Gambling and Alcohol Use: Trends in the State of New Mexico from 1996–1998

Alcohol consumption and its relationship to gambling was examined in a statewide New Mexico survey in 1996 and 1998. Data regarding both drinking habits and gambling behavior were obtained from a stratified random sample of the adult population (N = 2674) across the entire State of New Mexico via phone survey. These surveys were carried out shortly after a period when New Mexico experienced an initial surge in the legalized gaming industry. Fifty-seven percent of survey respondents reported drinking in the past month, while 43.1% reported no drinking in the past 30 days. Results show that while the number of days in the past 30 that a person drinks is significantly correlated with some types of gambling behavior (e.g., in 1998, drinking more days was associated with more card gambling and sports gambling), it is the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion that is associated with more gambling behavior. For example, in both 1996 and 1998, drinking more per occasion was associated with more sports betting, dice gambling, number/lottery gambling, gambling using machines, and paper game gambling (e.g., pull tabs, punchboard). These results suggest that problem gambling behavior is not affected as much by the number of occasions on which one consumes alcohol, as by the amount of alcohol consumed per occasion.     

三谈今本《大唐新语》的真伪问题

在笔者发表了《关于今本"《大唐新语》"的真伪问题》(本刊2004年第1期)后,对于今本《大唐新语》的真伪问题已展开了较热烈的讨论.本文是对讨论中所出现的一些问题的评述,并进一步论证了今本《大唐新语》之为伪书.     

《故事新编》的诞生

鲁迅最后一本小说集《故事新编》的创作历经13年,分为三个阶段,其间呈现出复杂的情感变化曲线和曲折的写作心路历程,最终形成和发展了其独特的怪诞现实主义风格,表达了鲁迅对历史与现实、社会与人生、存在与叙述荒诞性的终极感悟。     

佩鲁《新发展观》述评

法国著名的经济学家弗朗索瓦·佩鲁的《新发展观》提出了"整体的"、"内生的"、"综合的"、"以人为中心的"、"关注文化价值的"新发展理论,并称之为"新发展观".新发展观阐明以人为中心、以文化价值为尺度的新发展观,这是发展观念的重大更新、重大进步,拓开了发展研究的新方向.     

关于广西社会主义新农村建设的几个问题及其对策

广西是我国经济社会发展相对滞后的地区之一,也是我国社会主义新农村建设任务更为艰巨的地区之一。由于多方面的原因,广西的社会发展相对滞后,进一步提高农村生产劳动力、创造力和可持续发展能力问题,是建设社会主义新农村必须面对的一个重要课题。为了更快更好地建设我区的社会主义新农村,使我区农村生产更加发展、农民生活更加富裕,乡风更加文明,村容更加整洁,管理更加民主,我们必须对我区的农业产业化问题、农民专业合作经济组织问题、新型农民培养造就问题等进行研究和探讨。     

From Birth to Death: A Social Monitoring Framework from New Zealand

The paper begins by outlining the development of social indicators work and social monitoring at the national level in New Zealand and comments on how this relates to the international movement. It describes the 'key' indicators/life stage approach developed by the New Zealand Planning Council in the early 1980s. This exercise continues from a university base and the fourth report in the series, entitled Tracking Social Change in New Zealand was published in early 1998. Examples are presented to show how the results can be used to highlight the policy implications of changing social trends.     

关于城镇职工养老金制度改革现实取向的若干思考

由于人口老龄化和较高的工资替代率 ,城镇职工养老总额与职工工资总额的比例逐渐上升 ,因此 ,必须对我国的养老制度进行重构 :提高职工本人缴费数额 ,从现有的国有资产存量中“割一块”注入已退休职工和跨体制职工的养老金个人帐户。而改制成功必须具备三个条件 ,一是大力发展非银行金融机构确保养老金基金保值增值 ;二是发展补充养老保险与个人储蓄养老保险 ;三是要加强法制建设 ,确保养老金制度的有法可依     

国际官方统计的新发展

联合国统计委员会会议是国际统计界的盛会,集中反映全球官方统计的最新成果和进展。本文对联合国统计委员会第50届会议最主要的若干问题,包括《2030年可持续发展议程》的数据和指标、官方统计基本原则、国家质量保证框架、官方统计使用大数据、国民账户体系、统计用途商业登记册、价格统计、住户调查、国际比较方案等领域的新发展进行了概述,从4个方面提出了国际官方统计的新发展对中国政府统计工作的启示。     

New faces in new spaces in new places: Residential attainment among newly legalized immigrants in established,new, and minor destinations

Immigrants at the beginning of the twenty-first century are located in a more diverse set of metropolitan areas than at any point in U.S. history. Whether immigrants' residential prospects are helped or hindered in new versus established immigrant-receiving areas has been the subject of debate. Using multilevel models and data from the New Immigrant Survey (NIS), a nationally representative sample of newly legalized immigrants to the U.S., we move beyond aggregate-level analyses of residential segregation to specify the influence of destination type on individual-level immigrant residential outcomes. The findings indicate that immigrants in new and minor destinations are significantly more likely to live in tracts with relatively more non-Hispanic whites and relatively fewer immigrants and poor residents. These residential advantages persist net of individual-level controls but are largely accounted for by place-to-place differences in metropolitan composition and structure. Our exclusive focus on newly legalized immigrants means that our findings do not necessarily contradict the possibility of worse residential prospects in new areas of settlement, but rather qualifies it as not extending to the newly authorized population.