Readings on Families
Drawing on content across the 2021 issues of Demography, we have compiled a selection of articles on the topic of families. We hope you will find these useful for research and course preparation.
A Panel Study of Fertility Preferences and Contraceptive Dynamics in the Presence of Competing Pregnancy Risks in Uganda
Dana O. Sarnak; Amy Tsui; Fredrick Makumbi; Simon Peter Sebina Kibira; Saifuddin Ahmed
Demography 58:1, 2021
Choosing Plan B Over Plan A: Risk Compensation Theory and Contraceptive Choice in India
Pallavi Shukla; Hemant Kumar Pullabhotla; Mary Arends-Kuenning
Demography 58:1, 2021
Cross-Sectional Average Length of Life Childless
Ryohei Mogi; Jessica Nisén; Vladimir Canudas-Romo
Demography 58:1, 2021
Decomposition of Improvements in Infant Mortality in Asian Developing Countries Over Three Decades
Toshiaki Aizawa
Demography 58:1, 2021
Motherhood Penalties and Fatherhood Premiums: Effects of Parenthood on Earnings Growth Within and Across Firms
Wei-hsin Yu; Yuko Hara
Demography 58:1, 2021
Offspring Educational Attainment and Older Parents' Cognition in Mexico
Mingming Ma; Jenjira Yahirun; Joseph Saenz; Connor Sheehan
Demography 58:1, 2021
The Opioid Epidemic and Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States, 2000–2016
Mónica L. Caudillo; Andrés Villarreal
Demography 58:1, 2021
U.S. Occupational Mobility of Children of Immigrants Based on Parents' Origin-Country Occupation
Stephanie Potochnick; Matthew Hall
Demography 58:1, 2021
Academic Achievement of Children in Same- and Different-Sex-Parented Families: A Population-Level Analysis of Linked Administrative Data From the Netherlands
Jan Kabátek; Francisco Perales
Demography 58:2, 2021
Are States Created Equal? Moving to a State With More Expensive Childcare Reduces Mothers' Odds of Employment
Liana Christin Landivar; Leah Ruppanner; William J. Scarborough
Demography 58:2, 2021
Black-White Differences in Pregnancy Desire During the Transition to Adulthood
Jennifer S. Barber; Karen Benjamin Guzzo; Jamie Budnick; Yasamin Kusunoki; Sarah R. Hayford; Warren Miller
Demography 58:2, 2021
Educational Assortative Mating in Sub-Saharan Africa: Compositional Changes and Implications for Household Wealth Inequality
Luca Maria Pesando
Demography 58:2, 2021
The Impact of Center-Based Childcare Attendance on Early Child Development: Evidence From the French Elfe Cohort
Lawrence M. Berger; Lidia Panico; Anne Solaz
Demography 58:2, 2021
The Nonlinear Linkage Between Earnings Homogamy and Earnings Inequality Among Married Couples
Yifan Shen
Demography 58:2, 2021
Attitudes Toward Intimate Partner Violence in Dyadic Perspective: Evidence From Sub-Saharan Africa
Julia Behrman; Margaret Frye
Demography 58:3, 2021
Changes in Couples' Earnings Following Parenthood and Trends in Family Earnings Inequality
Pilar Gonalons-Pons; Christine R. Schwartz; Kelly Musick
Demography 58:3, 2021
DACA's Association With Birth Outcomes Among Mexican-Origin Mothers in the United States
Erin R. Hamilton; Paola D. Langer; Caitlin Patler
Demography 58:3, 2021
How Nearby Homicides Affect Young Women's Pregnancy Desires: Evidence From a Quasi-Experiment
Abigail Weitzman; Jennifer S. Barber; Justin Heinze; Marc Zimmerman
Demography 58:3, 2021
Measuring Marriage and Cohabitation: Assessing Same-Sex Relationship Status in the Current Population Survey
Wendy D. Manning; Krista K. Payne
Demography 58:3, 2021
Sibling Similarity in Education Across and Within Societies
Michael Grätz; Kieron J. Barclay; Øyvind N. Wiborg; Torkild H. Lyngstad; Aleksi Karhula; Jani Erola; Patrick Präg; Thomas Laidley; Dalton Conley
Demography 58:3, 2021
Stop! Go! What Can We Learn About Family Planning From Birth Timing in Settler South Africa, 1835–1950?
Jeanne Cilliers; Martine Mariotti
Demography 58:3, 2021
The Impact of Grandparental Death on the Fertility of Adult Children
Barbara S. Okun; Guy Stecklov
Demography 58:3, 2021
The Long Arm of Conflict: How Timing Shapes the Impact of Childhood Exposure to War
Daniel Ramirez; Steven A. Haas
Demography 58:3, 2021
Trends in Mothers' Parenting Time by Education and Work From 2003 to 2017
Kate C. Prickett; Jennifer March Augustine
Demography 58:3, 2021
Under Whose Roof? Understanding the Living Arrangements of Children in Doubled-Up Households
Hope Harvey; Rachel Dunifon; Natasha Pilkauskas
Demography 58:3, 2021
Does the Impact of Motherhood on Women's Employment and Wages Differ for Women Who Plan Their Transition Into Motherhood?
Jonathan Marc Bearak; Anna Popinchalk; Kristen Lagasse Burke; Selena Anjur-Dietrich
Demography 58:4, 2021
Estimating Adult Death Rates From Sibling Histories: A Network Approach
Dennis M. Feehan; Gabriel M. Borges
Demography 58:4, 2021
Family Income Level, Variability, and Trend as Predictors of Child Achievement and Behavior
Heather D. Hill
Demography 58:4, 2021
Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for Family Life Course Complexity
Zachary Van Winkle; Dalton Conley
Demography 58:4, 2021
Impact of Free/Subsidized Secondary School Education on the Likelihood of Teenage Motherhood
Steve Muchiri
Demography 58:4, 2021
Mental Health Around the Transition to First Birth: Does Medically Assisted Reproduction Matter?
Marco Tosi; Alice Goisis
Demography 58:4, 2021
Not Just Later, but Fewer: Novel Trends in Cohort Fertility in the Nordic Countries
Julia Hellstrand; Jessica Nisén; Vitor Miranda; Peter Fallesen; Lars Dommermuth; Mikko Myrskylä
Demography 58:4, 2021
Occupational Inflexibility and Women's Employment During the Transition to Parenthood
Patrick Ishizuka; Kelly Musick
Demography 58:4, 2021
Rising Inequality in Mothers' Employment Statuses: The Role of Intergenerational Transmission
Ariel J. Binder
Demography 58:4, 2021
The Benefits of Rental Assistance for Children's Health and School Attendance in the United States
Andrew Fenelon; Michel Boudreaux; Natalie Slopen; Sandra J. Newman
Demography 58:4, 2021
The Motherhood Penalty in Context: Assessing Discrimination in a Polarized Labor Market
Patrick Ishizuka
Demography 58:4, 2021
Women's Use of Long-Acting Reversible Contraception for Birth Timing and Birth Stopping
Mieke C. W. Eeckhaut; Michael S. Rendall; Polina Zvavitch
Demography 58:4, 2021
Does Parental Migration During Childhood Affect Children's Lifetime Educational Attainment? Evidence From Mexico
Joshua Thomas Wassink; Janelle Ashley Viera
Demography 58:5, 2021
Effects of the Affordable Care Act Dependent Coverage Mandate on Health Insurance Coverage for Individuals in Same-Sex Couples
Christopher S. Carpenter; Gilbert Gonzales; Tara McKay; Dario Sansone
Demography 58:5, 2021
Fathers' Involvement in the Family, Fertility, and Maternal Employment: Evidence From Central and Eastern Europe
Ester Fanelli; Paola Profeta
Demography 58:5, 2021
Health of Immigrant Children: The Role of Immigrant Generation, Exogamous Family Setting, and Family Material and Social Resources
Silvia Loi; Joonas Pitkänen; Heta Moustgaard; Mikko Myrskylä; Pekka Martikainen
Demography 58:5, 2021
Husbands' Dominance in Decision-Making About Women's Health: A Spatial Diffusion Perspective in Sub-Saharan Africa
Liliana Andriano; Julia Behrman; Christiaan Monden
Demography 58:5, 2021
In the Name of the Father? Fertility, Religion, and Child Naming in the Demographic Transition
Dylan Shane Connor
Demography 58:5, 2021
Interrelationships Among Fertility, Internal Migration,and Proximity to Nonresident Family:A Multilevel Multiprocess Analysis
Michael J. Thomas; Lars Dommermuth
Demography 58:5, 2021
Investigating the Structure of Son Bias in Armenia With Novel Measures of Individual Preferences
Matthias Schief; Sonja Vogt; Charles Efferson
Demography 58:5, 2021
Long-Term Trends and Ethnoracial Inequality in U.S. Foster Care: A Research Note
Alexander F. Roehrkasse
Demography 58:5, 2021
Online Dating Is Shifting Educational Inequalities in Marriage Formation in Germany
Gina Potarca
Demography 58:5, 2021
The Changing Association Between Homeownership and the Transition to Parenthood
Valentina Tocchioni; Ann Berrington; Daniele Vignoli; Agnese Vitali
Demography 58:5, 2021
The Crucial Role of Mothers and Siblings in Child Survival: Evidence From 29 Health and Demographic Surveillance Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa
Philippe Bocquier; Carren Ginsburg; Ashira Menashe-Oren; Yacouba Compaoré; Mark Collinson
Demography 58:5, 2021
Women's Experience of Child Death Over the Life Course: A Global Demographic Perspective
Diego Alburez-Gutierrez; Martin Kolk; Emilio Zagheni
Demography 58:5, 2021
A Research Note Describing a More Inclusive Approach to Identifying Same-Sex Cohabiters in the American Time Use Survey
Sarah M. Flood; Katie R. Genadek
Demography 58:6, 2021
Access to the Emergency Contraceptive Pill and Women's Reproductive Health: Evidence From Public Reform in Chile
Damian Clarke; Viviana Salinas
Demography 58:6, 2021
College as a Great Equalizer? Marriage and Assortative Mating Among First- and Continuing-Generation College Students
Michael D. King
Demography 58:6, 2021
Cross-State Differences in the Processes Generating Black–White Disparities in Neonatal Mortality
Benjamin Sosnaud
Demography 58:6, 2021
Is Parental Divorce Homogamy Associated With a Higher Risk of Separation From Cohabitation and Marriage?
Sanna Kailaheimo-Lönnqvist; Anette Eva Fasang; Marika Jalovaara; Emanuela Struffolino
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Effect of EITC Exposure in Childhood on Marriage and Early Childbearing
Katherine Michelmore; Leonard M. Lopoo
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Fertility of Immigrants From Low-Fertility Settings: Adaptation in the Quantum and Tempo of Childbearing?
Eleonora Mussino; Ben Wilson; Gunnar Andersson
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Influence of Kin Proximity on the Reproductive Success of American Couples, 1900–1910
J. David Hacker; Jonas Helgertz; Matt A. Nelson; Evan Roberts
Demography 58:6, 2021
The Pregnancy-Related Mortality Impact of a Total Abortion Ban in the United States: A Research Note on Increased Deaths Due to Remaining Pregnant
Amanda Jean Stevenson
Demography 58:6, 2021
Unequal From the Start? Poverty Across Immigrant Generations of Hispanic Children
Brian C. Thiede; Matthew M. Brooks; Leif Jensen
Demography 58:6, 2021
