Mira Hidajat

Mira Hidajat

Doctoral Candidate in Sociology and Demography

114-B Henderson
(814) 863-7903
mhadajat@pop.psu.edu

Research Interests

Population / Mortality and Morbidity, Population Aging in Southeast Asia and United States
Health / Sex, Marriage, and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Health and Mortality
Quantitative Methods / Event History Analysis, Multistate Life Table Techniques

Dissertation Title: "The Gendering of Mortality within Marriage"
Dissertation Chair: Melissa Hardy

Hidajat, Mira M., Mark D. Hayward, Yasuhiko Saito. 2007. “Indonesia’s Social Capacity for Population Health: The Education Gap in Life Expectancy.” Population Research and Policy Review 26(2): 219-234.
Best, Latrica E., Mark D. Hayward, and Mira M. Hidajat. “Life Course Pathways to Adult-Onset Diabetes.” Social Biology. Forthcoming.
Hayward, Mark D., David F. Warner, Mira M. Hidajat, and Eileen M. Crimmins. 2006. “Does Longer Life Mean Better Health? Not for Older Native-Born Mexican Americans in the Health and Retirement Survey.” Pp. 85-95 in The Health of Aging Hispanics: The Mexican-Origin Population, edited by Jacqueline L. Angel and Keith K. Whitfield. Springer.

2007 Mark D. Hayward, Eileen M. Crimmins, Robert Hummer and Mira Hidajat. “How Much Life Does a Good Education Buy?” Paper presented at the 19th Meeting of the International Network on Health Expectancy (REVES-19). St. Petersburg, Florida.
2006 Mira M. Hidajat. “Facing the Health Challenges of an Aging Population: The Case of Indonesia.” Paper presented at the Population Reference Bureau Workshop at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America. Los Angeles, California.
2005 Latrica E. Best, Mark D. Hayward, and Mira M. Hidajat. “Early Life Influences on Diabetes among Older Americans.” Paper presented at the Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America. Philadelphia, PA.

PhD. 2008 (Expected) Doctoral Candidate in Sociology and Demography, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, Pennsylvania.
M.A. 2002 Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan.
B.A. 2000 Calvin College, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

2005 Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) and International Union for the Scientific Study of Population (IUSSP) competitive scholarship.
2005 Population Reference Bureau Fellow in Population Policy Communication
2003 American Sociological Association Student Travel Award
2003 Annual Graduate Research Exhibition, Pennsylvania State University. Third Place Winner
2002 Hewlett Foundation Fellowship, Pennsylvania State University
2002 Phi Beta Delta International Honor Society, Michigan State University