Leticia Marteleto
Ph.D., University of Michigan
Associate Professor

Contact
- E-mail: marteleto@prc.utexas.edu
- Phone: 512-471-8302
- Office: RLP 2.708D
- Campus Mail Code: G1800
Interests
social demography
Biography
Leticia J. Marteleto (Ph.D., Sociology, University of Michigan) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Sociology and a Faculty Research Associate of the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. She is also a research affiliate at the Lozano Long Institute of Latin American Studies at the same university. She is currently serving as Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology. She was Associate Chair of the Department of Sociology at The University of Texas at Austin from 2014 to 2018. Recent research has appeared in Demography, Demographic Research, Population and Development Review, Research in Social Stratification and Mobility, Social Forces and Studies in Family Planning. Her recent research has been funded by NICHD and NSF. In her newest research, funded through an NICHD R01, she focuses on inequalities in women’s reproductive behaviors and outcomes related to the Zika epidemic in Brazil.
Courses
SOC 389K • Education In Internatl Context
44938 • Fall 2018
Meets TH 12:00PM-3:00PM RLP 1.302F
(also listed as LAS 381)
SOC 324K • Social Change In Devel Nations
45005 • Spring 2018
Meets MW 11:30AM-1:00PM JES A215A
SOC 321K • Socl/Econ Inequalty Brazil-Bra
45465 • Spring 2017
(also listed as LAS 325)
SOC 389K • Education In Internatl Context
44700 • Spring 2016
Meets TH 3:00PM-6:00PM CLA 1.302A
(also listed as LAS 381)
SOC 389K • Training Smnr In Demography
46350 • Fall 2013
Meets F 10:00AM-12:00PM CLA 3.106
SOC 319 • Intro To Social Demography
45720 • Spring 2013
Meets MWF 10:00AM-11:00AM CLA 0.126
SOC 389K • Demography Of Education
45925 • Spring 2013
Meets M 12:00PM-3:00PM CLA 1.302F
SOC 319 • Intro To Social Demography
45515 • Fall 2012
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM BUR 108
SOC 389K • Training Smnr In Demography
45725 • Spring 2012
Meets F 10:30AM-1:30PM BUR 214
SOC 319 • Intro To Social Demography
45480 • Fall 2010
Meets MWF 9:00AM-10:00AM BUR 212
(also listed as LAS 310)
SOC 396L • Sociology Of Education
45810 • Fall 2010
Meets M 12:00PM-3:00PM BUR 214
(also listed as LAS 381)
WGS 345 • Sociology Of Education-W
48555 • Spring 2010
Meets TTH 9:30AM-11:00AM BUR 231
SOC 396L • Sociology Of Education
46792 • Fall 2009
Meets W 3:00PM-6:00PM BUR 214
(also listed as LAS 381)
Publications
* Denotes current or former undergraduate or graduate students
Rachel Donnelly* and Letícia J. Marteleto. “Gender, Socioeconomic Status, and Diet Behaviors within Brazilian Families.” Forthcoming in Socius.
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. " 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., 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, C. Emily* 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 Marschner 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. http://dx.doi.org/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/s13524-016-0484-8.
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.
Clark, Shelley, Cassandra Cotton, and Letícia 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.
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.
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.
Marteleto, Letícia J. and Molly Dondero*. 2013. “Maternal Age at First Birth and Adolescent Education in Brazil.” Demographic Research 28:793-820.
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.
Marteleto, Letícia and Laetícia Souza. 2012. “The Impact of Family Size on Children’s Educational Attainment over Time: Assessing the Exogenous Variation in Fertility using Twins in Brazil.” Demography 49: 1453-1477.
Marteleto, Letícia, 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. Research in Social Stratification and Mobility v.30(3): 352-375.
Marteleto, Letícia. 2012. “Educational Inequality by Race in Brazil, 1982–2007: Structural Changes and Shifts in Racial Classification.” Demography v49(1): 337-358.
Marteleto, Letícia, David Lam and Vimal Ranchhod. 2008. “Sexual Behavior, Childbearing and Schooling in Urban South Africa.” Studies in Family Planning v39(4): 351-368.
Lam, David and Letícia Marteleto. 2008. "Stages of the Demographic Transition from a Child's Perspective: Family Size, Cohort Size, and Children's Resources." Population and Development Review v34(2):225-252.
Lam, David and Letícia 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.
Marteleto, Letícia. 2010. “Family Size, Adolescents’ Schooling and the Demographic Transition: Evidence from Brazil.” Demographic Research v23: 421-444.
Lam, David and Letícia Marteleto. 2006. "A Escolaridade das Crianças Brasileiras durante a Transicão Demográfica: Aumento no Tamanho da Coorte versus Diminuicão no Tamanho da Família”. Pesquisa e Planejamento Econômico (PPE) v36(2): 319-341.
Marteleto, Letícia. 2002. “O Papel do Tamanho da Família na Escolaridade dos Jovens.” Revista Brasileira de Estudos Populacionais, v.19(2).
Marteleto, Letícia and Mary Noonan. 2001. “Las Abuelas como Provedoras de cuidado infantil en Brasil.”In Conceição, Maria Cristina (Ed.) Processos Sociales, Población Y Vida Domestica: Alternativas teóricas y empíricas en las investigaciones sobre la familia. FLACSO - Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, Mexico.