-481. 2013
- Gender differences in the presence of drugs in violent deaths. Addiction. 547-555. 2013
- Glitch in the gradient: Additional education does not uniformly equal better health. Social Science and Medicine. 2007-2012. 2012
- Education and Health among U.S. Working-Age Adults: A Detailed Portrait across the Full Educational Attainment Spectrum. Biodemography and Social Biology. 40-61. 2012
- The Enduring Association between Education and Mortality: The Role of Widening and Narrowing Disparities. American Sociological Review. 913-934. 2011
- Trends in educational attainment by race/ethnicity, nativity, and sex in the United States, 1989-2005. Ethnic and Racial Studies. 1543-1566. 2011
- Trends in the Educational Gradient of US Adult Mortality From 1986 Through 2006 by Race, Gender, and Age Group. Research on Aging. 145-171. 2011
- SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND BIOLOGICAL FACTORS, AND SEX DIFFERENCES IN MORTALITY. Demography. 555-578. 2010
- Education inequality in mortality: The age and gender specific mediating effects of cigarette smoking. Social Science Research. 662-673. 2010
- Educational Degrees and Adult Mortality Risk in the United States. Biodemography and Social Biology. 80-99. 2010
- Adult Suicide Mortality in the United States: Marital Status, Family Size, Socioeconomic Status, and Differences by Sex. Social Science Quarterly. 1167-1185. 2009
- Historical trends in height, weight, and body mass: Data from US Major League Baseball players, 1869-1983. Economics and Human Biology. 482-488. 2008
- Major league baseball players' life expectancies. Social Science Quarterly. 817-830. 2008
- Major league baseball career length in the 20th century. Population Research and Policy Review. 371-386. 2007
- Race differentials in obesity: The impact of place. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 229-243. 2005
- Mortality attributable to cigarette smoking in the United States. Population and Development Review. 259-+. 2005
- Race/ethnic and sex differentials in pulse pressure among US adults. Ethnicity and Disease. 601-606. 2005
- Religious involvement and adult mortality in the United States: Review and perspective.. Southern Medical Journal. 1223-1230. 2004
- Socioeconomic status, smoking, and health: A test of competing theories of cumulative advantage. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 306-321. 2004
- Race/ethnic and sex differentials in body mass among us adults. Ethnicity and Disease. 389-398. 2004
- To help or to harm? Food stamp receipt and mortality risk prior to the 1996 Welfare Reform Act. Social Forces. 1573-1599. 2004
- Espérance de vie autonome, en perte d’autonomie et en institution parmi la population âgée des États-Unis. Cahiers quebecois de demographie / Association des demographes du Quebec. 269-289. 2004
- Nativity, duration of residence, and the health of Hispanic adults in the United States. International Migration Review. 184-211. 2004
- Neighbourhoods and homicide mortality: an analysis of race/ethnic differences. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 223-230. 2004
- Body mass, smoking, and overall and cause-specific mortality among older US adults. Research on Aging. 82-107. 2004
- Socioeconomic status and age: The effect of income sources and portfolios on US adult mortality. Sociological Forum. 465-482. 2003
- Wealth, race, and mortality. Social Science Quarterly. 667-684. 2003
- The effect of obesity on overall, circulatory and diabetes-specific mortality. Journal of Biosocial Science. 107-129. 2003
- Individual and contextual risks of death among race and ethnic groups in the United States. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 359-381. 2002
- Black-white differentials in adult homicide mortality in the United States. Social Science Quarterly. 435-452. 2001
- Religious involvement and mortality risk among African American adults. Research on Aging. 630-667. 2000
- Adult mortality differentials among Hispanic subgroups and non-Hispanic whites. Social Science Quarterly. 459-476. 2000
- Religious involvement and US adult mortality. Demography. 273-285. 1999
- Race/ethnicity, nativity, and US adult mortality. Social Science Quarterly. 136-153. 1999
- Sociodemographic differentials in adult mortality: A review of analytic approaches. Population and Development Review. 553-+. 1998
- Adult mortality differentials associated with cigarette smoking in the USA. Population Research and Policy Review. 285-304. 1998
- Neighborhood social context and racial differences in women's heart disease mortality. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 91-107. 1998
- Ethnicity and mortality in the United States: Individual and community correlates. Social Forces. 169-198. 1997
- Impact of future cigarette smoking scenarios on mortality of the adult population of the United States, 2000-2050 (vol 43, pg 159, 1996). Biodemography and Social Biology. 294-294. 1997
- THE EFFECTS OF PERCEIVED HEALTH STATUS AND AGE ON ELDERS' LONGEVITY. International Journal of Sociology and Social Policy, The. 117-142. 1997
- Infectious diseases - New and ancient threats to world health. Population bulletin. 2-&. 1997
- Comparing mortality estimates based on different administrative records. Population Research and Policy Review. 213-224. 1997
- The effects of family composition, health, and social support linkages on mortality. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 326-338. 1996
- Demographic, socioeconomic, and behavioral factors affecting ethnic mortality by cause. Social Forces. 1419-1438. 1996
- MARRIAGE, SEX, AND MORTALITY. Journal of Marriage and Family. 515-526. 1995
- DEMOGRAPHIC AND SOCIOECONOMIC LINKS TO CIGARETTE-SMOKING. Biodemography and Social Biology. 1-21. 1995
- SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF LONG-LIVED AND HEALTHY-INDIVIDUALS. Population and Development Review. 33-58. 1995
- UNDERLYING AND MULTIPLE CAUSES OF DEATH RELATED TO SMOKING. Population Research and Policy Review. 305-325. 1994
- LIVING AND DYING IN THE USA - SOCIODEMOGRAPHIC DETERMINANTS OF DEATH AMONG BLACKS AND WHITES. Demography. 287-303. 1992
- Disability-Free Life among the Elderly in the United States. Journal of Aging and Health. 19-42. 1992
- DEMOGRAPHIC CHARACTERISTICS OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS IN THE UNITED-STATES. Biodemography and Social Biology. 1-12. 1991
- USING SURNAME DATA IN UNITED-STATES PUERTO-RICAN MORTALITY ANALYSIS. Demography. 175-180. 1991
- LIFE EXPECTANCIES OF CIGARETTE SMOKERS AND NONSMOKERS IN THE UNITED-STATES. Social Science and Medicine. 1151-1159. 1991
- LONGER LIFE BUT WORSE HEALTH - MEASUREMENT AND DYNAMICS. The Gerontologist. 640-649. 1990
- ETHNIC-DIFFERENCES IN INFANT-MORTALITY - FACT OR ARTIFACT. Social Science Quarterly. 642-649. 1989
- ETHNIC AND BIRTH-WEIGHT DIFFERENCES IN CAUSE-SPECIFIC INFANT-MORTALITY. Demography. 335-343. 1989
- LIFE EXPECTANCY IN LESS DEVELOPED-COUNTRIES - SOCIOECONOMIC-DEVELOPMENT OR PUBLIC-HEALTH. Journal of Biosocial Science. 245-252. 1989
- A MULTISTATE ANALYSIS OF ACTIVE LIFE EXPECTANCY. Public Health Reports. 222-226. 1989
- ACTIVE LIFE AMONG THE ELDERLY IN THE UNITED-STATES - MULTISTATE LIFE-TABLE ESTIMATES AND POPULATION PROJECTIONS. Milbank Quarterly. 370-411. 1989
- DEVELOPMENT AND CHILDLESSNESS IN THE STATES AND TERRITORIES OF BRAZIL. Biodemography and Social Biology. 267-284. 1988
- ETHNIC-DIFFERENCES IN SMOKING PATTERNS - FINDINGS FROM NHIS. Public Health Reports. 387-393. 1988
- STRONG COMPOUNDING EFFECTS OF MULTIPLE RISKS DURING PREGNANCY ON BIRTH-WEIGHT AND INFANT SURVIVAL. Sociology and social research. 49-54. 1987
- EXTENDING EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION THEORY - A NEW STAGE. Biodemography and Social Biology. 234-243. 1987
- EXTENDING EPIDEMIOLOGIC TRANSITION THEORY - A NEW STAGE. Population index. 385-385. 1987
- ASSESSING THE ACCURACY OF NEONATAL AND POSTNEONATAL MORTALITY - A COMPARISON OF CAUSE-SPECIFIC AND PERIOD-SPECIFIC INFANT-MORTALITY RATES. Social Science Journal. 411-418. 1986
- CONCEPTUAL TREATMENT OF NEONATAL-MORTALITY - REPLY. Biodemography and Social Biology. 327-328. 1986
- TOWARD A REFORMULATION OF THE NEONATAL-MORTALITY RATE. Biodemography and Social Biology. 1-12. 1985

editor of

book
- International Handbook of Adult Mortality 2011
chapter
- THE INTRODUCTION. Bulletin of The American Meteorological Society - (BAMS). S1-S10. 2023
- The Conclusion. Daedalus. 210-215. 2023

Background

education and training

Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin 1985
M.A., University of Texas at Austin 1982
B.A., University of New Mexico 1978

awards and honors

BFA Award for Excellence in Research, Scholarly and Creative Work, conferred by Boulder Faculty Assembly, 2006
Sociology of Population Section Otis Dudley Duncan Award, conferred by American Sociological Association, 2002

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ORCID iD

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0515-4012

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