Guy Stecklov, University of British Columbia

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of British Columbia profile.

Population and Development Migration dynamics Immigrant Assimilation Ethnic and Racial Identity Research and Survey Methodology

Latest papers

Naming the Precious Child: New Evidence of Intentional Family Planning in Historical Populations.
Demography · 2023 · senior author
The Impact of Grandparental Death on the Fertility of Adult Children.
Demography · 2021 · senior author
Assimilation and ethnic marriage squeeze in early 20th century America: A gender perspective.
Demographic research · 2020 · senior author

All 5 publications

Latest funding

The Great War and Population Change in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$40,460
The Great War and Population Change in Canada
SSHRC · 2023 · Principal investigator
$9,548

All 2 grants and awards

5 publications.

01

Naming the Precious Child: New Evidence of Intentional Family Planning in Historical Populations.

Goldstein JR, Stecklov G

Demography2023Senior author

DOI: 10.1215/00703370-10607641 PMID: 36917634

02

The Impact of Grandparental Death on the Fertility of Adult Children.

Okun BS, Stecklov G

Demography2021Senior author

DOI: 10.1215/00703370-9015536 PMID: 34042986

03

Assimilation and ethnic marriage squeeze in early 20th century America: A gender perspective.

Weiss I, Stecklov G

Demographic research2020Senior author

DOI: 10.4054/demres.2020.42.4 PMID: 32132861

04

Can incentives improve survey data quality in developing countries?: results from a field experiment in India.

Stecklov G, Weinreb A, Carletto C

Journal of the Royal Statistical Society. Series A, (Statistics in Society)2018First author

DOI: 10.1111/rssa.12333 PMID: 37637975

05

Strangers in the Field: A Methodological Experiment on Interviewer-Respondent Familiarity.

Weinreb A, Sana M, Stecklov G

Bulletin de methodologie sociologique : BMS2018Senior author

DOI: 10.1177/0759106318761562 PMID: 37502739

The Great War and Population Change in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stecklov, Guy

Keywords: social change; demography; military service; urbanization; First World War

$40,460

The Great War and Population Change in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2023Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Stecklov, Guy

Keywords: social change; demography; military service; urbanization; First World War

$9,548

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: Population and Development Dear Professor Stecklov, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Naming the Precious Child: New Evidence of Intentional Family Planning in Historical Populations." (2023), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "The Great War and Population Change in Canada" (2023), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]