Anna Zajacova, Ph.D. - Publications

Affiliations: 
2006 Princeton University, Princeton, NJ 
Area:
Individual and Family Studies, Demography, Public Health

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2022 Jehn A, Stackhouse M, Zajacova A. COVID-19 Health Precautions: Identifying Demographic and Socio-Economic Disparities and Changes over Time. Canadian Public Policy. Analyse De Politiques. 47: 252-264. PMID 36039312 DOI: 10.3138/cpp.2020-138  0.332
2022 Zajacova A, Siddiqi A. A comparison of health and socioeconomic gradients in health between the United States and Canada. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 306: 115099. PMID 35779499 DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.115099  0.332
2021 Montez JK, Hayward MD, Zajacova A. Trends in U.S. Population Health: The Central Role of Policies, Politics, and Profits. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 62: 286-301. PMID 34528482 DOI: 10.1177/00221465211015411  0.301
2020 Stokes AC, Xie W, Lundberg DJ, Hempstead K, Zajacova A, Zimmer Z, Glei DA, Meara E, Preston SH. Increases in BMI and chronic pain for US adults in midlife, 1992 to 2016. Ssm - Population Health. 12: 100644. PMID 33134473 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssmph.2020.100644  0.327
2020 Zimmer Z, Zajacova A, Grol-Prokopczyk H. Trends in Pain Prevalence among Adults Aged 50 and Older across Europe, 2004 to 2015. Journal of Aging and Health. 898264320931665. PMID 32583713 DOI: 10.1177/0898264320931665  0.357
2020 Zajacova A, Rogers RG, Grodsky E, Grol-Prokopczyk H. The Relationship between Education and Pain among Adults Aged 30-49 in the United States. The Journal of Pain : Official Journal of the American Pain Society. PMID 32574784 DOI: 10.1016/J.Jpain.2020.03.005  0.354
2019 Karas Montez J, Hayward MD, Zajacova A. Educational Disparities in Adult Health: U.S. States as Institutional Actors on the Association. Socius : Sociological Research For a Dynamic World. 5. PMID 31328170 DOI: 10.1177/2378023119835345  0.372
2019 Montez JK, Zajacova A, Hayward MD, Woolf SH, Chapman D, Beckfield J. Educational Disparities in Adult Mortality Across U.S. States: How Do They Differ, and Have They Changed Since the Mid-1980s? Demography. PMID 30607779 DOI: 10.1007/S13524-018-0750-Z  0.449
2019 Johnson-Lawrence V, Zajacova A, Sneed R. EDUCATION, RACE-ETHNICITY, AND MULTI-MORBIDITY AMONG ADULTS AGES 30-64 IN THE NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW STUDY Innovation in Aging. 3: S353-S353. DOI: 10.1093/Geroni/Igz038.1282  0.458
2019 Lawrence EM, Rogers RG, Zajacova A, Wadsworth T. Marital Happiness, Marital Status, Health, and Longevity Journal of Happiness Studies. 20: 1539-1561. DOI: 10.1007/S10902-018-0009-9  0.457
2018 Jehn A, Zajacova A. Disability trends in Canada: 2001-2014 population estimates and correlates. Canadian Journal of Public Health = Revue Canadienne De Sante Publique. PMID 30547289 DOI: 10.17269/S41997-018-0158-Y  0.431
2018 Zajacova A, Montez JK. Explaining the increasing disability prevalence among mid-life US adults, 2002 to 2016. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 211: 1-8. PMID 29864712 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2018.05.041  0.424
2018 Zimmer Z, Zajacova A. Persistent, Consistent, and Extensive: The Trend of Increasing Pain Prevalence in Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. PMID 29579314 DOI: 10.1093/Geronb/Gbx162  0.321
2018 Montez JK, Zhang W, Zajacova A, Hamilton TG. Does college major matter for women's and men's health in midlife? Examining the horizontal dimensions of educational attainment. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 198: 130-138. PMID 29328984 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2018.01.005  0.475
2018 Zajacova A, Lawrence EM. The Relationship Between Education and Health: Reducing Disparities Through a Contextual Approach. Annual Review of Public Health. PMID 29328865 DOI: 10.1146/Annurev-Publhealth-031816-044628  0.453
2018 Raykov T, Zajacova A, Gorelick PB, Marcoulides GA. Using Latent Variable Modeling for Discrete Time Survival Analysis: Examining the Links of Depression to Mortality Structural Equation Modeling. 25: 287-293. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2017.1364969  0.346
2017 Johnson-Lawrence V, Zajacova A, Sneed R. Education, race/ethnicity, and multimorbidity among adults aged 30-64 in the National Health Interview Survey. Ssm - Population Health. 3: 366-372. PMID 29349230 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssmph.2017.03.007  0.42
2017 Zajacova A, Huzurbazar S, Todd M. Gender and the structure of self-rated health across the adult life span. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 187: 58-66. PMID 28654822 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2017.06.019  0.432
2017 Montez JK, Zajacova A, Hayward MD. Contextualizing the Social Determinants of Health: Disparities in Disability by Educational Attainment Across US States. American Journal of Public Health. e1-e8. PMID 28520490 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2017.303768  0.415
2017 Zajacova A, Montez JK. Physical Functioning Trends among US Women and Men Age 45-64 by Education Level. Biodemography and Social Biology. 63: 21-30. PMID 28287310 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2016.1263150  0.427
2017 Zajacova A, Montez JK. The Health Penalty of the GED: Testing the Role of Noncognitive Skills, Health Behaviors, and Economic Factors† Social Science Quarterly. 98: 1-15. DOI: 10.1111/Ssqu.12246  0.423
2017 Raykov T, Gorelick PB, Zajacova A, Marcoulides GA. On the Potential of Discrete Time Survival Analysis Using Latent Variable Modeling: An Application to the Study of the Vascular Depression Hypothesis Structural Equation Modeling. 24: 926-935. DOI: 10.1080/10705511.2017.1315305  0.302
2016 Zajacova A, Johnson-Lawrence V. Anomaly in the education-health gradient: Biomarker profiles among adults with subbaccalaureate attainment levels. Ssm - Population Health. 2: 360-364. PMID 28580414 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssmph.2016.05.001  0.444
2016 Montez JK, Zajacova A, Hayward MD. Explaining Inequalities in Women's Mortality between U.S. States. Ssm - Population Health. 2: 561-571. PMID 27722192 DOI: 10.1016/J.Ssmph.2016.07.004  0.371
2016 Lawrence EM, Rogers RG, Zajacova A. Educational Attainment and Mortality in the United States: Effects of Degrees, Years of Schooling, and Certification. Population Research and Policy Review. 35: 501-525. PMID 27482124 DOI: 10.1007/S11113-016-9394-0  0.422
2016 Woo H, Zajacova A. Predictive Strength of Self-Rated Health for Mortality Risk Among Older Adults in the United States: Does It Differ by Race and Ethnicity? Research On Aging. PMID 26993957 DOI: 10.1177/0164027516637410  0.459
2016 Verbrugge LM, Brown DC, Zajacova A. Disability Rises Gradually for a Cohort of Older Americans. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. PMID 26968638 DOI: 10.1093/Geronb/Gbw002  0.355
2015 Zajacova A, Dowd JB, Schoeni RF, Wallace RB. Employment and income losses among cancer survivors: Estimates from a national longitudinal survey of American families. Cancer. PMID 26501494 DOI: 10.1002/Cncr.29510  0.301
2015 Zajacova A, Woo H. Examination of Age Variations in the Predictive Validity of Self-Rated Health. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. PMID 26297706 DOI: 10.1093/Geronb/Gbv050  0.386
2015 Zajacova A, Huzurbazar S, Greenwood M, Nguyen H. Long-Term BMI Trajectories and Health in Older Adults: Hierarchical Clustering of Functional Curves. Journal of Aging and Health. 27: 1443-61. PMID 25953813 DOI: 10.1177/0898264315584329  0.336
2015 Everett B, Zajacova A. Gender differences in hypertension and hypertension awareness among young adults. Biodemography and Social Biology. 61: 1-17. PMID 25879259 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2014.929488  0.368
2015 Simanek AM, Dowd JB, Zajacova A, Aiello AE. Unpacking the 'black box' of total pathogen burden: is number or type of pathogens most predictive of all-cause mortality in the United States? Epidemiology and Infection. 143: 2624-34. PMID 25518978 DOI: 10.1017/S0950268814003215  0.381
2015 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Long-term obesity and physical functioning in older Americans. International Journal of Obesity (2005). 39: 502-7. PMID 25078152 DOI: 10.1038/Ijo.2014.150  0.317
2014 Zajacova A, Dowd JB. Happiness and health among U.S. working adults: is the association explained by socio-economic status? Public Health. 128: 849-51. PMID 25174664 DOI: 10.1016/J.Puhe.2014.06.014  0.404
2014 Montez JK, Zajacova A. Why is life expectancy declining among low-educated women in the United States? American Journal of Public Health. 104: e5-7. PMID 25122011 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2014.302146  0.359
2014 Zajacova A, Everett BG. THE NONEQUIVALENT HEALTH OF HIGH SCHOOL EQUIVALENTS. Social Science Quarterly. 95: 221-238. PMID 25076799 DOI: 10.1111/Ssqu.12039  0.352
2014 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Long-term obesity and cardiovascular, inflammatory, and metabolic risk in U.S. adults. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 46: 578-84. PMID 24842734 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amepre.2014.01.016  0.302
2014 Zajacova A, Montez JK, Herd P. Socioeconomic disparities in health among older adults and the implications for the retirement age debate: a brief report. The Journals of Gerontology. Series B, Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences. 69: 973-8. PMID 24809855 DOI: 10.1093/Geronb/Gbu041  0.444
2014 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Re: "Body mass and weight change in adults in relation to mortality risk". American Journal of Epidemiology. 179: 1402. PMID 24786796 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kwu099  0.318
2014 Zajacova A, Ailshire J. Body mass trajectories and mortality among older adults: a joint growth mixture-discrete-time survival analysis. The Gerontologist. 54: 221-31. PMID 23355450 DOI: 10.1093/Geront/Gns164  0.351
2014 Holmes CJ, Zajacova A. Education as “the Great Equalizer”: Health Benefits for Black and White Adults† Social Science Quarterly. 95: 1064-1085. DOI: 10.1111/Ssqu.12092  0.449
2014 Zajacova A, Walsemann KM, Dowd JB. The Long Arm of Adolescent Health Among Men and Women: Does Attained Status Explain Its Association with Mid-Adulthood Health? Population Research and Policy Review. DOI: 10.1007/S11113-014-9327-8  0.437
2013 Zajacova A, Burgard SA. HEALTHIER, WEALTHIER, AND WISER: A DEMONSTRATION OF COMPOSITIONAL CHANGES IN AGING COHORTS DUE TO SELECTIVE MORTALITY. Population Research and Policy Review. 32: 311-324. PMID 25075152 DOI: 10.1007/S11113-013-9273-X  0.384
2013 Montez JK, Zajacova A. Why have educational disparities in mortality increased among white women in the United States? Policy brief. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 54: 165. PMID 23723345 DOI: 10.1177/0022146513491066  0.371
2013 Montez JK, Zajacova A. Explaining the widening education gap in mortality among U.S. white women. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 54: 166-82. PMID 23723344 DOI: 10.1177/0022146513481230  0.438
2013 Montez JK, Zajacova A. Trends in mortality risk by education level and cause of death among US White women from 1986 to 2006. American Journal of Public Health. 103: 473-9. PMID 23327260 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2012.301128  0.379
2012 Zajacova A, Rogers RG, Johnson-Lawrence V. Glitch in the gradient: additional education does not uniformly equal better health. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 75: 2007-12. PMID 22920276 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2012.07.036  0.479
2012 Zajacova A, Hummer RA, Rogers RG. Education and health among U.S. working-age adults: a detailed portrait across the full educational attainment spectrum. Biodemography and Social Biology. 58: 40-61. PMID 22582892 DOI: 10.1080/19485565.2012.666122  0.487
2012 Zajacova A. Health in working-aged Americans: adults with high school equivalency diploma are similar to dropouts, not high school graduates. American Journal of Public Health. 102: S284-90. PMID 22401512 DOI: 10.2105/Ajph.2011.300524  0.364
2012 Zajacova A, Burgard SA. Shape of the BMI-mortality association by cause of death, using generalized additive models: NHIS 1986-2006. Journal of Aging and Health. 24: 191-211. PMID 21558491 DOI: 10.1177/0898264311406268  0.314
2011 Zajacova A, Dowd JB. Reliability of self-rated health in US adults. American Journal of Epidemiology. 174: 977-83. PMID 21890836 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kwr204  0.459
2011 Zajacova A, Dowd JB, Burgard SA. Overweight adults may have the lowest mortality--do they have the best health? American Journal of Epidemiology. 173: 430-7. PMID 21228416 DOI: 10.1093/Aje/Kwq382  0.443
2011 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Response to Commentary "About the Role of Socioeconomic Position on the Relation Between Objective Health Status and Self-Rated Health: A Rapid Commentary on Dowd's Article" Annals of Epidemiology. 21: 388-389. DOI: 10.1016/J.Annepidem.2010.11.009  0.382
2010 Dowd JB, Zajacova A, Aiello AE. Predictors of inflammation in U.S. children aged 3-16 years. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 39: 314-20. PMID 20837281 DOI: 10.1016/J.Amepre.2010.05.014  0.333
2010 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Does self-rated health mean the same thing across socioeconomic groups? Evidence from biomarker data. Annals of Epidemiology. 20: 743-9. PMID 20816313 DOI: 10.1016/J.Annepidem.2010.06.007  0.468
2010 Rogers RG, Everett BG, Zajacova A, Hummer RA. Educational degrees and adult mortality risk in the United States. Biodemography and Social Biology. 56: 80-99. PMID 20589989 DOI: 10.1080/19485561003727372  0.455
2010 Zajacova A, Burgard SA. Body weight and health from early to mid-adulthood: a longitudinal analysis. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 51: 92-107. PMID 20420297 DOI: 10.1177/0022146509361183  0.438
2009 Zajacova A, Goldman N, Rodríguez G. Unobserved heterogeneity can confound the effect of education on mortality. Mathematical Population Studies. 16: 153-173. PMID 23393410 DOI: 10.1080/08898480902790528  0.384
2009 Zajacova A, Hummer RA. Gender differences in education effects on all-cause mortality for white and black adults in the United States. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 69: 529-37. PMID 19589633 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2009.06.028  0.466
2009 Zajacova A, Dowd JB, Aiello AE. Socioeconomic and race/ethnic patterns in persistent infection burden among U.S. adults. The Journals of Gerontology. Series a, Biological Sciences and Medical Sciences. 64: 272-9. PMID 19196638 DOI: 10.1093/Gerona/Gln012  0.39
2009 Dowd JB, Zajacova A, Aiello A. Early origins of health disparities: burden of infection, health, and socioeconomic status in U.S. children. Social Science & Medicine (1982). 68: 699-707. PMID 19152993 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2008.12.010  0.379
2007 Dowd JB, Zajacova A. Does the predictive power of self-rated health for subsequent mortality risk vary by socioeconomic status in the US? International Journal of Epidemiology. 36: 1214-21. PMID 17971388 DOI: 10.1093/Ije/Dym214  0.495
2006 Zajacova A. Education, gender, and mortality: does schooling have the same effect on mortality for men and women in the US? Social Science & Medicine (1982). 63: 2176-90. PMID 16781036 DOI: 10.1016/J.Socscimed.2006.04.031  0.437
2005 Zajacova A, Lynch SM, Espenshade TJ. Self-efficacy, stress, and academic success in college Research in Higher Education. 46: 677-706. DOI: 10.1007/S11162-004-4139-Z  0.569
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