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Karen
Seccombe, Ph.D. Professional Experience 1998 - 2001, Professor, Department of Sociology, Portland State University 1992 - 1998, Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Florida; Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Health Policy Research, University of Florida 1988 - 1992, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Florida; Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Health Policy Research, University of Florida 1986 - 1988, Assistant Professor,
Department of Sociology and Social Work, University of Alaska Anchorage
Book Seccombe, K. "So You Think I Drive a Cadillac?" Welfare Recipients' Perspectives on the System and its Reform. Allyn and Bacon, 1999. Seccombe, K. and Warren,
R. (In press). Marriages and Families in the 21st Century. Wadsworth
Press. Journal Publications
& Book Chapters Seccombe, K. (In press). Improving the Odds Vs. Changing the Odds: Resiliency in Poor Families. Journal of Marriage and the Family. Seccombe K. (2002). Integrating Meaningful Health and Welfare Reforms. In Piven, F.F., Acker, J., Hallock, M., Morgan, S. (Eds.) Work, Welfare, and Politics in the Wake of Reform Seccombe, K. 2000. Families in Poverty in the 1990s: Trends, Causes, Consequences, and Lessons Learned. Journal of Marriage and Family Decade Review 62: 1094-1113(Invited). Seccombe, K., K. Battle Walters, D. James. 1999. 'Welfare Mothers' welcome reform, urge compassion. Family Relations 48: 197-206. Seccombe, K., D. James, K. Battle Walters. 1998. 'They think you ain't much of nothing': The social construction of the welfare mother. Journal of Marriage and the Family 60: 849-865. Lee, G.R., M.C. Willetts-Bloom, K. Seccombe. 1997. Widowhood and depression: Gender differences. Research on Aging. Shehan, C.L. and K. Seccombe. 1996. Introduction to Special Issue: The changing social circumstances of children's lives. Journal of Family Issues 17: 435-440. Seccombe, K. 1996. Health insurance coverage among the working poor: Changes from 1977 to 1987. Research in the Sociology of Health Care pp. 199-227, Vol. 13, JAI Press. Seccombe, K. and C. Amey. 1995. "Playing by the rules and losing: Health insurance and the working poor." Journal of Health and Social Behavior 36: 168-181. _______Reprinted in Readings in Medical Sociology , edited by W.C. Cockerham, In Press. Duncan, R.P., K. Seccombe and C. Amey. 1995. Changes in health insurance coverage within rural-urban environments. Journal of Rural Health 11: 169-177. Amey, C., K. Seccombe, and R.P. Duncan. 1995. "The health insurance coverage of Mexican-American families in the United States: The effect of employment context and family structure in rural and urban settings." Journal of Family Issues 16: 488-510. Seccombe, K. 1995. Health insurance coverage and use of services among low income elders: Does residence influence the relationship?Journal of Rural Health 11: 86-97. Seccombe, K., L.L. Clarke, and R.T. Coward. 1994. Discrepancies in employer-sponsored medical insurance coverage among Hispanics, blacks, and whites: The effects of sociodemographic and employment factors. Inquiry 31: 221-229. Seccombe, K. and M. Ishii-Kuntz. 1994. Gender and social relationships among the never-married. Sex Roles 30: 585-603. Coward, R.T., L.L. Clarke, and K. Seccombe. 1993. Predicting the receipt of employer-sponsored health insurance: The role of residence and other personal and work-place characteristics. Journal of Rural Health 9: 281-292. Seccombe, K. 1993. Employer-sponsored medical benefits: The influence of occupational characteristics and gender. The Sociological Quarterly 34: 557-580. Seccombe, K. and L. Beeghley. 1992. Gender and medical insurance: A test of human capital theory. Gender and Society 6: 283-300. Seccombe, K. 1992. Alternative lifestyles. Book chapter for The Encyclopedia of Sociology, E.F. Borgatta and M. Borgatta (Eds.) New York NY: Macmillan. Seccombe, K. 1992. "Employment, the family economy, and community care policies." Gender and Family Care of the Elderly, J.W. Dwyer and R.T. Coward (Eds.) Newbury Park CA: Sage. Lee, G.R., K. Seccombe and C.L. Shehan. 1991. Marital status and personal happiness: An analysis of trend data. Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 839-844. Seccombe K. and M. Ishii-Kuntz. 1991. Perceptions of problems associated with aging: Comparisons across four elder age cohorts. The Gerontologist 31: 527-533. Dwyer, J.W. and K. Seccombe. 1991. Elder care as family labor: The influence of gender and family position. Journal of Family Issues 12: 229-247. Seccombe, K. 1991. Assessing the costs and benefits of children: Gender differences among childfree husbands and wives. Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 191-202. Seccombe, K. 1989. Ethnicity or socioeconomic status? Health differences between elder Alaska Natives and whites. The Gerontologist 29: 551-556. Ishii-Kuntz, M. and K. Seccombe. 1989. The impact of children upon social networks throughout the life course. Journal of Marriage and the Family 51: 777-790. Montgomery, R.J.V., E.F. Borgatta, Y. Kamo, and K. Seccombe. 1988. A profile of Alaska's seniors: 3. Income, children, and health. Research on Aging 10: 534-549. Kamo, Y., E.F. Borgatta, R.J.V. Montgomery, and K. Seccombe. 1988. A profile of Alaska's seniors: 2. Housing and its correlates. Research on Aging 10: 517-533. Ward, D.A., K. Seccombe, and R.B. Bendel. 1988. Influenceability sex differences under conditions of risk-taking. Journal of General Psychology 115: 247-255. Montgomery, R.J.V., K. Seccombe, Y. Kamo, and E.F. Borgatta. 1988. A profile of Alaska's seniors. Research on Aging 10: 275-296. Seccombe, K. 1988. Financial assistance from elderly retirement age sons to their aging parents. Research on Aging 10: 102-108. Seccombe, K. 1987. Children: Their impact on the elderly in declining health. Research on Aging 9: 312-326. Seccombe, K., R. Ryan and C.D. Austin. 1987. Careplanning: Case managers' assessment of elders' welfare and caregivers' capacity. Family Relations 36: 171-175. Seccombe, K. and G.R. Lee. 1986. Female status, wives' autonomy and divorce: A cross cultural study. Family Perspectives 20: 241-249. Seccombe, K. 1986. The effects of occupational conditions upon the division of household labor: An application of Kohn's theory. Journal of Marriage and the Family 48: 839-848. Seccombe, K. and G.R. Lee. 1986. Gender differences in retirement satisfaction and its antecedents. Research on Aging 8: 426-440. Ward, D.A., K. Seccombe,
R.B. Bendel and L.F. Carter. 1985. Cross-sex content as a factor in
persuasibility sex differences. Social Psychology Quarterly 48:
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