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Jennifer S. Barber
Funded Research:
Determinants of Marriage and Childbearing Attitudes (NICHD)
Developmental Idealism in the U.S.: Acceptance among a Sample of Young Women (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Ideational Influences on Marriage and Childbearing (NICHD)
Intergenerational Influences on Family Formation in a Changing Social Context (NICHD)
The Role of Research in Enhancing Family Planning and Pregnancy Prevention for Teens (Grant, WT)
The Role of Violence in the Processes Leading to Unintended Pregnancy (PSC Initiatives Fund)
Young Women's Relationships, Contraception, and Unintended Pregnancy (NICHD)
Research Professor, Population Studies Center.
Research Professor, Survey Research Center.
Professor, Sociology.
Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
Professor Barber's research is at the intersection of family sociology, demography, and social psychology. Her work has two main foci. First, funded by the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, she is currently collecting longitudinal data from a cohort of 18- and 19-year-old women in Michigan. The "Relationship Dynamics and Social Life" project explores the types of attitudes, relationships, and contraceptive practices that produce unintended pregnancies. The project is collecting and analyzing multiple types of data -- including surveys, semi-structured interviews, observation, and administrative data. The second project, funded through multiple grants from NICHD to a collaborative team of researchers at Michigan and across the country, focuses on childbearing and contraceptive use in rural Nepal. The current focus is on intergenerational and familial influences on childbearing behavior.
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
East, P., N. Chien, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2012. "Adolescents' Pregnancy Intentions, Wantedness, and Regret: Cross-Lagged Relations With Mental Health and Harsh Parenting." Journal of Marriage and Family, 74(1): 167-185. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Barber, Jennifer S., Yasamin Kusunoki, and Heather H. Gatny. 2011. "Design and Implementation of an Online Weekly Survey to Study Unintended Pregnancies." Vienna Yearbook of Population Research, 9: 327-334. PMCID: PMC3298188. Abstract. Public Access.
Barber, Jennifer S., and Patricia East. 2011. "Children's Experiences After the Unintended Birth of a Sibling." Demography, 48(1): 101-125. PMCID: PMC3313449. DOI. Abstract.
Axinn, William, Jennifer S. Barber, and Ann E. Biddlecom. 2010. "Social organization and the transition from direct to indirect consumption." Social Science Research, 39(3): 357-368. PMCID: PMC2877213. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Vahratian, Anjel, Jennifer S. Barber, Jean M. Lawrence, and Catherine Kim. 2009. "Family-Planning Practices Among Women With Diabetes and Overweight and Obese Women in the 2002 National Survey for Family Growth." Diabetes Care, 32(6): 1026-1031. PMCID: PMC2681041. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Barber, Jennifer S., and Patricia L. East. 2009. "Home and Parenting Resources Available to Siblings Depending on Their Birth Intention Status." Child Development, 80(3): 921-939. PMCID: PMC3070662. DOI. Abstract. Local Access.
Chapters
Axinn, William, Dirgha Ghimire, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2008. "The influence of ideational dimensions of social change on family formation in Nepal." In International Family Change: ideational perspectives edited by Rukmalie Jayakody; Arland Thornton; William G Axinn. New York: Lawrence Erlbaum.
PSC Reports
Jennings, Elyse Ann, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2011. "The Influence of Individual and Neighbor Attitudes on Progression to Higher Parity Birth." PSC Research Report No. 11-738. May 2011. Abstract. PDF.
Gatny, Heather H., Jennifer S. Barber, and Yasamin Kusunoki. 2011. "Young Women and Substance Use during Pregnancy: The Role of Social Support." PSC Research Report No. 11-728. February 2011. Abstract. PDF.
Gatny, Heather H., Yasamin Kusunoki, and Jennifer S. Barber. 2011. "Consequences and Correlates of Pregnancy Scares among Young Women: Preliminary Results." PSC Research Report No. 11-727. February 2011. Abstract. PDF.