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Demography (2011) 48 (3): 957–982.
Published: 14 June 2011
...Maria Cancian; Daniel R. Meyer; Steven T. Cook Abstract We document the incidence and evolution of family complexity from the perspective of children. Following a cohort of firstborn children whose mothers were not married at the time of their birth, we consider family structure changes over...
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View articletitled, The Evolution of <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> <span class="search-highlight">Complexity</span> from the Perspective of Nonmarital Children
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Demography (2018) 55 (1): 135–164.
Published: 18 December 2017
...Zachary Van Winkle Abstract Family life courses are thought to have become more complex in Europe. This study uses SHARELIFE data from 14 European countries to analyze the family life courses of individuals born in 1924–1956 from ages 15 to 50. A new methodological approach, combining complexity...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Trajectories Across Time and Space: Increasing <span class="search-highlight">Complexity</span> in <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Life Courses in Europe?
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Demography (2003) 40 (3): 569–587.
Published: 01 August 2003
...Frances K. Goldscheider; Regina M. Bures Abstract This article examines the evolution of the black extended family by documenting a black-white crossover in the proportions of unmarried adults living in complex households after the middle of the twentieth century. We demonstrate significant racial...
View articletitled, The racial crossover in <span class="search-highlight">family</span> <span class="search-highlight">complexity</span> in the United States
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Demography (2016) 53 (1): 1–26.
Published: 25 November 2015
...Paula Fomby; Joshua A. Goode; Stefanie Mollborn Abstract As family structure in the United States has become increasingly dynamic and complex, children have become more likely to reside with step- or half-siblings through a variety of pathways. When these pathways are accounted for, more than one...
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View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> <span class="search-highlight">Complexity</span>, Siblings, and Children’s Aggressive Behavior at School Entry
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Demography (2021) 58 (4): 1575–1602.
Published: 01 August 2021
...Zachary Van Winkle; Dalton Conley Abstract Sequence analysis is an established method used to study the complexity of family life courses. Although individual and societal characteristics have been linked with the complexity of family trajectories, social scientists have neglected the potential...
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View articletitled, Genome-Wide Heritability Estimates for <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Life Course <span class="search-highlight">Complexity</span>
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Published: 16 May 2018
Fig. 2 Associations between family complexity, housing stability, and addiction status among BRS parents ( N = 81). Case study respondents are shown in the cells of the table. Complex families are those in which a respondent has more than one parental partner. Unstable housing is defined
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Published: 18 December 2017
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Demography (2022) 59 (5): 1821–1842.
Published: 01 October 2022
... in biological families. Moreover, among stepfamilies, ties are not uniformly stronger with biological children relative to stepchildren; differences emerge only in more complex families when each partner has biological children from previous relationships. Our findings challenge the view that ties with older...
View articletitled, The Strength of Parent–Adult Child Ties in Biological <span class="search-highlight">Families</span> and Stepfamilies: Evidence From Time Diaries From Older Adults
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Demography (2017) 54 (1): 45–70.
Published: 11 January 2017
.... It appears that children from either partner’s prior relationships influences subsequent fertility decision-making, undermining the utility of the “value of children” perspective for explaining childbearing behaviors in complex families. 6 12 2016 11 1 2017 © Population Association...
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Demography (2009) 46 (1): 85–101.
Published: 01 February 2009
...Susan L. Brown; Wendy D. Manning Abstract We used data from the first wave of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health to examine family boundary ambiguity in adolescent and mother reports of family structure and found that the greater the family complexity, the more likely adolescent...
View articletitled, <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> boundary ambiguity and the measurement of <span class="search-highlight">family</span> structure: the significance of cohabitation
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Demography (2018) 55 (3): 823–847.
Published: 16 May 2018
...Fig. 2 Associations between family complexity, housing stability, and addiction status among BRS parents ( N = 81). Case study respondents are shown in the cells of the table. Complex families are those in which a respondent has more than one parental partner. Unstable housing is defined...
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Demography (2013) 50 (5): 1593–1613.
Published: 18 May 2013
...Matteo Manfredini; Marco Breschi Abstract The elevated levels of protection, assistance, and care enjoyed by the elderly living in complex households has long been a key assumption of many family system theories. However, although this hypothesis has been demonstrated for contemporary contexts...
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Demography (2018) 55 (6): 2205–2228.
Published: 30 October 2018
... that complexity in childhood family relationships also contributes to multipartner fertility. Only a small part of the intergenerational association is accounted for by education in the first and second generations. The association is to some extent gendered. Half-siblings are associated with a greater risk...
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Demography (2019) 56 (6): 2033–2061.
Published: 09 September 2019
... that change in the racial/ethnic and socioeconomic composition of the U.S. population cannot explain the growth in exposure to half-siblings. We conclude by discussing the shifting patterns of fertility and family formation associated with sibling complexity and considering the implications for child...
View articletitled, Multiple-Partner Fertility and Cohort Change in the Prevalence of Half-Siblings
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Demography (2022) 59 (2): 731–760.
Published: 01 April 2022
...). Family composition Family complexity Children Family household composition is responsive to changes in the economic, technological, cultural, legal, and social contexts in which families are embedded ( McLanahan 2004 ; Ruggles 2015 ). In the broad sweep of American economic history, families...
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View articletitled, Continuity and Change in U.S. Children's <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Composition, 1968–2017
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Demography (2012) 49 (4): 1479–1498.
Published: 24 July 2012
... biological or adopted children. These new measures also allow us to identify a small number of young, disadvantaged couples who primarily reside in households of other family members, most commonly with parents. We conclude with an examination of the complex living arrangements and poverty status of American...
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View articletitled, Measuring Cohabitation and <span class="search-highlight">Family</span> Structure in the United States: Assessing the Impact of New Data From the Current Population Survey
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Demography (2022) 59 (1): 389–415.
Published: 01 February 2022
... is the primary explanation for the association between fathers' MPF and children's educational outcomes. Copyright © 2022 The Authors 2022 This is an open access article distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons license (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). Family structure Nuclear families Complex families...
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View articletitled, Fathers' Multiple-Partner Fertility and Children's Educational Outcomes
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Demography (1969) 6 (2): 161–183.
Published: 01 May 1969
.... MORE GENERAL MODELS 7.1 Two-outcome Models Homoqeneous in Time More complex family building models that include provisions for variability in pregnancy outcome or in the duration of nonsusceptible periods and even for cer- tain types of variation within and be- tween individuals, may still conform...
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Demography (1970) 7 (1): 61–69.
Published: 01 February 1970
...Thomas K. Burch Abstract Descriptions of non-nuclear family systems in terms of rules of residence imply large and complex households, yet such households are not encountered as modal or average for large populations. Demographic factors, in particular high mortality, have been suggested...
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