Aimée R. Dechter
Assistant Professor of SociologyOff campus
dechter@ssc.wisc.edu
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Curriculum Vitae
Education:
Ph.D, University of Pennsylvania, 1991
Areas of Interest:
Aging, Life Course
Demography
Methods and Statistics
Social Stratification
Sociology of the Family
Affiliations:
Center for Demography and Ecology
Center for Demography of Health and Aging
Institute for Research on Poverty
Sociology
Research Interest Statement:
My research and teaching interests span the sub-fields of sociology of the life course and the family, inequality, demography, and quantitative methods. My interests have been centered around four themes: (1) the interrelationships of family, work, economic well-being, and gender roles; (2) the social, demographic, and economic consequences of social change for individuals and families in the U.S.; (3) differences in the nature and implications of marriage and cohabitation; and (4) methodological problems in analyzing non-experimental data.