Research Area: Family Formation, Fertility, and Children:
Household Structure, Intergenerational Dynamics

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.

van Poppel, F. W. A., Michel Oris, and James Z. Lee. 2004. The Road to Independence : Leaving Home in Western and Eastern Societies, 16th-20th Centuries. New York : Peter Lang.

Journal Articles

2009

Xie, Yu, and Zhu, Haiyan. 2009. "Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents in Urban China?" Journal of Marriage and the Family, 71(1): 174-186.

2008

Tanaka, K., and Johnson, Nan. 2008. "The shifting roles of women in intergenerational mutual caregiving in Japan: The importance of peace, population growth, and economic expansion." Journal of Family History, 33(1): 96-120.

2005

Anderson, Kermyt G. 2005. "Relatedness and investment in children in South Africa." Human Nature, 16(1): 1-31.

2004

Hermalin, Albert, and Li-Shou Yang. 2004. "Levels of Support from Children in Taiwan: Expectations versus Reality, 1965 - 1999." Population and Development Review, 30(3): 417-448. Reprint No. 611.

Brown, S.L., R.M. Nesse, James S. House, and Becky L. Utz. 2004. "Religion and Emotional Compensation: Results From a Prospective Study of Widowhood." Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 30(9): 1165-1174.

Pearce, Lisa D., and D.L. Haynie. 2004. "Intergenerational Religious Dynamics and Adolescent Delinquency." Social Forces, 82(4): 1553-1572.

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.

2003

Manning, Wendy, Susan Stewart, and Pamela Smock. 2003. "The Complexity of Fathers' Parenting Responsibilities and Involvement with Nonresident Children." Journal of Family Issues, 24(5): 645-667.

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.

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.

Shaw, B.A., Neal Krause, L.M. Chatters, C.M. Connell, and Berit Ingersoll-Dayton. 2003. "Social Structural Influences on Emotional Support From Parents Early in Life and Adult Health Status." Behavioral Medicine, 29(2): 68-79.

Ingersoll-Dayton, Berit, M.B. Neal, Jung-Hwa Ha, and L.B. Hammer. 2003. "Redressing Inequity in Parent Care Among Siblings." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 65(1): 201-212.

Kespichayawattana, Jiraporn, and Mark VanLandingham. 2003. "Effects of Coresidence and Caregiving on Health of Thai Parents of Adult Children With AIDS." Journal of Nursing Scholarship, 35(3): 217-224.

Campbell, Cameron D., and James Z. Lee. 2003. "Social Mobility From a Kinship Perspective: Rural Liaoning, 1789-1909." International Review of Social History, 48(part1): 1-26.

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.

2002

Anderson, Barbara. 2002. "Russia Faces Depopulation? Dynamics of Population Decline." Population and Environment, 23(5): 437-464. Reprint No. 602.

Frankenberg, E., A. Chan, and Mary Beth Ofstedal. 2002. "Stability and Change in Living Arrangements: Evidence from Indonesia, Singapore and Taiwan." Population Studies-A Journal of Demography, 56(2): 201-213.

Gutmann, Myron, S. Pullum-Pinon, and T.W. Pullum. 2002. "Three Eras of Young Adults Home Leaving in Twentieth-Century America." Journal of Social History, 35(3): 533-576.

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.

Frankenberg, E., L. Lillard, and Robert Willis. 2002. "Patterns of Intergenerational Transfers in Southeast Asia." Journal of Marriage and the Family, 64(3): 627-641.

Agree, Emily M., Ann E. Biddlecom, Ming-cheng Chang, and Aurora E. Perez. 2002. "Transfers from Older Parents to Their Adult Children in Taiwan and the Philippines." Journal of Cross-Cultural Gerontology, 17(4): 269-294.

Solon, Gary. 2002. "Cross-Country Differences in Intergenerational Earnings Mobility." Journal of Economic Perspectives, 16(3): 59-66.

Liaw, Kao-Lee. 2002. "Major Theoretical Perspectives on Elderly Migration." Journal of Population Studies , 30: 1-22.

Chapters

Sylvester, Kenneth M. 2007. "Rural to Urban Migration: Finding Household Complexity in a New World Environment." In Household Counts: Canadian Households and Families in 1901 edited by Peter Baskerville and Eric W. Sager. 147-179. University of Toronto Press.

Low, Bobbi. 2005. "Families: An Anthropological Approach." In Families in Global Perspective edited by J. L. Roonarine and U. Gielen. Boston: Allyn & Bacon.

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.

Biddlecom, Ann E., Mary Beth Ofstedal, and N. Chayovan. 2002. "Intergenerational Exchanges and Support." In The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia: A Four Country Comparative Study edited by A. I. Hermalin. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

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.

Hermalin, Albert, Mary Beth Ofstedal, and S.P. Shih. 2002. "Patterns of Intergenerational Exchanges in Urban China and Urban Taiwan." In China's Revolutions and Parent-Child Relations edited by M. Whyte. Ann Arbor, MI : China Research Center, University of Michigan.

Biddlecom, Ann E., Mary Beth Ofstedal, and Napaporn Chayovan. 2002. "Intergenerational Support and Transfers." In The Well-being of the Elderly in Asia: A Four-Country Comparative Study edited by Albert I. Hermalin. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.

Hermalin, Albert. 2002. "Capturing Change: Transitions at Older Ages and Cohort Succession." In The Well-Being of the Elderly in Asia: A Four-Country Comparative Study edited by A Hermalin. Ann Arbor, MI: The University of Michigan Press.

Campbell, Cameron D., and James Z. Lee. 2002. "Widowhood and orphanhood in late imperial Liaoning, 1789-1909." In When Dad Died: Individuals and Families Coping with Familial Stress in Past Societies edited by Renzo Derosas and Michel Oris. Pp. 313-334. Bern: Peter Lang.

PSC Reports

Barber, Jennifer S., and Patricia East. 2007. "Children’s Experiences after the Unintended Birth of a Sibling." PSC Research Report No. 07-625. June 2007.

Xie, Yu, and Haiyan Zhu. 2006. "Do Sons or Daughters Give More Money to Parents? Gender and Intergenerational Support in Contemporary Urban China." PSC Research Report No. 06-607. September 2006.

Chu, C.Y. Cyrus, Yu Xie, and Ruoh-rong Yu. 2006. "Effects of Sibship Revisited: Evidence from Intra-Family Resource Transfer in Taiwan." PSC Research Report No. 06-588. January 2006.

Hermalin, Albert, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Kristine Baker, and Yi-Li Chuang. 2005. "Moving from Household Structure to Living Arrangement Transitions: What Do We Learn?" Elderly in Asia Report No. 05-61. April 2005.

Anderson, Kermyt G. 2003. "Family Structure, Schooling Outcomes, and Investment in Education in South Africa." PSC Research Report No. 03-538. September 2003.


PSC blog

Recent resources, events, news

New Publications

Bingenheimer & Geronimus, "Behavior & HIV"

Wildeman, "Imprisonment & Infant Mortality," PSC Research Report

Next Brown Bag

Tues, Dec 1
Arland Thornton & Barb Koremenos
Mobilizing for Human Rights
For live stream
LINK HERE


W A R N I N G

If you are reading this, it may be that you are using rather old web browsing software that does not support modern international Web technology standards. For a better experience of the Web and this site in particular, please upgrade your web browser software today. The following are good choices: Firefox 2; Opera 9; Safari 3.