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David K. Guilkey publication distribution in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the distribution of publications by all Research.com ranked scientists in the field of Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David K. Guilkey sits on this spectrum.

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44 publications 570+

This scientist: 168 publications — 51st percentile

51% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 570 publications or more.

David K. Guilkey D-index placement in Social Sciences and Humanities in 2026

The chart shows the D-index (discipline H-index) distribution of Social Sciences and Humanities scientists ranked by Research.com in 2026. The highlighted bar marks where David K. Guilkey sits on this spectrum.

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This scientist: 61 D-Index — 83rd percentile

83% of scientists in this discipline score the same or lower.

The last bar groups every scientist with 100 D-Index or more.

Overview

David K. Guilkey is a researcher affiliated with the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in the United States. Their work spans multiple fields, focusing primarily on topics related to global maternal and child health, poverty, education, and child welfare, as well as healthcare policy and management.

Their recent publications demonstrate an engagement with demographic and public health issues. Notable papers include:

  • Food Price and Diet and Health Outcomes: 20 Years of the CARDIA Study, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • Does Provider Bias Affect Choice of a Facility for Family Planning Services by Women in Urban Senegal?, 2022, Studies in Family Planning
  • Environment and physical activity dynamics: The role of residential self-selection, 2020, UNC Libraries
  • The direct and indirect effects of community beliefs and attitudes on postpartum contraceptive method choice among young women ages 15-24 in Nigeria, 2022, PLoS ONE
  • The Examination of Diffusion Effects on Modern Contraceptive Use in Nigeria, 2020, Demography

Their scholarly output has been published in a range of venues, with a concentration in:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Studies in Family Planning
  • PLoS ONE
  • Demography
  • Reproductive Health

David K. Guilkey frequently collaborates with other researchers. Some of their frequent coauthors include:

  • Ilene S. Speizer
  • Barry M. Popkin
  • Lisa M. Calhoun
  • Penny Gordon-Larsen
  • Jennifer Winston

Their research involves various subfields of study, particularly:

  • Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Gender Studies
  • Safety Research
  • General Health Professions

Key topics covered in their work include:

  • Global Maternal and Child Health
  • Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
  • Healthcare Policy and Management
  • Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics
  • Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Urban Transport and Accessibility

Best Publications

  • Binary Outcomes and Endogenous Explanatory Variables: Tests and Solutions with an Application to the Demand for Contraceptive Use in Tunisia*

    Kenneth A. Bollen;David K. Guilkey;Thomas A. Mroz

  • A COMPARISON OF THE PERFORMANCE OF THREE FLEXIBLE FUNCTIONAL FORMS

    David K. Guilkey;C. A. Knox Lovell;Robin C. Sickles

  • Child-Care Availability and Fertility in Norway

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;ØYstein Kravdal

  • Small Sample Properties of Three Tests for Granger-Causal Ordering in a Bivariate Stochastic System

    David K. Guilkey;Michael K. Salemi

  • Child care availability and first-birth timing in Norway

    Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;S. Philip Morgan;Øystein Kravdal

  • Age-Specific Determinants of Stunting in Filipino Children

    Linda S. Adair;David K. Guilkey

  • Quality of services and demand for health care in Nigeria: a multinomial probit estimation.

    Akin Js;Guilkey Dk;Denton Eh

  • The Demand for Primary Health Care Services in the Bicol Region of the Philippines

    John S. Akin;Charles C. Griffin;David K. Guilkey;Barry M. Popkin

  • Weekend eating in the united states is linked with greater energy, fat, and alcohol intake

    Pamela S. Haines;Mary Y. Hama;David K. Guilkey;Barry M. Popkin

  • Community and contraceptive choice in rural Thailand: A case study of Nang Rong

    Barbara Entwisle;Ronald R. Rindfuss;David K. Guilkey;Aphichat Chamratrithirong

  • Cohort Profile: The Cebu Longitudinal Health and Nutrition Survey

    Linda S Adair;Barry M Popkin;John S Akin;David K Guilkey

  • The Changing Impact of Religion on the Sexual and Contraceptive Behavior of Adolescent Women in the United States

    Karin L. Brewster;Elizabeth C. Cooksey;David K. Guilkey;Ronald R. Rindfuss

  • Accessibility, quality of care and prenatal care use in the Philippines.

    Emelita L. Wong;Barry M Popkin;David K Guilkey;John Stephen Akin

  • Modeling Food Consumption Decisions as a Two-Step Process

    Pamela S. Haines;Barry M. Popkin;David K. Guilkey

  • Food Price and Diet and Health Outcomes: 20 Years of the CARDIA Study

    Kiyah J. Duffey;Penny G Gordon-Larsen;James M. Shikany;David K Guilkey

  • Trends in Breakfast Consumption if US Adults Between 1965 and 1991

    Pamela S. Haines;David K. Guilkey;Barry M. Popkin

  • The Demand for Primary Health Services in the Third World

    J. S. Akin;C. C. Griffin;D. K. Guilkey;B. M. Popkin

  • Estimation and testing in the random effects probit model

    David K. Guilkey;James L. Murphy

  • Environment and physical activity dynamics: The role of residential self-selection

    Janne Boone-Heinonen;Penny Gordon-Larsen;David K. Guilkey;David R. Jacobs

  • The educational consequences of teen childbearing.

    Jennifer B. Kane;S. Philip Morgan;Kathleen Mullan Harris;David K. Guilkey

Frequent Co-Authors

John S. Akin
John S. Akin University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ilene S. Speizer
Ilene S. Speizer University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Linda S. Adair
Linda S. Adair University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Richard E. Bilsborrow
Richard E. Bilsborrow University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
S. Philip Morgan
S. Philip Morgan University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kathleen Mullan Harris
Kathleen Mullan Harris University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Edward C. Norton
Edward C. Norton University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
Cora E. Lewis
Cora E. Lewis University of Alabama at Birmingham
James Wyckoff
James Wyckoff University of Virginia

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