Gayle Kaufman
Biographic Data
| ID | 121079 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gayle Kaufman |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gayle |
| FAMILY NAME | Kaufman |
| SIGNATURE | KAUFMAN G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Davidson College |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2250-2653 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 62 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 735 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 61 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 15 |
Perceived Impact of Same-sex Marriage on the Family, Religious Freedom, and the LGBTQ+ Community
“It Was Perfectly Queer”: LGBTQ+ Engagement and Wedding Celebrations
A decade after the 2015 US Supreme Court ruling that legalized marriage between same-sex couples across the country, a majority of same-sex couples in the US are married. Building on Finch’s (2007) concept of “displaying families” and Mamali and Stevens’ (2020) concept of “display work” in weddings, we examine wedding rituals of same-sex couples in the United States. As part of a larger study on marriage equality in the US conducted in 2022–2024,…
Partnership patterns and living arrangements of LGBTQ+ identifying US adults: Estimates from a probability-based survey
BACKGROUNDMost national surveys exclude sexual and gender identity (SOGI) measures or do not link them with household rosters and non-coresidential partnership questions, limiting demographic estimates of LGBTQ+ family life. OBJECTIVEWe examine differences in relationship status and living arrangements between LGBTQ+ and non-LGBTQ+ identifying US adults.Specifically, we compare the shares of those who live with a spouse, live with an unmarried pa…
Gone too long or back too soon? Perceptions of paid parental leave‐taking and variations by gender and family structure
Objective This study examines perceptions of paid leave‐taking itself and variations in these perceptions by parent gender, sexual orientation, and marital status. Background Previous research largely focuses on the consequences associated with leave‐taking, particularly highlighting workplace penalties associated with leave‐taking. There has also been limited attention to workers with diverse family forms. We seek to better understand the cultur…
The Case for “Other: Measuring Gender and Sexual Identity in Survey Research
As more people identify outside of binary gender categories and heterosexuality, survey research must adapt to better capture respondents' gender and sexual identities. Making the case for “other,” in this article, we review the history and contemporary measurement of sex/gender and sexuality to show how “other, please specify” options provide more accurate means for collecting data. Drawing from race/ethnicity data collection's long history of e…
When Working From Home Fails to Support Work-Life Balance: The Role of Childcare- and Work-Related Demands
The new normal of working from home (WFH) brought by the COVID-19 pandemic enabled parents to manage increased childcare demands while working remotely. Using multi-country data from the Familydemic Harmonized Dataset ( n = 9364), this study examines how WFH was related to perceived changes in work-life balance (WLB) among mothers and fathers, considering the moderating role of childcare- and work-related demands. Overall, WFH was positively asso…
Does taking parental leave make you a more likeable worker? Evidence from a survey experiment
Research on perceptions of workers who take paid parental leave largely focuses on the negative consequences associated with leave-taking. However, given widespread support for paid parental leave within the U.S., it is possible that workers may also be viewed positively on certain dimensions for taking parental leave. Using a novel survey experiment that includes vignettes of workers who consider taking paid parental leave (N = 1,625), we consid…
For the Children: Attitudes Toward Marriage and Divorce in the United States
Research Handbook on the Sociology of Gender
International audience
Attitudes Toward Mononormativity and Polyamorous Legal Rights in the US
What to Do with “Other, Describe
Measuring social categories and phenomena in survey questionnaires is complicated in a dynamic and diverse society. The use of “other, describe”–style open-ended text boxes can address this issue, but researchers rarely use these data because they lack guidance on how to code open-text information and manage small samples for analyses. The authors offer a roadmap to key decisions regarding the use of “other, describe” answer options and data duri…
Looking beyond marital status: What we can learn from relationship status measures
ObjectiveWith needed and growing attention to sexual minorities and unmarried individuals, there is a need to consider how best to capture relationships and relationship organization in family studies.BackgroundTraditional measures of marital status are commonly used to examine differences in relationships and socioeconomic outcomes, but they do not adequately capture the diversity of relationship experiences and leave certain types of relationsh…
Parental leave‐taking and perceptions of workers as good parents
Objective This study examines whether parental leave‐taking affects perceptions of workers as good parents, and whether this relationship varies between mothers and fathers. Background Contemporary parenthood norms promote intensive parenting, but pressures to engage in intensive parenting are more pronounced for mothers than fathers. Paid parental leave policies have the potential to improve gender equality, but only if such policies help to cha…
Gender Egalitarianism and Attitudes Toward Parental Leave
This paper examines the relationship between gender ideology and attitudes toward parental leave. We use data from two original survey experiments with a total analytic sample of 3332 respondents. Using an experimental design where participants evaluate a new parent’s decision about taking parental leave in light of the employer’s leave policies, and answer attitudinal questions about leave and gender ideology, we assess the associations between …
Attitudes Toward Same-Sex Marriage, Polyamorous Marriage, and Conventional Marriage Ideals Among College Students in the Southeastern United States
Gendered parental leave policies among Fortune 500 companies
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Community, Work & Family on August 6, 2020, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13668803.2020.1804324
Organizational policies, workplace culture, and perceived job commitment of mothers and fathers who take parental leave
Working from Home and Changes in Work Characteristics during Covid-19
A relatively high proportion of U.S. workers started working from home during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic. There has been extensive tracking of employment trends, but it is less clear what kind of impact working from home during the pandemic has had on job experiences. The authors use data from the October 2020 Pew Research Center American Trends Panel. On the basis of a sample of 4,508 respondents, the authors find that working from ho…
Visualizing Shifts in Gendered Parenting Attitudes during Covid-19
Many scholars have expressed fears that the 2019 coronavirus pandemic may exacerbate gender inequalities. Indeed, studies have suggested that women, and mothers in particular, have been particularly affected by reducing their participation in the paid labor market to meet increased caregiving needs. What is less clear is whether the pandemic has also shifted attitudes about mothers' and fathers' roles. We collected data on gendered parenting atti…
Attitudes toward Working Mothers and Work-Oriented Fathers in the U.S
While there is a wealth of research on gender ideology, most research focuses on attitudes toward women and women's roles. This study aims to address the gap in our understanding of attitudes toward working fathers. Using the 2016 General Social Survey (GSS), we find more negative attitudes toward work-oriented fathers than working mothers. Results from multinomial logistic regression show that men, older individuals, Hispanics, and those who att…
Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution
A real-world solution for parental leave that promotes gender equality at work and at home What do Papua New Guinea, Suriname, and the United States have in common? These three nations are the only ones that do not offer some form of parental leave to new parents. The US lags far behind the rest of the world on this important issue, raising questions about our commitment to gender equality and the welfare of our families. In Fixing Parental Leave…
Attitudes Toward LGBT Marriage and Legal Protections Post-Obergefell
Sharing the load: Housework, joint decision-making, and marital quality in Japan
Guided by equity theory, we examine how hours of housework by spouse, perceived fairness of housework division, and joint decision-making predict marital quality in Japan. Our analysis of data from the Survey of Midlife Development in Japan (MIDJA) shows that husbands who say their wives perform more hours of housework than themselves report higher marital quality, while no comparable pattern is present for wives. On the other hand, perceived fai…
Gender, LGB status, and attitudes toward traditional wedding practices
Historically, traditional wedding customs reflected marital values and gender power dynamics. Though preference for egalitarian partnerships and marriages is growing, patriarchal and heteronormative wedding traditions remain popular. This study aims to understand the dissonance between marriage values and wedding traditions by comparing college students’ ideals and intended practices regarding traditional heterosexual wedding customs, such as the…
Fixing Parental Leave: The Six Month Solution
Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter: Family Formation and Dissolution Among Traditional and Egalitarian Men and Women
The effect of gender role attitudes on family formation and dissolution is analyzed using data from the 1987/1988 and 1992/1994 waves of the National Survey of Families and House-holds. Results indicate that egalitarian women are less likely to intend to have a child and actually to have a child than traditional women. Unlike women, egalitarian men are more likely to intend to have a child and less likely to divorce than traditional men. Single m…
Effects of Life Course Transitions on the Quality of Relationships between Adult Children and Their Parents
Gayle Kaufman, Peter Uhlenberg, Effects of Life Course Transitions on the Quality of Relationships between Adult Children and Their Parents, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Nov., 1998), pp. 924-938
Barriers to equality: Why British fathers do not use parental leave
In 2011, the UK passed the Additional Paternity Leave (APL) policy, but less than 1% of eligible fathers took APL in its first year. This study investigates reasons for nonuse of APL. We find four main reasons: financial costs, gendered expectations, perceived workplace resistance, and policy restrictions. First, most fathers emphasized the role of finances in their leave decisions, sometimes taking annual leave for their second week because stat…
The Influence of Parenthood on the Work Effort of Married Men and Women
Journal Article The Influence of Parenthood on the Work Effort of Married Men and Women Get access Gayle Kaufman, Gayle Kaufman Davidson College Direct correspondence to Gayle Kaufman, Department of Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Peter Uhlenberg Peter Uhlenberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other work…
Fertility and Commitment: Bringing Men Back In
Frances K. Goldscheider, Gayle Kaufman, Fertility and Commitment: Bringing Men Back In, Population and Development Review, Vol. 22, Supplement: Fertility in the United States: New Patterns, New Theories (1996), pp. 87-99
Revisiting age identity
The Crossroads of Race and Sexuality: Date Selection among Men in Internet “Personal” Ads
The authors examine 2,400 personal ads from male advertisers collected from the Internet, focusing on issues of race and sexual orientation. They look at advertisers' desire for a partner of a particular race and the effect of their race and sexual orientation on their choices. The data indicate that Black, Hispanic, and Asian men are more likely than White men to have a race preference for a partner. Additionally, gay men are more likely to ment…
Grandparenting and age identity
We both need to work: Maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA
Both Britain and the USA are described as market-oriented or 'liberal' welfare regimes. However, there are important variations within these two countries: although both have high rates of maternal employment, part-time work is much more common in the UK than in the USA, where dual-earner (full-time) couples are the norm. Part-time employment can help to ease work-family conflict for women, while simultaneously contributing to the household incom…
Visualizing Shifts in Gendered Parenting Attitudes during Covid-19
Many scholars have expressed fears that the 2019 coronavirus pandemic may exacerbate gender inequalities. Indeed, studies have suggested that women, and mothers in particular, have been particularly affected by reducing their participation in the paid labor market to meet increased caregiving needs. What is less clear is whether the pandemic has also shifted attitudes about mothers' and fathers' roles. We collected data on gendered parenting atti…
Gender, work and childbearing: Couple Analysis of Work Adjustments After the Transition to Parenthood
This study focuses on Swedish couples' work adjustments following the transition to parenthood. Specifically, we ask whether couples' gender role attitudes influence whether they make adjustments to their work situations after the end of the parental leave. Using couple data from the Young Adult Panel Study, we find that both partners are more likely to make work adjustments when both partners hold egalitarian attitudes. It is also more likely th…
Willingness to Stepparent: Attitudes About Partners Who Already Have Children
Marriage markets have become increasingly filled with those who already have children, which may discourage marriage. Research has generally failed to assess the role of prospective stepchildren in new union formation, particularly from the point of view of the men who might become their stepfathers. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), the authors examine willingness to marry someone who already has children as …
Navigating the “New” Marriage Market: How Attitudes Toward Partner Characteristics Shape Union Formation
Trends in divorce and nonmarital childbearing suggest that the marriage market is increasingly filled with people who have been married and/or have children. This study examines the effect of personal attitudes on entrance into a union with a partner who has been previously married or has children. Using data from two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households, the authors find that men who hold more positive attitudes about marrying…
Gender and Marital Happiness in Later Life
In this study, the authors examine the effect of gender ideology on marital happiness in later life. Studies of marital satisfaction in later life have tended to neglect such attitudes, although they have received increasing attention in the literature on younger marriages. The authors use data from married individuals who range in age from 51 to 92 years old and are members of the 1994 Iowa Youth and Families Project. Results indicate that those…
Is Ageism Alive in Date Selection among Men? Age Requests among Gay and Straight Men in Internet Personal Ads
We examine 2,400 personal ads from male advertisers collected from the Internet, focusing on age preference by race and sexual orientation. We look at whether advertisers display any age preference in personal ads and whether the preference varies by race and sexual orientation. We find that gay men are more likely than straight men to state an age preference. Also, the preference for younger partners intensifies among older advertisers regardles…
Attitudes Toward LGBT Marriage and Legal Protections Post-Obergefell
Do Men "Need" A Spouse More Than Women: Perceptions of The Importance of Marriage for Men and Women
This study examines how important men and women feel marriage is for men and for women. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, we find that both men and women feel that men need to be married more than women do. Women are more likely than men to think that both men and women can have satisfying lives without marriage, but they are also more likely to think that only women can have satisfying lives without marriage. Younge…
Organizational policies, workplace culture, and perceived job commitment of mothers and fathers who take parental leave
Gender role attitudes, troubles talk, and marital satisfaction in Japan
Using data from the 2006 Japanese General Social Survey, we examine the association between gender role attitudes, spousal "troubles talk," and marital satisfaction. We find that, in line with prior research, belief in gender egalitarianism is associated with higher marital satisfaction for men, whereas it is negatively associated with women's marital satisfaction. More troubles talk is associated with higher marital satisfaction for both genders…
Degree Completion Among Nontraditional College Students
Objective. With the growing number of older students attending college, one major issue concerning these nontraditional students is their overall low completion rates. We examine factors affecting nontraditional students' degree completion. Methods. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we examine the effects of student characteristics on the probability of finishing college with event history models. Results. Part‐time enrol…
Enduring Egalitarianism? Family Transitions and Attitudes Toward Gender Equality in Sweden
Previous research in industrialized countries finds that attitudes toward gender equality are affected by family-related transitions as young adults with egalitarian attitudes based on growing equality between the sexes in the public sphere of education and work encounter a much less equal situation in the private sphere of the family. Sweden, however, is a society known for its emphasis on gender equality in the family. This study examines the e…
Gender role attitudes and college students’ work and family expectations
The Role of Partners and Workplaces in British and Swedish Men's Parental Leave Decisions
Sweden has been long known for its early introduction of parental leave in the 1970s and the introduction of the first nontransferable 'daddy month' in 1995 while the United Kingdom (UK) lagged behind with policies that reflected a strong male breadwinner model until the recent introduction of Additional Paternity Leave, which extended paternity leave up to twenty-six weeks. Our study examines parental leave decisions following the changes in pol…
Gendered parental leave policies among Fortune 500 companies
This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Community, Work & Family on August 6, 2020, available at: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/13668803.2020.1804324
Gender equality and work–family conflict from a cross-national perspective
This study examines the relationship between gender ideology at the individual level, gender equality at the country level, and women and men’s experiences of work interference with family (WIF) and family interference with work (FIW). We use data from the 2012 International Social Survey Programme as well as the 2011 to 2015 Human Development Reports. Our sample consists of 24,547 respondents from 37 countries. Based on multilevel mixed-effects …
Teenage sexual attitudes in China
Not much is known about the sexual attitudes of Chinese teenagers. In this article we endeavor to address this void by examining the sexual attitudes of Chinese teenagers with survey data collected in Sichuan Province in 1988. Our analysis has two goals: first, to describe aggregate attitudes toward premarital sexual practices; and second, to identify the principal factors that influence these attitudes. To accomplish the second goal we estimate …
Fertility and Commitment: Bringing Men Back In
Frances K. Goldscheider, Gayle Kaufman, Fertility and Commitment: Bringing Men Back In, Population and Development Review, Vol. 22, Supplement: Fertility in the United States: New Patterns, New Theories (1996), pp. 87-99
Men's attitudes toward parenthood
Sterilisation of Married Couples: Husband Versus Wife Sterilisation
Sterilisation has been increasing in the United States in recent decades. Using the National Survey of Families and Households, this paper examines sterilisation among married couples using event history techniques, viewing husband and wife sterilisation as competing risks. Wives are more likely to experience sterilisation and at shorter durations of marriage. Number of children has a curvilinear effect on sterilisation, increasing and then decre…
Effects of Life Course Transitions on the Quality of Relationships between Adult Children and Their Parents
Gayle Kaufman, Peter Uhlenberg, Effects of Life Course Transitions on the Quality of Relationships between Adult Children and Their Parents, Journal of Marriage and Family, Vol. 60, No. 4 (Nov., 1998), pp. 924-938
The Portrayal of Men's Family Roles in Television Commercials
Using the census to profile same-sex cohabitation: A research note
The Influence of Parenthood on the Work Effort of Married Men and Women
Journal Article The Influence of Parenthood on the Work Effort of Married Men and Women Get access Gayle Kaufman, Gayle Kaufman Davidson College Direct correspondence to Gayle Kaufman, Department of Sociology, Davidson College, Davidson, NC 28036. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Peter Uhlenberg Peter Uhlenberg University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Search for other work…
Do Gender Role Attitudes Matter: Family Formation and Dissolution Among Traditional and Egalitarian Men and Women
The effect of gender role attitudes on family formation and dissolution is analyzed using data from the 1987/1988 and 1992/1994 waves of the National Survey of Families and House-holds. Results indicate that egalitarian women are less likely to intend to have a child and actually to have a child than traditional women. Unlike women, egalitarian men are more likely to intend to have a child and less likely to divorce than traditional men. Single m…
Strategic Adjustments of Elderly Asian Americans: Living Arrangements and Headship
While many elderly whites in the US live in nuclear families, elderly minorities are more likely to live in extended families. The prevalence of extended families among elderly minorities is often explained in terms of cultural characteristics of ethnic minorities. Using the 1990 US census, we examine family living arrangements and headship among elderly Asian Americans and non-Hispanic whites. Headship is included to distinguish the intergenerat…
Revisiting age identity
Is Ageism Alive in Date Selection among Men? Age Requests among Gay and Straight Men in Internet Personal Ads
We examine 2,400 personal ads from male advertisers collected from the Internet, focusing on age preference by race and sexual orientation. We look at whether advertisers display any age preference in personal ads and whether the preference varies by race and sexual orientation. We find that gay men are more likely than straight men to state an age preference. Also, the preference for younger partners intensifies among older advertisers regardles…
Grandparenting and age identity
The Crossroads of Race and Sexuality: Date Selection among Men in Internet “Personal” Ads
The authors examine 2,400 personal ads from male advertisers collected from the Internet, focusing on issues of race and sexual orientation. They look at advertisers' desire for a partner of a particular race and the effect of their race and sexual orientation on their choices. The data indicate that Black, Hispanic, and Asian men are more likely than White men to have a race preference for a partner. Additionally, gay men are more likely to ment…
Gender role attitudes and college students’ work and family expectations
Degree Completion Among Nontraditional College Students
Objective. With the growing number of older students attending college, one major issue concerning these nontraditional students is their overall low completion rates. We examine factors affecting nontraditional students' degree completion. Methods. Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we examine the effects of student characteristics on the probability of finishing college with event history models. Results. Part‐time enrol…
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Willingness to Stepparent: Attitudes About Partners Who Already Have Children
Marriage markets have become increasingly filled with those who already have children, which may discourage marriage. Research has generally failed to assess the role of prospective stepchildren in new union formation, particularly from the point of view of the men who might become their stepfathers. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households (NSFH), the authors examine willingness to marry someone who already has children as …
Gender and Marital Happiness in Later Life
In this study, the authors examine the effect of gender ideology on marital happiness in later life. Studies of marital satisfaction in later life have tended to neglect such attitudes, although they have received increasing attention in the literature on younger marriages. The authors use data from married individuals who range in age from 51 to 92 years old and are members of the 1994 Iowa Youth and Families Project. Results indicate that those…
Do Men "Need" A Spouse More Than Women: Perceptions of The Importance of Marriage for Men and Women
This study examines how important men and women feel marriage is for men and for women. Using data from the National Survey of Families and Households, we find that both men and women feel that men need to be married more than women do. Women are more likely than men to think that both men and women can have satisfying lives without marriage, but they are also more likely to think that only women can have satisfying lives without marriage. Younge…
Belated entry: Gender differences and similarities in the pattern of nontraditional college enrollment
Grandparenting Responsibility Among Elderly Asian Americans: The Effects of Householder Status, Ethnicity, and Immigration
This study examines whether Asian American grandparents who reside with grandchildren take on responsibility for most of the basic needs of their grandchildren. We use data from the 2000 U.S. Census, which asked about grandparent responsibility for the first time. Younger grandparents, grandparents without disabilities, and grandmothers are more likely to be responsible for their grandchildren. Those who immigrated at age 65 or older are less lik…
Navigating the “New” Marriage Market: How Attitudes Toward Partner Characteristics Shape Union Formation
Trends in divorce and nonmarital childbearing suggest that the marriage market is increasingly filled with people who have been married and/or have children. This study examines the effect of personal attitudes on entrance into a union with a partner who has been previously married or has children. Using data from two waves of the National Survey of Families and Households, the authors find that men who hold more positive attitudes about marrying…
We both need to work: Maternal employment, childcare and health care in Britain and the USA
Both Britain and the USA are described as market-oriented or 'liberal' welfare regimes. However, there are important variations within these two countries: although both have high rates of maternal employment, part-time work is much more common in the UK than in the USA, where dual-earner (full-time) couples are the norm. Part-time employment can help to ease work-family conflict for women, while simultaneously contributing to the household incom…
Gender role attitudes, troubles talk, and marital satisfaction in Japan
Using data from the 2006 Japanese General Social Survey, we examine the association between gender role attitudes, spousal "troubles talk," and marital satisfaction. We find that, in line with prior research, belief in gender egalitarianism is associated with higher marital satisfaction for men, whereas it is negatively associated with women's marital satisfaction. More troubles talk is associated with higher marital satisfaction for both genders…
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