Sarah Crissey, Family Demography Comps Reading List Fall 2003, Revised 6/25/03
I.
WHAT IS FAMILY DEMOGRAPHY?
Casper, Lynne and Suzanne Bianchi. 2001. “Introduction” and “Chapter 1” in
Continuity and Change in the American Family.
Bumpass, Larry. 1990. “What’s Happening to the Family?” Demography 27:48393.
Watkins, Susan Cotts, Jane A. Menken, and John Bongaarts. 1987.
“Demographic Foundations of Family Change.” American Sociological
Review 52: 346-358.
Goldscheider, Frances K. 1995. “Interpolating Demography with Families and
Households.” Demography 32: 471-480.
Becker, Gary S. 1975. "A Theory of Marriage." Pp. 299-343 in T. Schultz (ed)
Economics of the Family: Marriage, Children, and Human Capital
Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
II.
MARRIAGE AND COHABITATION
A. TRENDS AND THEORIES ON MARRIAGE
Lesthaeghe. 1996.”The Second Demographic Transition.” Pp. 17-62 in Mason
and Jenson (eds.) Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries.
Tsuya, Noriko and Karen O. Mason. 1996.”Changing Gender Roles and BelowReplacement Fertility in Japan.” Pp. 139-167 in Mason and Jenson (eds.)
Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries.
Kiernan, Kathleen. “European Perspectives on Union Formation.” Pp. 40-58 in
Linda Waite (ed) The Ties that Bind. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Willis, Robert J. 1987. “What Have We Learned from the Economics of the
Family?” American Economic Review 77: 68-81.
Oppenheimer, Valerie K. 1988. “A Theory of Marriage Timing.” American
Journal of Sociology 94: 563-591.
England, Paula and Barbara Stanek Kilbourne. 1990. “Markets, Marriages and
Other Mates: The Problem of Power.” Pp. 163-188 in Roger Friedland
and A. F. Robertson (eds.) Beyond the Marketplace: Rethinking Economy
and Society. New York: Basic Books.
Heaton, Tim. 2002. "Factors Contributing to Increasing Marital Stability
in the United States." Journal of Family Issues 23: 392-409.
B. MARRIAGE DIFFERENTIALS
Bennet, Neil G., David E. Bloom, and Patricia H. Craig. 1989. "The Divergence
of Black and White Marriage Patterns." American Journal of Sociology
95(3):692-722.
Lichter, Daniel T., Diane K. McLaughlin, George Kephart, and Landry. 1992.
“Race and the Retreat from Marriage: A Shortage of Marriageable Men?”
American Sociological Review 57(6): 781-799.
Pagnini, Deana L. and S. Philip Morgan. 1996. “Racial Differences in Marriage
and Childbearing: Oral History Evidence from the South in the Early 20th
Century.” American Journal of Sociology 101(6): 1694-1718.
Oropesa, R.S., Daniel T. Lichter, and Robert N. Anderson. "Marriage Markets
and the Paradox of Mexican American Nuptiality." Journal of Marriage
and the Family 56(4): 889-208
Sweeney, Megan. 2002. “Economic Prospects and Marriage Formation in the
1970s and 1980s.” American Sociological Review 67(1): 132-147.
Oppenheimer, Valerie K. 1997. “Men’s Career Development and Marriage
Timing during a Period of Rising Inequality.” Demography 34(3):311330.
Daniel T. Lichter, Diane K. McLaughlin, and David C. Ribar “Economic
Restructuring and the Retreat from Marriage” Social Science Research 31:
230-256.
C. TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS IN COHABITATION
Raley, R. Kelly. 2000. “Recent Trends and Differentials in Marriage and
Cohabitation: The United States.” Pp. 19-39 in Linda Waite (ed) The Ties
that Bind. New York: Aldine de Gruyter.
Smock, Pamela. 2000. “Cohabitation in the United States: An Appraisal of
Research Themes, Findings, and Implications.” Annual Review of
Sociology 26: 1-20.
Bumpass, Larry L. and Hsien Hen Lu. 2000. “Trends in Cohabitation and
Implications for Children’s Family Contexts.” Population Studies 54:2941.
Smock, Pamela J. and Wendy D. Manning. 1997. “Cohabiting Partner’s
Economic Circumstances and Marriage.” Demography 34(3): 331-342.
Clarkberg, Marin. 1999. “The Price of Partnering: The Role of Economic WellBeing in Young Adults’ First Union Experiences.” Social Forces 77(3):
945-968.
Casper, Lynne M. and Liana C. Sayer. 2000. “Cohabitation transitions: Different
Attitudes and Purposes, Different Paths. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Population Association of America.
Ross, Catherine E. “Reconceptualizing Marital Status as a Continuum of Social
Attachment.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 57:129-140.
Clarkberg, Marin., Ross M. Stolzenberg, and Linda J. Waite. 1995. “Attitudes,
Values, and Entrance into Cohabitational Versus Marital Unions.” Social
Forces 74: 609-32.
Brines J, Joyner K. 1999. “The Ties that Bind: Principles of Cohesion in
Cohabitation and Marriage.” American Sociological Review 64(3): 333355.
Axinn, W. G., and Arland Thornton. 1992. "The Relationship Between
Cohabitation and Divorce: Selectivity or Causal Influence." Demography
29: 357-74.
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Bumpass, Larry, R. Kelly Raley, and James A. Sweet. 1995. The Changing
Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital
Childbearing." Demography 32: 425-36.
III.
NON-MARITAL FERTILITY AND DIVORCE
A. NON-MARITAL FERTILITY TRENDS AND EXPLANATIONS
Smith, Herbert L., S. Philip Morgan, and Tanya Koropeckyj-Cox. 1996.
“A Decomposition of Trends in the Nonmarital Fertility Ratios of
Blacks and Whites in the United States, 1960-1992.” Demography 33(2):
141-151.
Bachu, Amara. 1999. “Trends in Premarital Childbearing.” Current
Population Reports. P23-197. Washington DC: US Department of
Commerce.
Raley, R. Kelly. 2001. “Increasing Fertility in Cohabiting Unions: Evidence for
the Second Demographic Transition in the United States.” Demography
38(1): 59-66.
Moffit, R. “Welfare Benefits and Female Headship in U.S. Time Series.” Pp. 143172 in Wu and Wolfe (eds) Out of Wedlock. New York: Sage Foundation.
South, SJ. 1999. “Historical Change and Life Course Variation in the
Determinants of Premarital Childbearing.” Journal of Marriage and the
Family 61(8): 752-763.
Upchurch, Dawn, Lee Lillard, and Constantjin Panis. 2002. “Nonmarital
Childbearing: Influences of Education, Marriage, and Fertility.”
Demography 39(2): 311-329.
B. DIVORCE – TRENDS AND DIFFERENTIALS
Thornton, Arland. 1985. “Changing Attitudes Toward Separation and Divorce:
Causes and Consequences.” American Journal of Sociology 90: 856-872.
Bumpass, Larry; James Sweet and Teresa Castro Martin. 1990. “Changing
Patterns of Remarriage.” Journal of Marriage and the Family. 52(3): 747756.
Sweeney, Megan. 1997. “Remarriage of Women and Men after Divorce: The
Role of Socioeconomic Prospects.” Journal of Family Issues. 18(5): 479502.
Goldstein, J.R. 1999. “The Leveling of Divorce in the United States.”
Demography 36: 409-414.
Teachman, Jay D. 2002. “Stability across Cohorts in Divorce Risk Factors.”
Demography 39(2):331-352.
Schoen, Robert and Nicole Standish. 2001. The Retrenchment of Marriage:
Results from Marital Status Life Tables for the United States, 1995.
Population and Development Review 27(3): 553-564.
Cherlin, Andrew. 1992. Divorce, Marriage, and Remarriage. Cambridge, MA:
Harvard University Press.
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B. EXPLANATIONS FOR THE INCREASE IN DIVORCE
White, Lynn. 1990. “Determinants of Divorce: A Review of the Research in the
1980s.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 52: 904-912.
Ruggles, Steven. 1997. “The Rise of Divorce and Separation in the United States,
1880-1990.” Demography 34: 455-466.
Oppenheimer, V. K. Comment on the Rise of Divorce and Separation in the
United States, 1880-1990.” Demography 34
South, Scott J.; and Kim M. Lloyd. 1995. “Spousal Alternatives and Marital
Dissolution” American Sociological Review 60(1): 21-35.
Morgan, Philip and Ronald Rindfuss. “Marital Disruption: Structural and
Temporal Dimensions.” American Journal of Sociology 90(5): 1055-1077.
Tzeng JM, and RD Mare. 1995. “Labor-Market And Socioeconomic Effects On
Marital Stability.” Social Science Research 24 (4): 329-351.
Sayer, Liana and Suzanne Bianchi. 2002. “Women’s Economic Independence and
the Probability of Divorce: A Review and Reexamination.” Journal of
Family Issues 21(7): 906-943.
Morgan, S. P., D. N. Lye, and G. A. Condran. 1988. "Sons, Daughters, and
the Risk of Marital Disruption." American Journal of Sociology 94: 11029.
IV. CONSEQUENCES OF FAMILY CHANGE
A. MARITAL STATUS, MARITAL QUALITY, AND WELL BEING
Glenn, Norval D. 1998. “The Course of Marital Success and Failure in Five
American 10-year Marriage Cohorts.” Journal of Marriage and the
Family 60(3): 569-576.
Waite, Linda J. 1995. “Does Marriage Matter?” Demography 32(4): 483-507.
Lillard, Lee A and Linda J. Waite. 1995. “Til Death Do Us Part - Marital
Disruption and Mortality.” American Journal of Sociology 100(5): 11311156.
Marks NF, and Lambert JD. 1998. “Marital Status Continuity and Change among
Young and Midlife Adults - Longitudinal Effects on Psychological WellBeing.” Journal of Family Issues 19(6): 652-686.
Williams, Kristi. 2002. “Has the Future of Marriage Arrived? A Contemporary
Examination of Gender, Marriage, and Psychological Well-Being.”
Manuscript under review.
Brown SL. 2000. “The Effect of Union Type on Psychological Well-Being:
Depression among Cohabitors Versus Marrieds.” Journal of Health Social
Behavior 41(3): 241-255.
B. NON-MARITAL FERTILITY, DIVORCE, AND ADULT WELL BEING
Weitzman, Lenore J. 1985. The Divorce Revolution: The Unexpected Social and
Economic Consequences for Women and Children in America. New York:
The Free Press. Pp 323-356.
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Peterson, Richard R. 1996. “A Re-Evaluation of the Economic Consequences of
Divorce.” American Sociological Review, 61(3): 528-536.
McLanahan, Sara S., Lynne M. Casper, and Annemette Srenson. 1995.
“Women’s Roles and Women’s Poverty.” In Mason and Jensen (eds.)
Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries.” Oxford:
Clarendon Press.
Smock, Pamela J, Wendy D. Manning, and S Gupta. 1999. “The Effect of
Marriage and Divorce on Women's Economic Well-Being.” American
Sociological Review 64(6): 794-812.
Lichter, Daniel T., and Deborah Roempke Graefe. 2001. "Finding a Mate? The
Marital and Cohabitation Histories of Unwed Mothers." Pp. 317-344 in
L.L. Wu and B. Wolfe (eds.), Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences
of Nonmarital Fertility. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
Duncan, Greg, and Saul Hoffman. 1985. “A Reconsideration of the Economic
Consequences of Marital Dissolution.” Demography.
MacLean, Mavis and Lenore J. Weitzman. 1990. The Economic Consequences of
Divorce in International Perspective. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Casper, Lynne M., Sara S. McLanahan, and Irwin Garfinkel. 1994. “The GenderPoverty Gap: What We Can Learn from Other Countries.” American
Sociological Review 59: 594-605.
C. NON-MARITAL FERTILITY, DIVORCE & CHILD WELL-BEING
Seltzer, Judith A. 1994. “Consequences of Marital Dissolution for Children.”
Annual Review of Sociology 20:235-266.
Astone, Nan M., and Sara S. McLanahan. 1994. “Family Structure,
Residential Mobility, and School Dropout: A Research Note.”
Demography 31(4): 575-584.
Furstenberg, Frank F. 1995. “Family Change and the Welfare of Children:
What Do We Know and What Can We Do About It?” In Mason
and Jensen (eds.) Gender and Family Change in Industrialized
Countries.” Oxford: Clarendon Press.
Lichter, Daniel. 1997. “Poverty and Inequality among Children” Annual Review
of Sociology 23: 121-145.
Amato, Paul R. and Alan Booth. 1991. “Consequences of Parental Divorce and
Marital Unhappiness for Adult Well-Being.” Social Forces 69: 895-914.
Hanson, Thomas L., Sara S. McLanahan, and Elizabeth Thomson. 1998.
“Windows on Divorce: Before and After.” Social Science Research 27:
329-349.
Hernandez, Donald. 199. America’s Children. New York: Russell Sage.
McLanahan, Sara S. and Gary D. Sandefur. 1994. Growing Up with a
Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps?. Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard
University Press
Amato, PR. 2000. The consequences of divorce for adults and children. Journal of
Marriage and the Family 62:1269-1287.
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Wu, LL and BC Martinson. 1993. Family Structure and the Risk of a Premarital
Birth. American Sociological Review 58:210-32.
Jekielek, SM. 1998. Parental Conflict, Marital Disruption, and Children's
Emotional Well-Being. Social Forces 76:908-935.
Hetherington, E. Mavis, Margaret Bridges, Glendessa M. Insabella. 1998. “What
Matters? What Does Not? Five Perspectives on the Association Between
Marital Transitions and Children’s Adjustment.” American Psychologist
53: 167-184.
Chase-Lansdale, Lindsay, Andrew J. Cherlin, and Kathleen E. Kiernan. 1995.
“Long-Term Effects of Parental Divorce on the Mental Health of Young
Adults: A Developmental Perspective.” Child Development 66: 16141634.
V. INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONSHIPS
Avery, Roger , Frances Goldscheider, and Alden Speare. 1992. “Feathered
Nest/Gilded Cage: Parental Income and Leaving Home in the
Transition to Adulthood.” Demography 29.
Aquilino, William S. and Khalil R. Supple. 1991. “Parent-Child Relations and
Parent's Satisfaction with Living Arrangements when Adult Children Live
at Home.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 53(1): 13-27.
Angel, Ronald and Marta Tienda. 1982. “Determinants of Extended Household
Structure: Cultural Pattern or Economic Need?” American Journal of
Sociology 87(6): 1360-1383.
Ward, Russell; John Logan, and Glenna Spitze. 1992. “The Influence of Parent
and Child Needs on Coresidence in Middle and Later Life.” Journal of
Marriage and the Family 54(1):209-221.
Ruggles, Steven. 1997. "The effects of AFDC on American Family Structure,
1940-1990.
Parish, William L.; Lingxin Hao, and Dennis P. Hogan. 1991. “Family Support
Networks, Welfare, and Work among Young Mothers.” Journal of
Marriage and the Family, 53(1):203-215.
Hogan, D.P. Eggebeen, D.J. & C. C. Clogg. 1993. “The Structure of
Intergenerational Exchanges in American Families.” American Journal of
Sociology 98: 1428-1458.
Sweet, James A. 1984. “Components of Change in the Number of Households:
1970-1980.” Demography 21:129-140.
Perez, Lisandro. 1994. “The Household Structure of Second-Generation Children:
An Exploratory Study of Extended Family Arrangements.” International
Migration Review. 28 [4(108)]: 736-747.
Berkner, Lutz. 1973. “The Stem Family and the Developmental Cycle of the
Peasant Household: An 18th Century Austrian Example.” Pp. 34-58 in
Michael Cordon (ed.) The American Family in Socio-Historical
Perspective. New York: St. Martin’s Press.
Laslett, Peter. 1972. “Introduction: The History of the Family.” Pp. 1-89. In Peter
Laslett with Richard Wall (eds.) Household and Family in Past Time.
Cambridge University Press.
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McLanahan, Sara, and Larry Bumpass. 1988. "Intergenerational Consequences
of Family Disruption." American Journal of Sociology 94: 130-52.
Antonucci, Toni and Hiroko Akiyama. 1995. “Convoys of Social Relations:
Family and Friendships Within a Life Span Context.” Pp. 355-71 in
Handbook of Aging and the Family, edited by Rosemary Blieszner and
Victoria Hilkevitch-Bedford. Westport, CT: Greenwood.
Silverstein, M. & Long, J.D. (1998). Trajectories of grandparents’ perceived
solidarity with adult grandchildren: A growth curve analysis over 23
years. Journal of Marriage and Family, 60, 912-923.
Bengston, V.L., Schaie, K.W., & Burton, L.M. (1995). Adult intergenerational
relations: Effects of societal change. New York: Springer. 1995.
King and Elder (1998) “Education and Grandparenting Roles” Research on Aging
20:450-475
VI. MATE SELECTION
South, Scott J. 1995. “Do You Need to Shop Around? Age at Marriage, Spousal
Alternatives, and Marital Dissolution.” Journal of Family Issues 16:432449.
Surra, Catherine A. 1990. “Research and Theory on Mate Selection and
Premarital Relationships in the 1980’s.” Journal of Marriage and the
Family 52: 844-865.
Lichter, Daniel T., Robert N. Anderson, and Mark D. Hayward. 1995. “Marriage
Markets and Marital Choice.” Journal of Family Issues 16: 412-431.
South, Scott J. 1991. “Sociodemographic Differences in Mate Selection
Preferences.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 928-940.
Schoen, Robert, and Robin M. Weinick. 1993. “Partner Choice in Marriages and
Cohabitations.” Journal of Marriage and the Family 55: 408-414.
Kass, Leon R. 1997. “The End of Courtship.” The Public Interest 126:39-63.
Glenn, Norval D. 2002. “A Plea for Greater Concern about the Quality of Marital
Matching.” Pp. 45-58 in Alan Hawkins, Lynn Wardle and David Coolidge
(eds) Revitalizing the Institution of Marriage for the Twenty-first Century.
Praeger.
Glenn, Norval D. 2002. “Marriage and Remarriage.” Pp. 872-875 in David Ekerdt
(ed) Encyclopedia of Aging. Macmillan Reference.
Cere, Daniel. 2001. “Courtship Today: The View from Academia.” The Public
Interest 143.
Farber, Bernard. 1987. “The Future of the American Family: A Dialectical
Account.” Journal of Family Issues 8:431-433.
VII. MISCELLANEOUS
Goode, William J. 1963. World Revolution and Family Patterns. New York: Free
Press.
Thornton, Arland. 2001. "The Developmental Paradigm, Reading History
Sideways, and Family Change." Demography 38: 449-465.
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