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William Axinn
Affiliated Programs:
Population and Ecology Research Laboratory (PERL)
Funded Research:
National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) (CDC)
Marital Processes, Husband-Wife Relationships, and Fertility Behaviors (NICHD)
Reciprocal Relations Between Population and Environment (NICHD)
Ideational Influences on Marriage and Childbearing (NICHD)
Electronic Journal Data Collection Technologies for Interdisciplinary Research (NIDA)
Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy (NICHD)
Intergenerational Influences on Family Formation in a Changing Social Context (NICHD)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Director, Survey Research Center, ISR.
Professor, Sociology.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
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. (Eds). 2008. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum. Abstract.
Thornton, Arland, William Axinn, and Yu Xie. 2007. Marriage and Cohabitation. Chicago: University of Chicago Press. Abstract.
Axinn, William, and Lisa D. Pearce. 2006. Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies. New York : Cambridge University Press. Abstract.
Journal Articles
Ghimire, Dirgha, Stephanie Chardoul, Ronald Kessler, William Axinn, and Bishnu Adhikari. Forthcoming. "Modifying and Validating the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) for Use in Nepal." International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research. NIHMSID: NIHMS352538.
Link, Cynthia F., William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2012. "Household energy consumption: Community context and the fuelwood transition." Social Science Research, 41(3): 598-611. PMCID: PMC3461177. DOI. Abstract.
Wagner, J., B. West, N. Kirgis, James M. Lepkowski, William Axinn, and S. Ndiaye. 2012. "Use of Paradata in a Responsive Design Framework to Manage a Field Data Collection." Journal of Official Statistics, 28(4): 477-499. Abstract.
Jennings, Elyse Ann, William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2012. "The Effect of Parents’ Attitudes on Sons’ Marriage Timing." American Sociological Review, 77(6): 923-945. PMCID: PMC3590910. DOI. Abstract.
Williams, Nathalie, Dirgha Ghimire, William Axinn, Elyse Ann Jennings, and Meeta Sainju Pradhan. 2012. "A Micro-Level Event-Centered Approach to Investigating Armed Conflict and Population Responses." Demography, 49(4): 1521-1546. PMCID: PMC3495997. DOI. Abstract.
Axinn, William, Dirgha Ghimire, and Nathalie Williams. 2012. "Collecting Survey Data during Armed Conflict." Journal of Official Statistics, 28(2): 153-171. PMCID: PMC3571111. Public Access.
Gatny, Heather, and William Axinn. 2012. "Willingness to Participate in Research during Pregnancy: Race, Experience, and Motivation." Field Methods, 24(2): 135-154. PMCID: PMC3393046. DOI.
Current PSC Trainees:
Ellen Compernolle, Elyse Ann Jennings.