DOI Journal Articles and Book Chapters (peer-reviewed)
* Denotes current or former undergraduate or graduate students
Donnelly, Rachel, * and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2018. “Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Diet Behaviors within Brazilian Families.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4: 1 –11. DOI: 10.1177/2378023118804688.
Guedes, Gilvan, Raquel Z. Coutinho, Letícia J. Marteleto, Wesley Pereira, and Denise Duarte. 2018. "Why Social Perception Matters during Disease Outbreaks: Looking at how Individuals Understand the Zika Virus by Self-reported History of Infection." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 34(9). DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00139718.
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Aída Villanueva.* 2018. “Adolescent Childbearing and Marital Unions: Consequences for Young Adults’ Education in Brazil.” Studies in Family Planning 49(3): 183-211. DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12071.
Guedes, Gilvan, Raquel Z. Coutinho, Letícia J. Marteleto, Wesley Pereira, and Denise Duarte. 2018. "Signifying Zika: Heterogeneity in the Representations of the Virus by History of Infection," Cadernos de Saúde Pública 34(5). DOI 10.1590/0102-311x00003217.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Z. Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro. 2017. “Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil.” Population and Development Review 43(2): 199-227. DOI: 10.1111/padr.12074.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Luiz Gama,* Molly Dondero,* and Letisha Brown.* 2017. “The Weight of Inequality: Socio-Economic Status and Body Mass in Brazil.” Social Forces 95(4): 1637-1666. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sox028.
Hendrick, Emily C.,* and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2017. "Maternal Household Decision-making Autonomy and Adolescent Education in Honduras." Population Research and Policy Review 36(3): 415-439. DOI 10.1007/s11113-017-9432-6.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Murillo M. Alves de Brito, and Flávio Carvalhaes.* 2016. “Educational Stratification after a Decade of Reforms in Higher Education Access in Brazil.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 46(Part B): 99-111. DOI 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.08.004.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Molly Dondero*. 2016. "Racial Inequality in Education in Brazil: A Twins Fixed Effects Approach." 2016. Demography 53(3): 1185-1205. DOI 10.1007/s13524-016-0484.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Shannon Cavanagh, Kate Prickett,* and Shelley Clark. 2016. “Instability in Parent-child Co-residence and Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Urban South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 47(1): 19-38. DOI 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00590.x
Palloni, Alberto, Laeticia R. de Souza, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2016. “Familial Effects on Youth Smoking in Brazil.” United Nations International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, No. 146. ISSN: 1812-108x
Clark, Shelley, Cassandra Cotton, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2015. “Family Ties and Young Fathers’ Engagement in Cape Town, South Africa.” Journal of Marriage and Family 77(2): 575-589. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12179
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Fernando Andrade*. 2014. “The Educational Achievement of Brazilian Adolescents: Cultural Capital and the Interactions between Families and Schools.’’ Sociology of Education 87(1): 16-35. DOI: 10.1177/0038040713494223.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Laetícia R. de Souza. 2013. “The Implications of Family Size for Adolescents’ Education and Work in Brazil: Gender and Birth Order Differences.” Social Forces 92(1): 275-302. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot069
Lam, David, Letícia J. Marteleto, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2013. “The Influence of Older Classmates on Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Cape Town, South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 44(2): 147-167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00350.x
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Molly Dondero.* 2013. “Maternal Age at First Birth and Adolescent Education in Brazil.” Demographic Research 28:793-820. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.28
Marteleto, Letícia J., Flávio Carvalhaes,* and Celia Hubert*. 2012. "Desigualdades de Oportunidades
Educacionais dos Adolescentes no Brasil e no México." [Inequality of Educational Opportunity among Brazilian and Mexican Adolescents]. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (REBEP) 29(2): 277-302. DOI: 10.1590/S0102-30982012000200005
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Laetícia Souza. 2012. “The Changing Impact of Family Size on Adolescents’ Schooling: Assessing the Exogenous Variation in Fertility using Twins in Brazil.” Demography 49(4): 1453-1477. DOI 10.1007/s13524-012-0118-8
Marteleto, Letícia J., Denisse Gelber,* Celia Hubert,* and Viviana Salinas*. 2012. "Educational Inequalities among Latin American Adolescents: Continuities and Changes over the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30(3): 352-375. DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.12.003
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2012. “Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007: Structural Changes and Shifts in Racial Classification.” Demography 49(1): 337-358. DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0084-6
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2010. “Family Size, Adolescents’ Schooling and the Demographic Transition: Evidence from Brazil.” Demographic Research 23: 421-444. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.15
Marteleto, Letícia J., David Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2008. “Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young Urban South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 39(4): 351-368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00180.x
Lam, David and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2008. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child’s Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children’s Resources." Population and Development Review 34(2):225-252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00218.x
Marteleto, Letícia J., Ana Verona,* and Cristina Guimarães.* 2007. “Race and Schooling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.” In Aguiar, N. (Ed.) Desigualdades Sociais, Redes de Sociabilidade e Participação Política. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG. DOI: 10.1590/S1415-65552010000700013
Lam, David, and Marteleto, Letícia J. 2006. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras Durante a Transição Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuição no Tamanho da Família." Pesquisa e Planejamento Económico (PPE) 36(2), August: 319-341.
Lam, David, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2005."Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil." In Cynthia Lloyd, Jere Behrman, Nelly Stromquist, and Barney Cohen, Editors. The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.17226/11524.
Marteleto, Letícia. J. 2002. “O Papel do Tamanho da Família na Escolaridade dos Jovens.” Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais 19(2): 159-177.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Mary Noonan. 2001. “Las Abuelas Como Proveedoras de cuidado infantil en Brasil.” In Conceição, Maria Cristina (Ed.) Procesos Sociales, Población Y Vida Domestica: Alternativas Teóricas y Empíricas en las Investigaciones sobre la Familia. FLACSO - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico.
Donnelly, Rachel, * and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2018. “Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Diet Behaviors within Brazilian Families.” Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 4: 1 –11. DOI: 10.1177/2378023118804688.
Guedes, Gilvan, Raquel Z. Coutinho, Letícia J. Marteleto, Wesley Pereira, and Denise Duarte. 2018. "Why Social Perception Matters during Disease Outbreaks: Looking at how Individuals Understand the Zika Virus by Self-reported History of Infection." Cadernos de Saúde Pública 34(9). DOI: 10.1590/0102-311X00139718.
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Aída Villanueva.* 2018. “Adolescent Childbearing and Marital Unions: Consequences for Young Adults’ Education in Brazil.” Studies in Family Planning 49(3): 183-211. DOI: 10.1111/sifp.12071.
Guedes, Gilvan, Raquel Z. Coutinho, Letícia J. Marteleto, Wesley Pereira, and Denise Duarte. 2018. "Signifying Zika: Heterogeneity in the Representations of the Virus by History of Infection," Cadernos de Saúde Pública 34(5). DOI 10.1590/0102-311x00003217.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Abigail Weitzman, Raquel Z. Coutinho, and Sandra Valongueiro. 2017. “Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors during the Zika Epidemic in Brazil.” Population and Development Review 43(2): 199-227. DOI: 10.1111/padr.12074.
- Lead article
- Featured in O Globo and Diário de Pernambuco
Marteleto, Letícia J., Luiz Gama,* Molly Dondero,* and Letisha Brown.* 2017. “The Weight of Inequality: Socio-Economic Status and Body Mass in Brazil.” Social Forces 95(4): 1637-1666. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sox028.
- Best Social Sciences Paper Award, Brazil Section of the Latin American Studies Association (LASA)
Hendrick, Emily C.,* and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2017. "Maternal Household Decision-making Autonomy and Adolescent Education in Honduras." Population Research and Policy Review 36(3): 415-439. DOI 10.1007/s11113-017-9432-6.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Murillo M. Alves de Brito, and Flávio Carvalhaes.* 2016. “Educational Stratification after a Decade of Reforms in Higher Education Access in Brazil.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 46(Part B): 99-111. DOI 10.1016/j.rssm.2016.08.004.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Molly Dondero*. 2016. "Racial Inequality in Education in Brazil: A Twins Fixed Effects Approach." 2016. Demography 53(3): 1185-1205. DOI 10.1007/s13524-016-0484.
Marteleto, Letícia J., Shannon Cavanagh, Kate Prickett,* and Shelley Clark. 2016. “Instability in Parent-child Co-residence and Adolescent Transitions to Adulthood in Urban South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 47(1): 19-38. DOI 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2013.00590.x
Palloni, Alberto, Laeticia R. de Souza, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2016. “Familial Effects on Youth Smoking in Brazil.” United Nations International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, No. 146. ISSN: 1812-108x
Clark, Shelley, Cassandra Cotton, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2015. “Family Ties and Young Fathers’ Engagement in Cape Town, South Africa.” Journal of Marriage and Family 77(2): 575-589. DOI: 10.1111/jomf.12179
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Fernando Andrade*. 2014. “The Educational Achievement of Brazilian Adolescents: Cultural Capital and the Interactions between Families and Schools.’’ Sociology of Education 87(1): 16-35. DOI: 10.1177/0038040713494223.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Laetícia R. de Souza. 2013. “The Implications of Family Size for Adolescents’ Education and Work in Brazil: Gender and Birth Order Differences.” Social Forces 92(1): 275-302. DOI: 10.1093/sf/sot069
Lam, David, Letícia J. Marteleto, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2013. “The Influence of Older Classmates on Adolescent Sexual Behavior in Cape Town, South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 44(2): 147-167. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2013.00350.x
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Molly Dondero.* 2013. “Maternal Age at First Birth and Adolescent Education in Brazil.” Demographic Research 28:793-820. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2013.28.28
Marteleto, Letícia J., Flávio Carvalhaes,* and Celia Hubert*. 2012. "Desigualdades de Oportunidades
Educacionais dos Adolescentes no Brasil e no México." [Inequality of Educational Opportunity among Brazilian and Mexican Adolescents]. Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais (REBEP) 29(2): 277-302. DOI: 10.1590/S0102-30982012000200005
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Laetícia Souza. 2012. “The Changing Impact of Family Size on Adolescents’ Schooling: Assessing the Exogenous Variation in Fertility using Twins in Brazil.” Demography 49(4): 1453-1477. DOI 10.1007/s13524-012-0118-8
Marteleto, Letícia J., Denisse Gelber,* Celia Hubert,* and Viviana Salinas*. 2012. "Educational Inequalities among Latin American Adolescents: Continuities and Changes over the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s.” Research in Social Stratification and Mobility 30(3): 352-375. DOI: 10.1016/j.rssm.2011.12.003
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2012. “Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007: Structural Changes and Shifts in Racial Classification.” Demography 49(1): 337-358. DOI: 10.1007/s13524-011-0084-6
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2010. “Family Size, Adolescents’ Schooling and the Demographic Transition: Evidence from Brazil.” Demographic Research 23: 421-444. DOI: 10.4054/DemRes.2010.23.15
Marteleto, Letícia J., David Lam, and Vimal Ranchhod. 2008. “Sexual Behavior, Pregnancy, and Schooling Among Young Urban South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning 39(4): 351-368. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2008.00180.x
Lam, David and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2008. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child’s Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children’s Resources." Population and Development Review 34(2):225-252. DOI: 10.1111/j.1728-4457.2008.00218.x
- Best paper using IPUMS data award, Minnesota Population Center
Marteleto, Letícia J., Ana Verona,* and Cristina Guimarães.* 2007. “Race and Schooling in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.” In Aguiar, N. (Ed.) Desigualdades Sociais, Redes de Sociabilidade e Participação Política. Belo Horizonte: Editora UFMG. DOI: 10.1590/S1415-65552010000700013
Lam, David, and Marteleto, Letícia J. 2006. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras Durante a Transição Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuição no Tamanho da Família." Pesquisa e Planejamento Económico (PPE) 36(2), August: 319-341.
Lam, David, and Letícia J. Marteleto. 2005."Small Families and Large Cohorts: The Impact of the Demographic Transition on Schooling in Brazil." In Cynthia Lloyd, Jere Behrman, Nelly Stromquist, and Barney Cohen, Editors. The Changing Transitions to Adulthood in Developing Countries: Selected Studies. National Academy of Sciences. DOI: 10.17226/11524.
Marteleto, Letícia. J. 2002. “O Papel do Tamanho da Família na Escolaridade dos Jovens.” Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais 19(2): 159-177.
Marteleto, Letícia J., and Mary Noonan. 2001. “Las Abuelas Como Proveedoras de cuidado infantil en Brasil.” In Conceição, Maria Cristina (Ed.) Procesos Sociales, Población Y Vida Domestica: Alternativas Teóricas y Empíricas en las Investigaciones sobre la Familia. FLACSO - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico.
Other Publications
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2004. “Demographic Transition.” In Forsyth, T. (Ed) Encyclopedia of International Development, London and New York: Routledge.
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2004. “Cairo Conference.” In Forsyth, T. (Ed) Encyclopedia of International Development, London and New York: Routledge.
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2000. “Brazil and the South Cone” in Ciment, J. (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Immigration. New York: M. E. Sharpe.
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2004. “Cairo Conference.” In Forsyth, T. (Ed) Encyclopedia of International Development, London and New York: Routledge.
Marteleto, Letícia J. 2000. “Brazil and the South Cone” in Ciment, J. (Ed.) The Encyclopedia of American Immigration. New York: M. E. Sharpe.
Working Papers
“Fertility and Live Births Amidst the Zika Epidemic in Brazil.” (with Gilvan Guedes, Raquel Z. Coutinho, and Abigail Weitzman). Presented at the 2017 IUSSP Conference. R&R.
"Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity in Brazil: The Role of School Enrollment and Work." (with Molly Dondero,* Luiz Gama,* Jenny Van Hook, and Rachel Donnelly*). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings. R&R.
“Socioeconomic Status and Risk Perceptions: Evidence from the Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil.” (with Abigail Weitzman, and Raquel Z. Coutinho). Presented at the 2018 ASA Meetings. Under Review.
“Exposure to the Risk of Zika Virus Infection and Fertility.” (with Ana Oliveira, Júlia Almeida, and Andrew Koepp). Working Paper. Accepted for presentation at the 2019 ASA Meetings, NYC.
"Zika Virus: Understanding the Mechanisms of Gender Inequality in Brazil." (with Aida Villanueva, Abigail Weitzman, and Raquel Z. Coutinho). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings and at the 2017 IUSSP Conference. Under Review.
“Educational Attainment across the Great Recession in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S.” (with Robert Ressler,* Aída Villanueva,* and Robert Crosnoe). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings.
"Socioeconomic Disparities in Adolescent Obesity in Brazil: The Role of School Enrollment and Work." (with Molly Dondero,* Luiz Gama,* Jenny Van Hook, and Rachel Donnelly*). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings. R&R.
“Socioeconomic Status and Risk Perceptions: Evidence from the Zika Virus Epidemic in Brazil.” (with Abigail Weitzman, and Raquel Z. Coutinho). Presented at the 2018 ASA Meetings. Under Review.
“Exposure to the Risk of Zika Virus Infection and Fertility.” (with Ana Oliveira, Júlia Almeida, and Andrew Koepp). Working Paper. Accepted for presentation at the 2019 ASA Meetings, NYC.
"Zika Virus: Understanding the Mechanisms of Gender Inequality in Brazil." (with Aida Villanueva, Abigail Weitzman, and Raquel Z. Coutinho). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings and at the 2017 IUSSP Conference. Under Review.
“Educational Attainment across the Great Recession in Brazil, Mexico, and the U.S.” (with Robert Ressler,* Aída Villanueva,* and Robert Crosnoe). Presented at the 2017 ASA Meetings.