Samuel H. Preston
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Samuel H. Preston is an American demographer and sociologist. He is currently a Fredrick J. Warren Professor of Demography at the University of Pennsylvania
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He is one of the leading demographers in the United States
. He received his Ph.D in economics from Princeton University
in 1968. Preston is a member of the National Academy of Sciences
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The Preston curve
is named after him. Preston's major research interest is in the health of populations. He has written primarily about mortality
trends and patterns in large aggregates, including twentieth century mortality transitions and black/white differentials in the United States.
University of Pennsylvania
The University of Pennsylvania is a private, Ivy League university located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Penn is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States,Penn is the fourth-oldest using the founding dates claimed by each institution...
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He is one of the leading demographers in the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. He received his Ph.D in economics from Princeton University
Princeton University
Princeton University is a private research university located in Princeton, New Jersey, United States. The school is one of the eight universities of the Ivy League, and is one of the nine Colonial Colleges founded before the American Revolution....
in 1968. Preston is a member of the National Academy of Sciences
United States National Academy of Sciences
The National Academy of Sciences is a corporation in the United States whose members serve pro bono as "advisers to the nation on science, engineering, and medicine." As a national academy, new members of the organization are elected annually by current members, based on their distinguished and...
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The Preston curve
Preston curve
The Preston curve is an empirical cross-section relationship between life expectancy and real per capita income. It is named after Samuel H. Preston who described it in his article "The Changing Relation between Mortality and Level of Economic Development" in the journal Population Studies in 1975...
is named after him. Preston's major research interest is in the health of populations. He has written primarily about mortality
Mortality
Mortality is the condition of being mortal, or susceptible to death; the opposite of immortality.It may also refer to:* Mortality rate, a measure of the number of deaths in a given population...
trends and patterns in large aggregates, including twentieth century mortality transitions and black/white differentials in the United States.
External links
- Samuel H. Preston, at the University of Pennsylvania