William Axinn

Affiliated Programs:

National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG)

Population and Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL)

Funded Research:

Determinants of Marriage and Childbearing Attitudes (NICHD)

Electronic Journal Data Collection Technologies for Interdisciplinary Research (NIDA)

Ideational Influences on Marriage and Childbearing (NICHD)

Intergenerational Influences on Family Formation in a Changing Social Context (NICHD)

National Survey of Family Growth (Cycles 6-8) (NCHS)

PIRE (Partnerships for International Research and Education) Collaborative Research and Training in Social Context, Population Processes, and Environmental Change (NSF)

Population Research Infrastructure Support (NICHD)

Reciprocal Relations Between Population and Environment (NICHD)

Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy (NICHD)

Ph.D., University of Michigan

Dr. Axinn studies the relationships among social change, family organization, intergenerational relationships, marriage, cohabitation and fertility in the United States and Nepal. His research also includes the development of new methods for collecting social science data. His teaching centers on the family, the life course, fertility and research methods.

Recent Publications

Books

Jayakody, Rukmalie, Arland Thornton, and William Axinn. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2008.

Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie. Marriage and Cohabitation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. 2007.

Axinn, William, and Lisa D. Pearce. Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies. New York : Cambridge University Press. 2006.

Journal Articles

Brauner-Otto, Sarah, Axinn, William, and Dirgha Ghimire. "The spread of health services and fertility transition." Demography, 44(4):747-770. 2007.

Ghimire, Dirgha, William Axinn, Scott T. Yabiku, and Arland Thornton. "Social change, premarital nonfamily experience, and spouse choice in an arranged marriage society." American Journal of Sociology, 111 (4): 1181-1218. 2006.

Biddlecom, Ann E., William Axinn, and Jennifer S. Barber. "Environmental effects on family size preferences and subsequent reproductive behavior in Nepal." Population and Environment, 26 (3): 183-206. 2005.

Barber, Jennifer S., and William Axinn. "New Ideas and Fertility Limitation: the Role of Mass Media." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66 (5): 1180-1200. 2004.

Hoelter, Lynette, William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. "Social Change, Premarital Non-Family Experiences, and Marital Dynamics." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66 (3): 1131-1151. 2004.

Chapters

Jayakody, Rukmalie, Arland Thornton, and William Axinn. "Perspectives on international family change." In International Family Change: ideational perspectives edited by Rukmalie Jayakody; Arland Thornton; William G Axinn. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2008.

Axinn, William, Amie Emens, and Colter Mitchell. "Ideational influences on family change in the United States." In International Family Change: ideational perspectives edited by Rukmalie Jayakody; Arland Thornton; William G Axinn. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. 2008.

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Knodel et al. "Gendered Housework in Vietnam." PSC Research Report.

Couper. Designing Effective Web Surveys

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Monday, Oct 13
Jamie Jones
"Fertility & Risk Aversion on Utah Frontier"