Faculty Bio

Mary Kritz

Senior Research Associate

221 Warren Hall
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY 14853-7801
Email: mmk5@cornell.edu
Phone: (607) 255-4514

Training

Ph.D. 1972 University of Wisconsin-Madison (Sociology, with concentration in Demography)

Areas of Interest

» demography
» development
» comparative sociology/historical sociology

Research

My research focuses on two areas: (1) gender systems and reproduction and (2) determinants and consequences of international migration to industrialized countries. Under the first line of research, I am engaged in a study of how gender systems shape attitudes and behavior toward reproduction in Nigeria. This collaborative project with the Nigerian Institute for Social and Economic Research involves analysis of data from a 1991 field survey of six ethnic groups. The study objective is to identify which women and couples are most likely to be innovators in the area of reproduction and to assess how ethnicity and community of residence shape reproductive outcomes.

Under the second line of research, I am examining how immigrant groups differ in their settlement and integration strategies within the United States. One project involves analysis of nativity group differentials in internal migration in the USA. Another project focuses on group differentials inelderly living arrangements.

Selected Publications

Kritz, M.M. and D.T. Gurak. 2001. "The Impact of Immigration on the Internal Migration of Natives and Immigration." Demography 38, 1 (February):133-145.

Gurak, D.T. and M.M. Kritz. 2000. "The Interstate Migration of U.S. Immigrants: Individual and Contextual Determinants." Social Forces 78, 3(March): 1017-1039.

Kritz, M.M., D.T. Gurak, and L. Chen. 2000. "Elderly Immigrants: Their Composition and Living Arrangements." Journal of Sociology and Social Welfare, Special Issue on Critical Demography, edited by H. Horton.

Kritz, M.M. 1998. "Investment, Population Growth and GNP as Determinants of U.S. Immigration." International Journal of Population Geography, vol.4 (September): 243-258.

Makinwa-Adebusge, P. and M.M. Kritz (1997) "Reproductive Decision-making in Nigeria: An Overview." African Population Studies No.12 (March):89-108.

Gurak, D. T. and M. M. Kritz. 1996. "Social context, household composition and employment among migrant and non-migrant Dominican Women." International Migration Review, 30(2)Summer: 399-422.

Gurak, D. T. and M. M. Kritz. 1995. "Family planning and women's lives: The Malaysian case." Journal of Population, 1(2)December: 131-156.

Kritz, M. M. and P. Makinwa. 1995. "Women's control over resources and demand for children in Africa: The Hausa and Yoruba cases." Pp. 73-97 in Women's Position and Demographic Change in Sub-Saharan Africa edited by P. Makinwa and An-Magritt Jensen. Liege, Belgium: International Union for the Scientific Study of Population.