Recent Publications
Books
Thornton, Arland. 2005. Reading History Sideways: the Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life. Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press.
Journal Articles
2009
Thornton, Arland, and Dimiter Philipov . 2009. "Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Central and Eastern Europe: New Insights from the Developmental Idealism Framework." European Journal of Population, 25: 123-156. Reprint No. 615.
2008
Campbell, Cameron D., and James Z. Lee. 2008. "Kin networks, marriage, and social mobility in late imperial China." Social Science History, 32(2): 175-214.
2007
Osborne, C., Wendy Manning, and Pamela Smock. 2007. "Married and cohabiting parents' relationship stability: A focus on race and ethnicity." Journal of Marriage and Family, 69(5): 1345-1366.
2006
Cunningham, Jr., Mick H., and Arland Thornton. 2006. "The Influence of Parents' Marital Quality on Adult Children's Attitudes Toward Marriage and Its Alternatives: Main and Moderating Effects." Demography, 43(4): 659-672.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and Lisa Neidert. 2006. "The Second Demographic Transition in the United States: Exception or Textbook Example?" Population and Development Review, 32(4): 669-698.
Ghimire, Dirgha, William Axinn, Scott T. Yabiku, and Arland Thornton. 2006. "Social change, premarital nonfamily experience, and spouse choice in an arranged marriage society." American Journal of Sociology, 111(4): 1181-1218.
2005
Avellar, Sarah, and Pamela Smock. 2005. "The Economic Consequences of the Dissolution of Cohabiting Unions." Journal of Marriage and Family, 67(2): 315-327.
Broman, Clifford L. 2005. "Marital Quality Among Blacks and Whites." Journal of Family Issues, 26(4): 431-441.
Manning, W.D., and Pamela Smock. 2005. "Measuring and modeling cohabitation: New perspectives from qualitative data." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 67(4): 989-1002.
2004
Smock, Pamela. 2004. "The Wax and Wane of Marriage: Prospects for Marriage in the 21st Century." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(4): 966-973. Reprint No. 610.
Smock, Pamela, and Wendy Manning. 2004. "Living Together Unmarried in the United States: Demographic Perspectives and Implications for Family Policy." Law & Policy, 26(1): 87-117.
Manning, Wendy, Pamela Smock, and Debarun Majumdar. 2004. "The Relative Stability of Cohabiting and Marital Unions for Children." Population Research and Policy Review, 23(2): 135-159.
Risch, S.C., K.M. Jodl, and Jacquelynne S. Eccles. 2004. "Role of the Father-Adolescent Relationship in Shaping Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Divorce." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66(1): 46-58.
Manning, Wendy. 2004. "Children and the Stability of Cohabiting Couples." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66(3): 674-689.
Barber, Jennifer S. 2004. "Community Social Context and Individualistic Attitudes toward Marriage." Social Psychology Quarterly, 67(3): 236-256.
Gupta, Sanjiv, Pamela Smock, and Wendy Manning. 2004. "Moving out: Transition to nonresidence among resident fathers in the United States, 1968-1997." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 66(3): 627-638.
Hoelter, Lynette, William Axinn, and Dirgha Ghimire. 2004. "Social Change, Premarital Non-Family Experiences, and Marital Dynamics." Journal of Marriage and Family, 66(3): 1131-1151.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and J. Surkyn. 2004. "Value Orientations and the Second Demographic Transition (SDT) in Northern, Western and Southern Europe: An Update." Demographic Research, 3: 45-86.
2003
Stewart, Susan, Wendy Manning, and Pamela Smock. 2003. "Union Formation Among Men in the US: Does Having Prior Children Matter?" Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(1): 90-104.
Xie, Yu, James Raymo, Kimberly Goyette, and Arland Thornton. 2003. "Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation." Demography, 40(2): 351-367.
Binstock, Georgina, and Arland Thornton. 2003. "Separations, Reconciliations, and Living Apart in Cohabiting and Marital Unions." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(2): 432-443.
Hofferth, Sandra, and Kermyt G. Anderson. 2003. "Are All Dads Equal? Biology Versus Marriage as a Basis for Paternal Investment." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(1): 213-232.
Ono, Hiromi. 2003. "Women's Economic Standing, Marriage Timing, and Cross-National Contexts of Gender." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(2): 275-286.
Ono, Hiromi, and M.C. Luoh. 2003. "A Wife's Separate Financial Arrangement in Contemporary Japan." Journal of Family Issues, 24(3): 381-401.
Sylvester, Kenneth M. 2003. "Immigrant Parents, Ethnic Children, and Family Formation in the Early Prairie West." Canadian Historical Review, 84(4): 585-612.
Pienta, Amy M. 2003. "Partners in Marriage: An Analysis of Husbands' and Wives' Retirement Behavior." Journal of Applied Gerontology, 22(3): 340-358.
Manning, Wendy, and K.A. Lamb. 2003. "Adolescent Well-Being in Cohabiting, Married, and Single-Parent Families." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(4): 876-893.
Wildsmith, E., Myron Gutmann, and B. Gratton. 2003. "Assimilation and Intermarriage for U.S. Immigrant Groups, 1880-1990." History of the Family: An International Quarterly, 8: 563-584.
Canady, R.B., and Clifford L. Broman. 2003. "Marital Disruption and Health." Sociological Focus, 36: 241-255.
2002
Manning, Wendy, and Pamela Smock. 2002. "First Comes Cohabitation and Then Comes Marriage." Journal of Family Issues, 23(8): 1065-1087.
Axinn, William, Arland Thornton, Lishou Yang, Linda C. Young-DeMarco, and Yu Xie. 2002. "Mothers' Reports of Children's Family Formation Behavior." Social Science Research, 31(2): 257-283.
Pienta, Amy M., Melissa M. Franks, and Linda A. Wray. 2002. "It Takes Two: Marriage and Smoking Cessation in the Middle Years." Journal of Aging and Health, 14(3): 336-354.
Broman, Clifford L. 2002. "Thinking of Divorce, but Staying Married." Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 37: 151-162.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and K. Neels. 2002. "From the First to the Second Demographic Transition: An Interpretation of the Spatial Continuity of Demographic Innovation in France, Belgium and Switzerland." European Journal of Population, 18(4): 325-260.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and J. Surkyn. 2002. "New Forms of Household Formation in Central and Eastern Europe-Are they Related to Newly Emerging Value Orientations?" Economic Survey of Europe, 1: 197-216.
Chapters
Smock, Pamela, and Mary C. Noonan. 2005. "Intersections: Gender, Work, and Family Research in the United States." In Work, Family, Health and Well-being edited by Suzanne M. Bianchi, Lynne M. Casper, and Rosalind Berkowitz King. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
Lee, James Z. 2004. "History of the family and historical demography." In Looking Backward and Looking Forward: Perspectives on Social Science History edited by Harvey Graff and Leslie Page Moch. Madison, WI : University of Wisconsin Press.
Low, Bobbi. 2004. "Ecological and Social Complexities of Human Monogamy." In The Evolution of Monogamy edited by C. Boesch and U. Reichart. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Manning, Wendy. 2003. "Cohabitation and Child Well-Being." In Family and Child Well-being After Welfare Reform edited by Douglas J. Besharov. Pp. 113-128. New Brunswick, N.J.: Transaction Publishers.
Smock, Pamela, and Sanjiv Gupta. 2002. "Cohabitation in Contemporary North America." In Just Living Together: Implications for Children, Families and Public Policy edited by Alan Booth and Ann C. Crouter. Mahwah, NJ: Erlbaum Associates.
Thornton, Arland, Ronald Freedman, and William Axinn. 2002. "Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children." In Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century edited by Erin Phelps, Frank F Furstenberg and Anne Colby. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Barber, Jennifer S., William Axinn, and Arland Thornton. 2002. "The Influence of Attitudes on Family Formation Processes." In Meaning and Choice: Value Orientations and Life Course Decisions edited by Ron Lesthaeghe. The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute.
Hoelter, Lynette, and Dawn Stauffer. 2002. "What Does it Mean to be 'Just Living Together' in the New Millennium? An Overview." In Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families, Children, and Social Policy edited by A. Booth and A. Crouter. Pp. 255-271. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
PSC Reports
Smock, Pamela, Lynne M. Casper, and Jessica Wyse. 2008. "Nonmarital Cohabitation: Current Knowledge and Future Directions for Research." PSC Research Report No. 08-648. July 2008.
de Jong, Julie, Dirgha Ghimire, Arland Thornton, and Lisa D. Pearce. 2006. "Developmental Idealism and Changing Models of Marriage." PSC Research Report No. 06-609. October 2006.
Barber, Jennifer S., and Amie Emens. 2006. "The Intersection among Unintended, Premarital, and Teenage Childbearing in the U.S." PSC Research Report No. 06-608. September 2006.
Smock, Pamela, Huang, Penelope M., Wendy Manning, and Cara A. Bergstrom. 2006. "Heterosexual Cohabitation in the United States: Motives for Living Together among Young Men and Women." PSC Research Report No. 06-606. August 2006.
Lesthaeghe, Ron J., and Lisa Neidert. 2006. "The “Second Demographic Transition” in the U.S.: Spatial Patterns and Correlates." PSC Research Report No. 06-592. March 2006.
Knodel, John E., Vu Tuan Huy, Vu Manh Loi, and Sharon Ghuman. 2005. "Marital Sexual Behavior and Aging in Vietnam in Comparative Perspective." PSC Research Report No. 05-583. October 2005.
Ono, Hiromi, and James Raymo. 2004. "Housework, Market Work, and “Doing Gender” When Marital Satisfaction Declines." PSC Research Report No. 04-569. November 2004.
Smock, Pamela, Wendy Manning, and Meredith Porter. 2004. ""Everything’s There Except Money”: How Money Shapes Decisions to Marry Among Cohabitors." PSC Research Report No. 04-564. September 2004.
Smock, Pamela, and Wendy Manning. 2004. "Living Together Unmarried in the United States: Demographic Perspectives and Implications for Family Policy." PSC Research Report No. 04-555. March 2004.
Seefeldt, Kristin S., and Pamela Smock. 2004. "Marriage on the Public Policy Agenda: What Do Policy Makers Need to Know from Research?" PSC Research Report No. 04-554. March 2004.
Ono, Hiromi. 2003. "Assortative Mating of the Divorced and the Never Married in the United States, 1970-1988." PSC Research Report No. 03-533. March 2003.
