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NSFH Working Papers

NSFH 94: Jui-Chung Allen Li and Lawrence L. Wu. No Trend in the Intergenerational Transmission of Divorce. Abstract
NSFH 93: Kelly Musick and Larry Bumpass. Cohabitation, Marriage, and Trajectories in Well-being and Relationships. Abstract
NSFH 92: Jieun Song and Nadine F. Marks. Parent-Adult Child Relationships, Marital Status, and Mental Health among Retired Older Adults
NSFH 91: Emily A. Greenfield and Nadine F. Marks. Continuous participation in voluntary groups as a protective factor for the psychological well-being of adults who develop functional limitations: Evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households
NSFH 90: Heejeong Choi and Nadine F. Marks. Transitions to caregiving, marital disagreement, and psychological well-being. Abstract
NSFH 89: Elizabeth Thomson and Jui-Chung Allen Li. 2002. Her, His and Their Children: Childbearing Intentions and Births in Stepfamilies. Abstract
NSFH 88: PUBLISHED: Elizabeth Thomson. 2002. "Motherhood, Fatherhood and Parental Values." In Ron Lesthaeghe (ed.), Meaning and Choice: Value Orientations and Life Course Decisions. NIDI Monograph Nr. 37. The Hague: Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute. Abstract
NSFH 87: PUBLISHED: Larry Bumpass. 2002. "Family-related attitudes, couple relationships, and union stability." Pp. 161-184 in R. Lesthaeghe, ed. Meaning and Choice - Value Orientations and Life Cycle Decisions, Netherlands Interdisciplinary Demographic Institute, Netherlands. Abstract
NSFH 86: Amy Godecker. 1999. The Impact of Gender Role Attitudes on Sterilization Decisions. Abstract
NSFH 85: Lina Guzman. 1999. The Effects of Wives' Employment on Marital Quality
NSFH 84: Lina Guzman. 1999. The Use of Grandparents As Child Care Providers
NSFH 83: PUBLISHED: Larry Bumpass and Hsien-Hen Lu. 2000. "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children’s Family Contexts in the United States."Population Studies 54(1): 29-41.
NSFH 82: Nadine F. Marks and James David Lambert. 1999. Transitions to caregiving, gender, and psychological well-being: Prospective evidence from the National Survey of Families and Households. Abstract
NSFH 81: Kelly Musick and Larry Bumpass. 1998. How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood?
NSFH 80: PUBLISHED: Elizabeth Thomson, Jane Mosley, Thomas L. Hanson and Sara S. McLanahan. 2001. "Remarriage, Cohabitation and Changes in Mothering."Journal of Marriage and the Family 63:370-380. Abstract
NSFH 79: Brian C. Martinson and Lawrence L. Wu. 1998. Remarriage and Nonmarital Cohabitation Among White Women in the United States: Competing Risks and Multiple Dimensions of Time
NSFH 78: Nadine F. Marks and James D. Lambert. 1997. Family Caregiving: Contemporary Trends and Issues
NSFH 77: Megan Sweeney. 1997. The Decision to Divorce and Subsequent Remarriage: Does it Matter Which Spouse Chose to Leave?
NSFH 76: Elizabeth Thomson. 1997. Her, His and Their Children: Influences on Couple Childbearing Decisions.
NSFH 75: PUBLISHED: Seltzer, Judith A. 1998. "Father by Law: Effects of Joint Legal Custody on Nonresident Fathers' Involvement with Children." Demography 35(2): 135-146. Abstract
NSFH 74: Brenda A. Gravenish and Elizabeth Thomson. 1996. Marital Disruptions and Grandparent Relationships. Abstract
NSFH 73: Tsuya, Noriko (Nihon University, Tokyo), and Larry Bumpass. 1996. Gender, Employment and Housework
NSFH 72: Bumpass, Larry and Peter Brandon. 1996. The Prediction of Unmarried Childbearing: Evidence from NSFH2 on Family Values and Social Policy
NSFH 71: Marks, Nadine and James D. Lambert. 1996. Marital Status Continuity and Change Among Young and Midlife Adults: Longitudinal Effects on Psychological Well-Being. Abstract
NSFH 70: Wells, Thomas. 1995. Does Family Background Affect Educational Attainment Differently According to Family Structure, Birth Order, and Sex? Abstract
(No number): Bumpass, Larry L. and William S. Aquilino. 1995. A Social Map of Midlife: Family and Work Over the Middle Life Course. [Prepared for the MacArthur Foundation Research Network on Successful Midlife Aging]
NSFH 69: Mosley, Jane. 1995. Poverty, AFDC Receipt, and Adolescent Self-Esteem. Abstract
NSFH 68: Chen, Yi-Chun, Maurice MacDonald, and Karen Folk. 1995. The Impact of Young Mothers' Divorce on Inter-Family Transfers from Parents
NSFH 67: PUBLISHED: Thomson, Elizabeth. 1997. "Couple Childbearing Desires, Intentions and Births." Demography 34:343-354. Abstract
NSFH 66: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. 1995. "The Changing Family Contexts of Children in the United States." (in French) In Cahiers Quebecoise de Demographie (Vol. 23, No. 1); revised version in proceedings of the Potsdam International Conference "Changing Families and Childhood," December 14-17, 1994, and circulated as "The Declining Significance of Marriage: Changing Family Life in the United States," NSFH Working Paper No. 66. Abstract
NSFH 65: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1995. Cohabitation, Marriage, and Nonmarital Childbearing and Union Stability: Preliminary Findings from NSFH2. Abstract
NSFH 64: Marks, Nadine. 1994. Midlife Caregiving: Do Effects Differ by Gender? Abstract
NSFH 63: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L., James A. Sweet, and R. Kelly Raley. 1995. "The Changing Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing." Demography 32(3):425-436. Abstract
NSFH 62: Roan, Carol L. 1993. Looking Within Families: Does Parent's Contact with an Adult Child Depend on Characteristics of Other Children in the Family? Abstract
NSFH 61: Carter, Wendy Y. 1993. Attitudes Toward Pre-Marital Sex, Non-Marital Childbearing, Cohabitation, and Marriage among Blacks and Whites. Abstract
NSFH 60: PUBLISHED (as two papers):; Aquilino, William S. 1994. "Impact of childhood family structure on young adults' relationships with parents." Journal of Marriage & the Family 56: 295-313.; Aquilino, William S. 1994. "Later-life parental divorce and widowhood: impact on young adults' assessment of parent-child relations." Journal of Marriage & the Family 56: 908-922.
NSFH 59: Fussell, M. Elizabeth and Elizabeth Thomson. 1993. Sterilization and Marital Quality
NSFH 58: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. and R. Kelly Raley. 1995. "Redefining single-parent families: cohabitation and changing family reality." Demography 32 (1): 97-109.
NSFH 57: PUBLISHED: Seltzer, Judith A. and Yvonne Brandreth. 1994. "What Fathers Say about Involvement with Children after Separation." Journal of Family Issues 15 (1): 49-77.
NSFH 56: Krecker, Margaret L. 1993. Work History Data in the National Survey of Families and Households: An Overview and Preliminary Assessment
NSFH 55: PUBLISHED: Marks, Nadine. 1996. "Caregiving Across the Lifespan." Family Relations 45:27-36.
NSFH 54: PUBLISHED: Marks, Nadine. 1996. "Demographic Diversity Among Midlife Parents." In The Parental Experience in Midlife, Carol D. Ryff and Marsha Mailick Seltzer, eds. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
NSFH 53: PUBLISHED: Thomson, Elizabeth 1993. "Work Schedules and Time With Children." Proceedings, Social Statistics Section, American Statistical Association. Alexandria, VA: ASA.
NSFH 52: PUBLISHED: Manning, Wendy 1993. "Marriage and cohabitation following premarital conception." Journal of Marriage and the Family. 55 (4): 839-850.
NSFH 50: Van Hook, Jennifer V.W. and Elizabeth Thomson. 1992. Occupation, Parental Goals, and Children's Academic Attainment
NSFH 49: Thomson, Elizabeth and Min Li. 1992. Family Structure and Children's Kin
NSFH 48: PUBLISHED: Marks, Nadine F. and Sara S. McLanahan. 1993. "Gender, Family Structure, and Social Support Among Parents." Journal of Marriage and the Family 55: 481-493.
NSFH 47: PUBLISHED: Marks, Nadine F. 1995. "Midlife Marital Status Differences in Social Support Relationships with Adult Children and Psychological Well-being." Journal of Family Issues 16:5-28.
NSFH 46: PUBLISHED: Aquilino, William S. 1993. "Effects of spouse presence during the interview on survey responses concerning marriage." Public Opinion Quarterly 57: 358-376.
NSFH 45: PUBLISHED: Wu, Lawrence L. and Brian C. Martinson. 1991. "Family Structure and the Risk of a Premarital Birth." American Sociological Review 58 (2): 210-232.
NSFH 44: Raley, R. Kelly. 1991. The Effects of Family Composition on Educational Attainment
NSFH 43: PUBLISHED: Aquilino, William S. 1991. "Family structure and home-leaving: a further specification of the relationship." Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 999-1010.
NSFH 42: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1992. "Family Experiences Across the Life Course: Differences by Cohort, Education, and Race/Ethnicity." Pp. 313-350 in Proceedings, Volume 3, The Peopling of the Americas, IUSSP.
NSFH 41: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. 1994. "A Comparative Analysis of Coresidence and Contact with Parents in Japan and the United States." in Tradition and Change in the Asian Family, Lee Jay Cho and Moto Yada, editors. University of Hawaii Press, 1994.
NSFH 40: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1991. The Effect of Marital Disruption on Intergenerational Relationships
NSFH 39: Winsborough, Halliman H., Larry L. Bumpass, and William Aquilino. 1991. The Death of Parents and the Transition to Old Age
NSFH 38: Call, Vaughn R.A. 1991. Keeping Track of Panel Members in Longitudinal Research: The Experience of the National Survey of Families and Households
NSFH 37: PUBLISHED: Martinson, Brian C. And Lawrence L. Wu. 1992. "Parent Histories: Patterns of Change in Early Life" Journal of Family Issues 13 (3): 351-377.
NSFH 36: Bergen, Elizabeth. 1990. The Multidimensional Nature of Domestic Labor: An Investigation of Husbands' Participation
NSFH 35: Call, Vaughn R.A. 1990. Respondent Cooperation and Requests for Contacts in Longitudinal Research
NSFH 34: Seltzer, Judith A. 1990. Child Support Reform and the Welfare of U.S. Children
NSFH 33: PUBLISHED: Sweet, James A. and Larry L. Bumpass. 1992. "Young Adults' Views of Marriage, Cohabitation, and Family." In S. J. South and S. E. Tolnay, (eds.), The Changing American Family. Boulder: Westview Press.
NSFH 32: PUBLISHED: Sweet, James A. and Larry L. Bumpass. 1992. "Disruption of Marital and Cohabitation Relationships: A Social-Demographic Perspective." Pp. 67-89 in Terri Orbuch (ed.), Close Relationship Loss: Theoretical Approaches. New York: Springer-Verlag.
NSFH 31: PUBLISHED: Smock. Pamela J. 1990. "Remarriage patterns of black and white women: reassessing the role of educational attainment." Demography 27 (3): 467-73.
NSFH 29: PUBLISHED: Thomson, Elizabeth, Thomas L. Hanson, and Sara S. McLanahan. 1994. "Family structure and child well-being: economic resources vs. parental behaviors." Social Forces 73(1): 221-42.
NSFH 28: PUBLISHED: Aquilino, William S. 1991. "Predicting parents' experiences with coresident adult children." Journal of Family Issues 12: 323-342.
NSFH 27: PUBLISHED: Aquilino, William S., and Khalil Supple. 1991. "Parent-child relations and parental satisfaction with living arrangements when adult children live at home." Journal of Marriage and the Family 53:13-27.
NSFH 26: PUBLISHED: Kravdal, Oystein. 1992. "The emergence of a positive relation between education and third birth rates in Norway with supportive evidence from the U.S." Population Studies 46:459-475.
NSFH 25: Sweet, James A. 1990. Differential Response Rates of Tertiary Respondents
NSFH 24: Hoyert, Donna L. 1990. Intergenerational Exchange of Financial and Household Assistance
NSFH 23: PUBLISHED: Thomson, Elizabeth and Ugo Colella. 1992. "Cohabitation and Marital Stability: Quality or Commitment?" Journal of Marriage and the Family 54(2): 259-267.
NSFH 22: Sweet, James A. 1990. NSFH Experience with the Use of Self-Administered Questionnaires
NSFH 21: Sweet, James A. 1990. Differentials in the Length of the NSFH Interview
NSFH 20: Sweet, James A. 1990. Differentials in the Precision of Reporting of Dates of Marital and Cohabitation Events in the National Survey of Families and Households
NSFH 18: McLanahan, Sara S. and Renee Monson. 1990. Caring for the Elderly: Prevalence and Consequences
NSFH 17: PUBLISHED: Thomson, Elizabeth, Sara S. McLanahan and Roberta Braun Curtin. 1992. "Family Structure, Gender, and Parental Socialization" Journal of Marriage and the Family 54(2): 368-378.
NSFH 15: Sweet, James A. and Larry L. Bumpass. 1990. Religious Differentials in Marriage Behavior and Attitudes
NSFH 14: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L., Teresa Castro Martin, James A. Sweet. 1989. "The Impact of Background and Early Marital Factors on Marital Disruption." Journal of Family Issues 12 (1): 22-42.
NSFH 13: MacDonald, Maurice. 1989. Family Background, the Life Cycle, and Inter-Household Transfers
NSFH 12: PUBLISHED: Sweet, James A. and Larry L. Bumpass. 1989. "Conducting a comprehensive survey of American family life: the experience of the National Survey of Families and Households." Proceedings, Social Statistics Section. Alexandria, Virginia: ASA, p. 35-40.
NSFH 11: PUBLISHED: Aquilino, William S. 1990. The likelihood of parent-adult child coresidence: effects of family structure and parental characteristics. Journal of Marriage and the Family 52: 405-419.
NSFH 10: Bumpass, Larry L. and Vaughn R.A. Call. 1989. The Timing of Marriage and Education
NSFH 9: Martinson, Brian and Larry L. Bumpass. 1989. The Impact of Family Background on Premarital Births Among Women Under 30 in the United States
NSFH 8: Sweet, James A. 1989. Differentials in the Approval of Cohabitation.
NSFH 7: Sweet, James A. 1989. Response Rates for Secondary Respondents
NSFH 6: PUBLISHED: Brush, Lisa. 1990. "Violent Acts and Injurious Outcomes in Married Couples: Methodological Issues in the National Survey of Families and Households." Gender and Society 4(1): 56-67.
NSFH 5: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L., James A. Sweet, and Andrew Cherlin. 1989. "The Role of Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage." Journal of Marriage & the Family 53 (4): 913-927.
NSFH 4: PUBLISHED: Seltzer, Judith A. 1991. "Relationships Between Fathers and Children Who Live Apart: The Father's Role After Separation." Journal of Marriage & the Family 53 (1): 79-101.
NSFH 3: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1989. "Children's Experience in Single-Parent Families: Implications of Cohabitation and Marital Transitions" Family Planning Perspectives 21 (6): 256-260.
NSFH 2: PUBLISHED: Bumpass, Larry L. and James A. Sweet. 1989. "National estimates of cohabitation." Demography 26 (4): 615-25.
NSFH 1: Sweet, James, Larry Bumpass, and Vaughn Call. 1988. The Design and Content of the National Survey of Families and Households

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