Comps in Demography with Family Specialization 2012 Fall
Update: 05/24/2012
I. CHANGING FAMILY PATTERNS (TRENDS AND EXPLANATIONS) v
1. Bumpass, Larry. 1990. “What’s Happening to the Family?” Demography 27:483-93. v
2. Cherlin, Andrew. 2010. “Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000s” Journal of Marriage and Family 72:403-419
3. Popenoe, David. 1993. “American Family Decline, 1960-1990: A Review and Appraisal.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 55:527-555. (*and responses including “A Plea of Objective Assessment of the Notion of Family Decline” Glenn, “Good Riddance to “the Family” Stacey, and “The sky is falling ..” Cowan, “The National Family Wars” Popenoe)
4. Lesthaeghe. 1995. “The Second Demographic Transition in Western Countries.” In Mason and Jenson (eds.) Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries.
5. McLanahan and Christine Percheski. 2008. “Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities.” Annual Review of Sociology. 24:257-76.
6. Seltzer, Judith A., et al. 2005. “Explaining Family Change and Variation: Challenges for Family Demographers.” Journal of Marriage and Family 67:908-925.
II. MARRIAGE v
Ø TREND AND THEORIES ON MARRIAGE and COHABITATION
8. Oppenheimer, Valerie K. 1988. “A Theory of Marriage Timing.” American Journal of Sociology 94: 563-591.
9. Oppenheimer, Valerie K. 1997. “Men’s career development and marriage timing during a period of rising inequality.” Demography. 34(3):311-330.
10. Sweeney, Megan M. 2002. “Two Decades of Family Change: The Shifting Economic Foundations of Marriage.” American Sociological Review 67:132-147.
· Julie E. Press. 2004. “Cute butts and housework: A gynocentric theory of assortative mating.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:4, 1029-1033
· Paula England. 2004. More mercenary mate selection? Comment on Sweeney and Cancian (2004) and Press (2004). Journal of Marriage and Family 66:4, 1034-1037
11. Smock, P. J. (2004) “The Wax and Wane of Marriage: Prospects for Marriage in the 21st Century”. Journal of Marriage and Family 66(4): 966-973.
12. Manning, W.D., Longmore, M. A., and Giordano, P.C. 2007.“The Changing Institution of Marriage: Adolescents’ Expectations to Cohabit and to Marry” Journal of Marriage and the Family 69(3) 559-575.
13. Cherlin, Andrew J. 2004. ”The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:848-861.
14. Cooke, L. P. and J. Baxter 2010. “”Families” in International Context: Comparing Institutional Effects across Western Societies.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72:516-536. [Added by Kelly]
Ø THE ROLE/IMPORTANCE OF MARRIAGE/WHY MARRIAGE (A SOCIAL
STRATIFCATION/INEQUALITY MECHANISM) v
15. Waite, L. (1995). "Does marriage matter?" Demography 32(4): 483-507.
16. Brown, S. L. (2010). "Marriage and Child Well-Being: Research and Policy Perspectives." Journal of Marriage and Family 72(5): 1059-1077.
17. Williams, Sassler, and Nicholson. (2008). For Better or For Worse? The Consequences of Marriage and Cohabitation for Single Mothers. Social Forces 86(4): 1481-1511.
Ø MARRIAGE DIFFERENTIALS –race, class, gender, sexuality
18. Ferree, M. M. (2010). "Filling the Glass: Gender Perspectives on Families." Journal of Marriage and Family 72(3): 420-439.
19. Burton, Linda, Eduardo Bonilla-Silva, Victor Ray, Rose Buckelew and Elizabeth Hordge Freeman. Critical Race Theories, Colorism, and the Decade's Research on Families of Color. Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 440–459)
20. Harknett, Kristen and Arielle Kuperberg. (2011). “Education, Labor Markets, and the Retreat from Marriage.” Social Forces 90(1): 41-63
21. Gibson-Davis, C. M., K. Edin, et al. (2005). "High Hopes but Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat From Marriage Among Low-Income Couples." Journal of Marriage and Family 67(5): 1301-1312.[v]
22. Lichter, Daniel T., Diane K. McLaughlin, George Kephart, and Landry. 1992. “Race and the retreat from marriage: A shortage of marriageable men?” American Sociological Review 57(6).
23. Raley, R. Kelly. 1996. “A Shortage of Marriageable Men? A Note on the Role of Cohabitation in Black-white Differences in Marriage Rates.” American Sociological Review 61:973-983.
24. Carlson, M.; Mclanahan, S., and England, P. Union Formation in Fragile Families. Demography. 2004 May; 41(2):237-261.
25. Edin, K. and Reed, J. M. Why Don't They Just Get Married? Barriers to Marriage Among the Disadvantaged. Future of Children. 2005 Fall; 15(2):117-137.
26. SASSLER Waiting to Be Asked: Gender, Power, and Relationship Progression Among Cohabiting Couples Journal of Family Issues.
Ø MARRIAGE MARKET, MATE SELECTION, MARRIAGE HOMOGAMOUS
27. Torr, B. M. 2011. "The Changing Relationship between Education and Marriage in the United States, 1940 - 2000." Journal of Family History 36(4): 483-503
28. Rosenfeld, M. J. and Reuben J. Thomas, Forthcoming "Searching for a Mate: The Rise of the Internet as a Social Intermediary." American Sociological Review.
29. Schwartz, C. R. and R. D. Mare. 2005. “Trends in educational assortative marriage from 1940 to 2003.” Demography 42:621-646.
30. Sassler, S. (2010). "Partnering Across the Life Course: Sex, Relationships, and Mate Selection." Journal of Marriage and Family 72(3): 557-575.
III. TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS IN COHABITATION
31. Smock, Pamela. 2000. “Cohabitation in the United States: An appraisal of research themes, findings, and implications.” Annual Review of Sociology, 26:
32. Manning, Wendy and Pamela J. Smock. 2005. "Measuring and modeling cohabitation: New Perspective from qualitative data” Journal of Marriage and Family 67: 989-1002.
33. Sassler, S. 2004. “The Process of Entering Into Cohabiting Unions” Journal of Marriage and the Family 66(2):491-505
34. Heuveline, Patrick and Jeffrey M. Timberlake. 2004. “The role of cohabitation in family formation: The United States in comparative perspective.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:1214-1230.
35. Brines J, Joyner K. 1999. “The ties that bind: Principles of cohesion in cohabitation and marriage.” American Sociological Review. 64: (3) 333-355.
36. Smock, Pamala, Wendy Manning, and Meredith Porter. 2005 "Everything's There Except Money": How Money Shapes Decisions to Marry Among Cohabitors.” Journal of Marriage and Family 67(3), 680-696.
37. Stanley, Rhoades, Markman (2006) “Sliding versus deciding: Inertia and the premarital cohabitation effect.” Family Relations 55(4): 499-509.
IV. DIVORCE- REMARRIAGE- STEPFAMILIES (TRENDS, PATTERNS,
DIFFERENTIALS, and EXPLANATIONS)
38. Amato, P. R. (2000). “The consequences of divorce for adults and children” Journal of Marriage and Family 62: 1269-1287.
39. Ruggles, Steven. 1997. “The rise of divorce and separation in the United States, 1880-1990.” Demography 34(4)à women’s employment
40. Oppenheimer, V. K. “Comment on The rise of divorce and separation in the United States, 1880-1990.” Demography 34(4)
41. Goldstein, J.R. 1999. “The leveling of divorce in the United States.” Demography, 36, 409-414.
42. Thornton, Arland. 1985. “Changing attitudes toward separation and divorce: Causes and consequences.” American Journal of Sociology. 90:856-872.
43. Schoen, Robert, Nan Marie Astone, Kendra Rothert, Nicola J. Standish, and Young J. Kim. 2002. “Women’s Employment, Marital Happiness, and Divorce.” Social Forces 81:643-662.
44. Cherlin, Andrew J. 1978. “Remarriage as an incomplete institution.” American Journal of Sociology 84:634-650.
45. Sweeney. 2010. Remarriage and Stepfamilies: Strategic Sites for Family Scholarship in the 21st Century. Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 667-684.
V. NON-MARITAL FERTILITY(TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS)
46. Smock, P. J. and Fiona R. Greenland. 2010. “Diversity in Pathways to Parenthood: Patterns, Implications, and Emerging Research Directions” Journal of Marriage and Family 72:576-593
47. Smith, Herbert L. S. Philip Morgan, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 1996. “A Decomposition of Trends in the Nonmarital Fertility Ratios of Blacks and Whites in the United States, 1960-1992. Demography 33(2): 141-151.
48. Sweeney, Megan. 2010. JMF. “The reproductive context of cohabitation in the United States: Recent change and variation in contraceptive use.”
49. Raley, R. Kelly. 2001 “Increasing Fertility in Cohabiting Unions: Evidence for the Second Demographic Transition in the United States.” Demography.
50. Carlson, Marcia J. & Frank F. Furstenberg. 2006. The prevalence and correlates of multipartnered fertility among urban U.S. Parents. Journal of Marriage and Family 68:718-732.
51. Wildsmith, Elizabeth & Kelly Raley. 2006. Race-ethnic differences in nonmarital fertility: A focus on Mexican American women. Journal of Marriage and Family 68:491-508.
52. Harknett, Kristen and Sara McLanahan. 2004. Racial and ethnic differences in marriage after the birth of a child. American Sociological Review.
53. South, S. J., & Crowder, K. D. (1999). Neighborhood effects on family formation: Concentrated poverty and beyond. American Sociological Review, 64(1), 113-132.
VI. SAME-SEX, INTERACIAL, TRANSGENDER, AND OTHER TYPES OF UNIONS (MARRIAGES)
54. Biblarz, T. and Evren Savci. 2010. “Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Families” Journal of Marriage and Family 72:480-497
55. Regnerus, Mark. 2012. "How different are the adult children of parents who have same-sex relationships? Findings from the New Family Structures Study." Social Science Research.
CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY CHANGES
VII. ADULTS’ WELLBEING
Ø MARITAL STATUS, MARITAL QUALITY AND ADULTS’ WELLBEING
56. Umberson, D., Tetyana Pudrovska, and Corinne Reczek. 2010. “Parenthood, Childlessness, and Wellbeing: A Life Course Perspective” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 612-629
57. Glenn ND. 1998. The course of marital success and failure in five American 10-year marriage cohorts. Journal of Marriage and Family 60 (3): 569-576.
58. Lillard LA, Waite LJ. 1995. “Til Death Do Us Part: Marital Disruption And Mortality.” American Journal of Sociology. 100 (5): 1131-1156.
59. Williams, K. 2003. “Has the future of marriage arrived? A contemporary examination of gender, marriage, and psychological well-being.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 44(4), 470-487.
60. Brown SL. 2000. “The effect of union type on psychological well-being: Depression among cohabitors versus marrieds.” Journal of Health Social Behavior 41 (3): 241-255.
61. Hughes and Waite. (2009). Marital Biography and Health at Mid-Life. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 50: 344-358.
62. Liu and Umberson. (2008). The Times They Are a Changin’: Marital Status and Health Differentials from 1972-2003. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 49: 239-253.
Ø NONMARITAL FERTLITY, DIVORCE, AND ADULTS WELLBEING
63. Amato, Paul. 2010. “Research on Divorce: Continuing Trends and New Developments.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 650-666.
64. Smock PJ, Manning WD, Gupta S 1999. “The effect of marriage and divorce on women's economic well-being.” American Sociological Review 64: (6) 794-812.
65. Iceland, J. 2003. Why poverty remains high: The role of income growth, economic inequality, and changes in family structure, 1949-1999. Demography, 40(3), 499-519.
VIII. CHILDREN’S WELLBEING
66. Crosnoe, R. and Shannon E. Cavanagh. 2010. “Families with Children and Adolescents: A Review, Critique, and Future Agenda.” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 594-611.
Ø NONMARIAL FERTILITY, DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE
67. McLanahan, S. 2004. “Diverging Destinies: How Children Are Faring Under the Second Demographic Transition.” Demography, 41(4), 607-627.
68. Cherlin, Andrew J. 1999. “Going to Extremes: Family Structure, Children’s Well-being, and Social Science. Demography 36:421-428.
69. Wu, Lawrence L. 1996. “Effects of family instability, income, and income instability on the risk of a premarital birth.” American Sociological Review 61(3):386-407.
*Wu and Thomson 2001. Racial Differences in Family change and Early Sexual initiation. JMF.
*Albrcht and Teachman (2003)
*Fomby and Cherlin (2007); Illustrate the utility of considering both family structure and stability. ASR “Family instability and child wellbeing”
*Brown 2006. Demography “Family structure transitions and adolescent wellbeing”àexamine specific types of family transitions
70. Morrison, D. R., & Ritualo, A. (2000). “Routes to children’s economic recovery after divorce: Are cohabitation and remarriage equivalent?” American Sociological Review, 65, 560-580.
71. Cavanagh, Shannon and Aletha Huston. 2006. “Family instability and children’s early problem behavior.” Social Forces 85: 575-605.
*Cavanagh and Huston 2008. The timing of family instability and children’s social development. JMF
72. Hofferth, S., and Anderson, K. G. 2003. “Are all dads equal? Biology versus marriage as basis for paternal investment.” Journal of Marriage and Family 65: 213-232.
73. Hawkins, D., Amato, P., and King, V. 2007. “Nonresident father involvement and adolescent well-being: Father effects of child effects?” American Sociological Review 72:990-1010.
Ø NONTRADITIONAL FAMILIES
74. M. J. Rosenfeld, 2010. "Nontraditional Families and Childhood Progress Through School." in Demography, Volume 47 (3): 755-775
75. Biblarz, Tim and Judith Stacey. 2010. "How Does the Gender of Parents Matter?" Journal of Marriage and Family 72:3-22.
IX. FAMILY CHANGE AND INEQUALITY / INTEGERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
76. Seltzer, J. A. 2004. “Cohabitation in the United States and Britain: Demography, Kinship, and the Future.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66: 921-928. [added by JK]
77. Edin, Kathryn and R. J. Kissane. 2010. “Poverty and the American Family: A Decade in Review” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 460-479.
78. Silverstein, M and R. Giarrusso. 2010. “Aging and Family life: A Decade Review” Journal of Marriage and Family 72: 1039-1058.
79. Western, B. Bloome, D. and Percheski C. 2008. Inequality among American Families with Children: 1975-2005. American Sociological Review.
80. Musick, K., & Mare, R. D. (2004). Family Structure, Intergenerational Mobility, and the Reproduction of Poverty: Evidence for Increasing Polarization? Demography, 41(4), 629-648.
81. Heuveline, P. and M . Weinshenker, M. 2008. “The international child poverty gap: Does demography matter?” Demography 45(1): 173-191
82. Preston, S. H. (1984). "Children and the Elderly - Divergent Paths for Americas Dependents." Demography 21(4): 435-457.
83. Fussell, E. 2002. "The Transition to Adulthood in Aging Societies." The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 580(1): 16-39.
84. Hogan, D.P. Eggebeen, D.J. & C. C. Clogg. 1993. “The Structure of intergenerational exchanges in American Families.” American Journal of Sociology, 98, 1428-1458.
85. Goldscheider, F. K., Thornton, A., & Yang, L. S. (2001). Helping Out the Kids: Expectations about Parental Support in Young Adulthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family, 63(3), 727-740.
86. Sarkisian, N. "Doing Family Ambivalence": Nuclear and Extended Families in Single Mothers' Lives. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 2006 Nov; 68(4):804-811.
87. Glick J E. Connecting complex process: a decade or research on immigrant families, Journal of Marriage and family, 2010
X. THE FUTURE OF THE FAMILY
88. Amato, Paul R. 2004. “Tension between Institutional and Individual Views of Marriage.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:959-965.
89. Coontz, Stephanie. 2004. “The World Historical Transformation of Marriage.” Journal of Marriage and Family 66:974-979.
XI. Family Theories
90. Jr, Glen. H. Elder 1978. "Approaches to Social Change and the Family." American Journal of Sociology 84: S1-S38.
91. Becker G. 1981. A Treatise on the Family. Harvard University Press. (Chapter 2 and 10).
92. Fapohunda, Eleanor. 1988. “The Nonpooling Household: A Challenge To Theory.”
93. Townsend. 2007. “The Four Facets of Fatherhood.”
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