Corey Sparks
@coreysparks1.bsky.social
Demographer, Professor #academic #rstats
https://coreysparks.github.io/appdem_Book/
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Reposted by Karen Benjamin Guzzo, Corey Sparks
Decomposition of Black and White Infant Mortality Rates
This cross-sectional study uses 22 years of mortality data to quantify gestational age distribution and mortality rates in infants born to Black mothers compared with infants born to White mothers.
jamanetwork.com
New paper out with @monjalexander.bsky.social and @rohanalexander.bsky.social using Kitagawa decomposition to examine the rate and composition components of the non-Hispanic Black/white racial disparity in US infant mortality, 2003-2024 jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...
Reposted by Valerie Mueller, Clark Gray
I’m recruiting a PhD student to come work with me at UT San Antonio. I have 3 years of support, so this would be good for someone with a masters degree. If you’re interested in working on Bayesian methods in demographic research, spatial analysis, and using AI tools for social science research