April 2015
Barbara A. Anderson
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Citizenship:United States of America
EDUCATION
1974:Ph.D. in Sociology, PrincetonUniversity, Princeton, New Jersey
1970:A.B. in Mathematics, University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
HONORS AND FELLOWSHIPS
9/09-:Ronald Freedman Collegiate Professor of Sociology and Population Studies, University of Michigan
8/08:Awardee, Regents’ Distinguished Public Service Award, University of Michigan
7/906/91:Fellow, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences
9/828/83:John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellow
9/726/73:Fellowship, PrincetonUniversity
9/708/72:National Institutes of Health Trainee in Demography
9/706/71:Woodrow Wilson Scholar
9/666/70:National Merit Scholar
MAJOR POSITIONS
7/84-:Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan; Associate Chair, 7/95-6/97; 7/03-6/05
7/84-:Research Professor, PopulationStudiesCenter, University of Michigan; Director, 7/91-
6/94; Associate Director for Training, 7/86-6/90; Associate Director 7/10-6/11, 7/13-6/14; Graduate
TrainingDirector 7/12-6/13
7/84-:Faculty Associate, Center for Russian and East European Studies, University of Michigan;
Director, 8/99-6/01, 7/03-6/05
7/766/84:Associate Professor, Department of Sociology and Population Studies and Training
Center, BrownUniversity; Graduate Advisor, 7/786/80
7/757/77:Faculty Associate, Economic GrowthCenter, YaleUniversity
7/756/76:Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, YaleUniversity
1/756/75:Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, YaleUniversity
7/746/75:Research Associate, Economic GrowthCenter, YaleUniversity
10/737/75:Research Associate, Office of Population Research, PrincetonUniversity
OTHER POSITIONS
10/11-9/14:Honorary Research Fellow, Human Sciences Research Council, South Africa
10/09-6/12:Faculty Associate, Center for Global Health, University of Michigan
9/08-:Faculty Associate, African Studies Center, University of Michigan
9/05-1/10:Visiting Analyst, Statistics South Africa
1/04--:Faculty Affiliate, Korean Studies Program, University of Michigan
7/01--:Visiting Researcher, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria, South Africa
10/93-9/06:Visiting Professor, Beijing College of Economics (renamed CapitalUniversity of Economics and
Business), Beijing, China
7/836/84:Fellow, RussianResearchCenter, HarvardUniversity
7/826/83:Visiting Scholar, RussianResearchCenter, HarvardUniversity
3/838/88:Member of the Research Team, Soviet Interview Project
9/812/83:Senior Research Associate, Soviet Interview Project
1/744/74:Visiting Member, School of Social Science, Institute for Advanced Study
BOOKS AND EDITED ISSUES
Barbara A. Anderson. 2015. World Population Dynamics: An Introduction to Demography, Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
Doo-Sub Kim and Barbara A. Anderson, Eds. 1997. Population Process and Dynamics for Koreans in Korea and China, Seoul: HanyangUniversity Press.
Mikk Titma, Brian D. Silver, and Barbara A. Anderson, Guest Editors. 1996. “Estonia’s Transition from State Socialism: Nationalities and Society on the Eve of Independence,” International Journal of Sociology, Volume 26: No. 1, 2, & 3 (Spring, Summer, Fall).
Feng Litian, Wang Shuxin, and Barbara A. Anderson, Eds. 1995. Marriage and Family in Beijing. BIE Press: Beijing (in Chinese), winner of an award from BeijingCity as one of the best books published in Beijing in 1995.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1980. Internal Migration During the Modernization of Russia in the Late Nineteenth Century, Princeton: Princeton University Press. Reissued 2014, Princeton Legacy Library.
Ansley J. Coale, Barbara A. Anderson, and Erna Härm, 1979. Human Fertility in Russia Since the Nineteenth Century, Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press.
Melvin M. Tumin and Barbara A. Anderson, Eds. 1972. Research Annual on Intergroup Relations-1972, New York: Quadrangle.
ARTICLES AND CHAPTERS
Barbara A. Anderson. (forthcoming, 2015). “The Role of Data in Research and Policy.” Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences, an on-line resource edited by Robert Scott and Nancy Pinkerton.
Barbara A. Anderson. 2014. “Projecting Low Fertility: Some Thoughts about the Plausibility and Implications of Assumptions,” Demograficheskoye obozrenie (Demographic Review), 1: 57-106 (in Russian). Available at
Barbara A. Anderson. 2014. “The Role of Data in Research and Policy.” University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report 14-818 (April).
Barbara A. Anderson. 2014. Projecting Low Fertility: Some Thoughts about the Plausibility of Assumptions, University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report 14-815 (February).
Mosidi S. Nhlapo and Barbara A. Anderson. 2013. “The Rise of the African Middle Class and Continued Racial Inequality in South Africa,” Poverty in Focus, 26: 38-39.
Barbara Anderson, John Romani, Marie Wentzel and Heston Phillips. 2013. “Recycling Behavior among Urban South Africans: The Role of Race and Social Status,”University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report 13-790.
Barbara A. Anderson, Marie Wentzel, John H. Romani and Heston Phillips. 2011. “Exploring Environmental Consciousness in South Africa,” in Kwandiwe Kondlo and Chinenyengozi Ejiogu (Eds.).Africa in Focus: Governance in the 21st Century, Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. Pp. 130-145.
Barbara Anderson, John Romani, Marie Wentzel and Heston Phillips. 2011. “Recycling in Urban Households: The Role of Race, History and Social Status,” HSRC Review, 9:22.
Barbara A. Anderson, John H. Romani, Marie Wentzel and Heston Phillips. 2010. “Awareness of Water Pollution as a Problem and the Decision to Treat Drinking Water Among Rural African Households with Unclean Drinking Water: South Africa 2005.” University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report10-701.
Statistics South Africa. 2010.Profiling South African Middle Class Households: 1998-2006.Pretoria: Statistics South Africa(authored byMosidi S. Nhlapo and Barbara A. Anderson).
Statistics South Africa. 2010. Changes in Standard of Living among Population Groups in South Africa: 1998-2006.Pretoria: Statistics South Africa(authored by Barbara A. Anderson and Mosidi S. Nhlapo).
Barbara A. Anderson and John H. Romani. 2009. “Socio-economic Characteristics, Environment and Excess Female Infant Mortality in Jilin Province, China,” Population and Society, 5(2): 1-25.
Barbara Anderson and Heston E. Phillips. 2008. “The Changing Pattern of Adult Mortality in South Africa, 1997-2005: HIV and Other Sources.”University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report No. 08-649.
Barbara A. Anderson, John H. Romani, Heston E. Phillips, Marie Wentzel and Kholadi Tlabela. 2007. “Exploring Environmental Perceptions, Behaviors and Awareness: Water and Water Pollution in South Africa,” Population and Environment28: 133-161.
Barbara A. Anderson and Heston E. Phillips. 2006. Trends in the Percent of Children who are Orphans in South Africa: 1995-2005. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa.
Barbara A. Anderson and Heston E. Phillips. 2006. Adult Mortality (Age 15-64) Based on Death Notification Data in South Africa: 1997-2004. Pretoria: Statistics South Africa.
Barbara A. Anderson, 2006. “Undercount in China's 2000 Census in Comparative Perspective,” in2000 Population Census of China--Proceedings of International Seminar, China Statistical Publishing House: Beijing. (Also appeared as University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research ReportNo. 04-565, September 2004)
John H. Romani, Barbara A. Anderson, and Jinyun Liu.2006. “Distribution and Availability of Health Personnel in Yunnan Province: 1982-2000,” in2000 Population Census of China--Proceedings of International Seminar, China Statistical Publishing House: Beijing.
Barbara A. Anderson and John H. Romani, 2005. “Changing Social Priorities and the Increased Salience of the Economy in Estonia,” Nationalities Papers 33: 303-314.
Barbara A. Anderson, 2005. “Migration in South Africa in Comparative Perspective,” in Pieter Kok, Derik Gelderblom, John O. Oucho, and Johan van Zyl (Eds.), Migration inSouth and Southern Africa: Dynamics and Determinants. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council: 97-117.
Barbara A. Anderson, 2004. “Unintended Population Consequences of Policies,” Population and Environment 25: 377-390.
Heston E. Phillips, Barbara A. Anderson, and N. Phindiwe Tsebe, 2003. “Sex Ratios in South African Censuses 1970-1996,” Development Southern Africa 20: 387-404.
Barbara A. Anderson, 2003. “Fertility, Poverty and Gender,” in South Africa, Department of Social Development, South Africa and Human Sciences Research Council. Fertility: Current South African Issues of Poverty, HIV/AIDS & Youth, Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council.
John H. Romani and Barbara A. Anderson, 2002. “Development, Health and the Environment: Factors Influencing Infant and Child Survival in South Africa,” Occasional Paper Number 5, Research Programme in Integrated Rural and Regional Development, Human Sciences Research Council, Pretoria.
Barbara A. Anderson and Johan A. van Zyl, 2002.“The Use of Population Projections to Assess the Impact and Consequences of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Considerations and Recommendations.” Report prepared for Social Aspects of HIV and AIDS Programme, Human Sciences Research Council, and Department of Social Development, South Africa.
Barbara A. Anderson, 2002. “Russia Faces Depopulation? Dynamics of Population Decline,” Population and Environment 23: 437-464.
Barbara A. Anderson, John H. Romani, Heston E. Phillips, and Johan A. van Zyl, 2002. “Environment, Access to Health Care, and Other Factors Affecting Infant and Child Survival Among the African and Coloured Populations of South Africa, 1989-94,” Population and Environment 23: 349-364.
Barbara A. Anderson and John H. Romani, 2001. “Collective and Individual Responsibility – Environment, Education, and Other Concerns in the Transition from Socialism in Russia,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 01-477.
Cheong-Seok Kim, Barbara A. Anderson, and John H. Romani. 2000. “Intergenerational Contact of Young Married Women in Korea with Parents and Parents-in law,” Korean Journal of Population Studies 23: 189-207.
Barbara A. Anderson, Cheong-Seok Kim, John H. Romani, John W. Traphagan, and Jinyun Liu, 1999. “The Effect of Elderly Household Members on School Enrollment of Children in Tibet,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 99-438.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1999. “The Geodemography of Infant Mortality in the Soviet Union, 1950-1990,” in George J. Demko, Grigory Ioffe, and Zhanna Zayonchkovskaya, Eds., Population Under Duress: The Geodemography of Post-Soviet Russia, Boulder: Westview: 73-103.
Barbara A. Anderson, Cheong-Seok Kim, John H. Romani, John W. Traphagan, and Jinyun Liu, 1999. “Living Arrangements and Mortality Risks of the Urban Elderly in Yunnan Province, China, 1995,” University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report No. 99-435.
Wang, Shuxin, Barbara Anderson, Hua Chen, and Jinyun Liu, 1998. "The Floating Population and Economic Development in Lhasa, Tibet," Journal of Population and Economics Vol. 6.
Barbara A. Anderson, Doo-Sub Kim, and John H. Romani, 1997. “Health Personnel, Son Preference, and Infant Mortality in China,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 97-401.
Barbara A. Anderson and Jinyun Liu, 1997. “Son Preference and Excess Female Infant Mortality among Koreans and non-Koreans in Yanbian Prefecture, Jilin Province, China, with Implications for the Republic of Korea,” in Doo-Sub Kim and Barbara A. Anderson, Eds. Population Process and Dynamics for Koreans in Korea and China, Seoul: Hanyang University Press: Seoul: 189-243.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1997. “Issues of Data Quality in Assessing Mortality Trends and Levels in the New Independent States,” in Faith Mitchell, Ed., Premature Death in the New Independent States,Washington: NationalAcademy Press: 120-155.
Barbara A. Anderson, Brian D. Silver, Mikk Titma, and Eduard Ponarin, 1996. “Estonian and Russian Communities,” International Journal of Sociology 26(2): 25-45.
Barbara A. Anderson and Rein Voormann, 1996. “Women and Equality of the Sexes in Estonia,” International Journal of Sociology 26(3): 76-95.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1995. “Aspects of Family Planning in Beijing,” in Feng Litian, Wang Shuxin, and Barbara A. Anderson, Eds. Marriage and Family in Beijing. BIE Press: Beijing (in Chinese).
Barbara A. Anderson, 1995. “Demographic and Social Characteristics of Nationalities in Yunnan Province, China: Cultural Diversity and Development Indicators,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 95-352.
Zhang Chuanfu, Zhang Jianhua, Barbara A. Anderson. Jinyun Liu, and John H. Romani, 1995. “Quantity, Quality and Distribution of Health Personnel by Ethnic Group in YunnanProvince: 1982-1990,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 95-340.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1995. "Population Redistribution and the Ethnic Balance in Transcaucasia," in Ronald Suny, Ed., Nationality and Social Change in Transcaucasia. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1995. “Fertility and Sex Ratios at Birth in China: The Effects of Parity and Sex Composition of Previous Children, Based on Ethnic Comparisons in Xinjiang,” Population Studies 49: 211-226.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1994. “Aspects of Family Planning in Beijing,” Women's Studies, Beijing Women's Federation (In Chinese).
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1994. “Ethnicity and Mortality in Northern China,” 1990 Population Census of China--Proceedings of International Seminar, China Statistical Publishing House: Beijing: 752-772 (also published in a Chinese language version).
Barbara A. Anderson, Kalev Katus, and Brian D. Silver, 1994. “Developments and Prospects for Population Statistics in Countries of the Former Soviet Union,” Population Index 60: 4-20.
Barbara A. Anderson, Allan Puur, Brian D. Silver, Henry Soova, and Rein Voormann, 1994. “Use of a Lottery as an Incentive to Increase Survey Participation,” The International Journal of Public Opinion Research 6: 64-71.
Barbara A. Anderson, Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, and Brian D. Silver, 1994. “Characteristics of Women Having Abortions in Estonia,” Proceedings, XXIInd International Population Conference, International Union for the Scientific Study of Population, Volume I: 215-234.
Barbara A. Anderson, Kalev Katus, Allan Puur, and Brian D. Silver, 1994. “The Validity of Responses on Abortion: Evidence from Estonia,” Demography 30: 115-132.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1993. "Mortality Trends in the Working Ages: Soviet Regions in Comparative Perspective," in Wolfgang Lutz, Sergei Scherbov, and Andrei Volkov, Eds., Demographic Trends and Patterns in the Soviet Union Before 1991, Routledge: London.
Barbara A. Anderson, Edward Ponarin, Brian D. Silver, and Mikk Titma, 1993. “Emigration Potential among Young Adults in Ukraine,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 93-281. Also appeared as RAND Report DRU-567-FF.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1992. "A Simple Measure of Fertility Control," Demography 29, (August): 343-356. A longer version appeared as University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report No. 91-214.
Brian D. Silver and Barbara A. Anderson, 1991. "Concerns about International Exchanges with the Soviet Union," in the newsletter of the Social Science Research Council, Items, Vol. 45, No. 1: 11.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1991. “The Role of Abortion in Fertility Decisions in the Soviet Union: Results from Analysis of Data from Soviet Emigres,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 91-231.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1990. "Trends in Mortality of the Soviet Population," Soviet Economy 6: 191-251.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1990. "Growth and Diversity of the Population of the Soviet Union," in Samuel H. Preston, Ed., World Population: Approaching the Year 2000, in The Annals of the AmericanAcademy of Political and Social Science, Vol. 510: 155177.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1990. "Some Factors in the Linguistic and Ethnic Russification of Soviet Nationalities: Is Everyone Becoming Russian?" in Mark Beissinger and Lubko Hajda, Eds. The Nationality Factor in Soviet Politics and Society,Boulder, Colorado: Westview: 95130.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1989. "Demographic Sources of the Changing Ethnic Composition of the Soviet Union," Population and Development Review 15: 609656.
Barbara A. Anderson, Brian D. Silver, and Jinyun Liu, 1989. “The Mortality of Ethnic Groups in Northern China and Central Asia,” University of MichiganPopulationStudiesCenter Research Report No. 89-158.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1989. "Patterns of Cohort Mortality in the Soviet Union," Population and
Development Review 15: 471501, reprinted (in Russian) in Sotsiologiia i demografiia, Moscow.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1989. "The Changing Shape of Soviet Mortality. 19581985: An Evaluation of Old and New Evidence," Population Studies 43: 243265.
Michael R. Haines and Barbara A. Anderson, 1988. "Essays in Exploration: New Demographic History of the Late 19thCentury United States," Explorations in Economic History 25: 341365.
Barbara A. Anderson, Brian D. Silver, and Paul R. Abramson, 1988. "The Effects of the Race of the Interviewer on RaceRelated Attitudes of Black Respondents in SRC/CPS National Election Studies," Public Opinion Quarterly 52: 289324.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1988. "The Effects of the Registration System on the Seasonality of Births: The Case of the Soviet Union," Population Studies 42: 303320.
Barbara A. Anderson, Brian D. Silver, and Paul R. Abramson, 1988. "The Effects of Race of the Interviewer on Measures of Electoral Participation by Blacks in SRC National Election Studies," Public Opinion Quarterly 52: 5383.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1987. "The Validity of Survey Responses: Insights from Interviews of Married Couples in a Survey of Soviet Emigrants," Social Forces 66: 537554.
Paul R. Abramson, Brian D. Silver, and Barbara A. Anderson, 1987. "The Effects of Question Order in Attitude Surveys: The Case of the SRC/CPS Citizen Duty Items," American Journal of Political Science 31: 900909.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1987. "The Life Course of Soviet Women Born 19051960," in James R. Millar, Ed., Politics, Work, and Daily Life in the USSR: A Survey of Former Soviet Citizens,Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press: 203240.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1987. "The SIP General Survey Sample," in James R. Millar, Ed., Politics, Work, and Daily Life in the USSR: A Survey of Former Soviet Citizens,Cambridge: CambridgeUniversity Press: 354371.
Barbara A. Anderson, Brian D. Silver, and Victoria A. Velkoff, 1987. "Education of the Handicapped in the USSR: Exploration of the Statistical Picture," Soviet Studies 39: 468488.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1986. "Family, Marriage, and Fertility in Russian and Soviet Censuses," in Ralph S. Clem, Ed., Research Guide to the Russian and Soviet Censuses,Ithaca: CornellUniversity Press: 131154.
Barbara A. Anderson, 1986. "Cultural and Regional Factors in the Decline of Marital Fertility in Europe," in Susan Cott Watkins and Ansley J. Coale, Eds., The Decline of Fertility in Europe, Princeton: PrincetonUniversity Press: 293313.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1986. "Measurement and Mismeasurement of the Validity of the SelfReported Vote," American Journal of Political Science 30: 771785.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1986. "Infant Mortality in the Soviet Union: Regional Differences and Measurement Issues," Population and Development Review 12: 705738.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1986. "Tautologies in the Study of Excess Mortality in the USSR in the 1930s," Slavic Review 45: 307313. Also, a brief comment on the ongoing debate in Slavic Review 48 (1989): 731.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1986. "Sex Differentials in Mortality in the Soviet Union: Regional Differences in Length of Working Life in Comparative Perspective," Population Studies 40: 191214.
Brian D. Silver, Barbara A. Anderson, and Paul R. Abramson, 1986. "Who Overreports Voting?" American Political Science Review 80: 613624. A longer version appeared as University of Michigan Population Studies Center Research Report No. 85-76.
Brian D. Silver, Paul R. Abramson, and Barbara A. Anderson, 1986. "The Presence of Others and Overreporting of Voting in American National Elections," Public Opinion Quarterly 50: 228239.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1985. "Demographic Analysis and Population Catastrophes in the USSR," Slavic Review 44: 517536.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1985. "`Permanent' and `Present' Populations in Soviet Statistics," Soviet Studies 37: 386402.
Barbara A. Anderson and Brian D. Silver, 1985. "Demographic Effects of World War II on the NonRussian Nationalities of the Soviet Union," in Susan J. Linz, Ed., The Impact of World War II on the Soviet Union, Totowa: Rowman and Allanheld: 207242.