Andrew Cherlin

Biographic Data

ID3632255
NAMEAndrew Cherlin
GIVEN NAMESAndrew
FAMILY NAMECherlin
SIGNATURECHERLIN A
AFFILIATIONSJohns Hopkins University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS44
TOTAL CITATIONS1045
AUTHOR COUNT44
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1974
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
H-INDEX12

  • The Tenuous Attachments of Working-Class Men

    Open AccessKathryn Edin, Timothy J Nelson et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Economic…2019Cited by: 5References: 7

    In this essay, we explore how working-class men describe their attachments to work, family, and religion. We draw upon in-depth, life history interviews conducted in four metropolitan areas with racially and ethnically diverse groups of working-class men with a high school diploma but no four-year college degree. Between 2000 and 2013, we deployed heterogeneous sampling techniques in the black and white working-class neighborhoods of Boston, Mass…

  • Introduction to the Special Collection on Separation, Divorce, Repartnering, and Remarriage around the World

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinARTICLEDemographic Research2017Cited by: 21References: 36

    This is an introduction to a special collection of articles that, in earlier versions, were presented at the International Seminar on Union Breakdown and Repartnering around the World, in Montreal, Canada, in 2015, sponsored by the Panel on Nuptiality of t

  • The Effects of the Great Recession on Family Structure and Fertility

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2013Cited by: 58References: 8

    Recessions can alter family life by constraining the choices that individuals and couples make concerning their family lives and by activating the family's role as an emergency support system. Both effects were visible during and after the Great Recession. Fertility declined by 9 to 11 percent, depending on the measure, and the decline was greater in states that experienced higher increases in unemployment. The decline was greater among younger w…

  • Living Together Apart: Vivre ensemble séparés Une comparaison France-États-Unis

    Open AccessClaude Martins, Claude Martin et al.ARTICLEPopulation2012Cited by: 6References: 17

    À partir de deux enquêtes exploratoires menées parallèlement aux États-Unis et en France, l'article propose de saisir les raisons qui conduisent certains couples de différents milieux sociaux à vivre toujours ensemble, sous le même toit, tout en ne formant plus un couple. Les auteurs repèrent les spécificités de ces arrangements dans la période contemporaine par rapport au passé, et en tirent un certain nombre d'hypothèses quant à la significatio…

  • Gender Distrust and Intimate Unions Among Low-Income Hispanic and African American Women

    Open AccessAngela Estacion, Andrew J Cherlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues2010Cited by: 4References: 22

    This article investigates levels of generalized distrust of men among low-income non-Hispanic African American, Mexican, Puerto Rican, Dominican and non-Hispanic White women in a three-city survey. The results reveal substantial variation. Hispanics' overall levels of distrust are found to be higher than levels for either African Americans or Whites. Among Hispanics, however, Dominicans are the most distrusting group followed by Puerto Ricans, wh…

  • The New American Grandparent: A Place in the Family, A Life Apart

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.BOOKThe new American grandparent2009

  • Welfare Reform in the Mid-2000s: How African American and Hispanic Families in Three Cities Are Faring

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEThe Annals of the American…2009Cited by: 7References: 9

    This article reports on a sample of 538 African American and Hispanic women who were receiving Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) in 1999, 416 of whom left the program by 2005. The Hispanic women consisted of a Mexican-origin group and a second group that was primarily Puerto Rican and Dominican. Combining the experiences of the employed and the non-employed welfare leavers, the authors find at best a modest decline in the average pov…

  • The Role of Trust in Low-Income Mothers' Intimate Unions

    Open AccessLinda M Burton, Andrew J Cherlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2009Cited by: 23References: 36

    Recent scholarship concerning low rates of marriage among low-income mothers emphasizes generalized gender distrust as a major impediment in forming sustainable intimate unions. Guided by symbolic interaction theory and longitudinal ethnographic data on 256 low-income mothers from the Three-City Study, we argue that generalized gender distrust may not be as influential in shaping mothers' unions as some researchers suggest. Grounded theory analys…

  • Promises They Can Keep: Low-Income Women's Attitudes Toward Motherhood, Marriage, and Divorce

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family2008Cited by: 31References: 23

    Using data on low-income mothers in Boston, Chicago, and San Antonio, we test three propositions regarding mothers' attitudes toward childbearing, marriage, and divorce. These are drawn from K. Edin and M. J. Kefalas (2005) but have also arisen in other recent studies. We find strong support for the proposition that childbearing outside of marriage carries little stigma, limited support for the proposition that women prefer to have children well …

  • Divided Families: What Happens to Children When Parents Part (The Family and Public Policy)

    Andrew Cherlin, Frank F Furstenberg et al.BOOKDivided Families2006

  • Public and private families: An Introduction

    Andrew Cherlin, Andrew J CherlinBOOKPublic and private families1999

  • Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage: Revised and Enlarged Edition

    Andrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinBOOKMarriage, Divorce, Remarriage,…1992Cited by: 5

  • Census Monographs on Family, Work, and Money

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEDemography1991Cited by: 2References: 2

  • On analyzing other people's data

    Andrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinARTICLEDevelopmental Psychology1991Cited by: 6References: 1

    Sociologists and economists have long analyzed data sets collected by other researchers for different purposes. Since the mid-1960s, longitudinal surveys specifically designed to be publicly available to the research community have been carried out. Some of the recent ones contain much fuller measurements of children's development than do older surveys. These recents surveys present excellent opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration invo…

  • The Role of Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage

    Larry L Bumpa, Larry L Bumpass et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1991Cited by: 214

    This analysis examines trends in young adults in union formation comparing trends in marriage to trends when cohabitation is included as well as marriage. It then documents the characteristics of cohabiting couples in terms of the duration of the union presence of children perceived stability marriage plans and opinions about cohabitation. Finally it analyzes several marriage-related attitude items among all unmarried persons under age 35. The US…

  • A Review: "The Strange Career of the "Harvard-Yale Study

    Andrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinARTICLEPublic Opinion Quarterly1990Cited by: 7

    Journal Article THE STRANGE CAREER OF THE “HARVARD-YALE STUDY” Get access ANDREW CHERLIN ANDREW CHERLIN Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Public Opinion Quarterly, Volume 54, Issue 1, SPRING 1990, Pages 117–124, https://doi.org/10.1086/269187 Published: 01 January 1990

  • Are Few Better than Many

    Karl L Alexander, Karl Alexander et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1990

  • Family Matters

    Arlene Skolnick, Allan Carlson et al.ARTICLEContemporary Sociology A Journal…1990

  • Recent Changes in American Fertility, Marriage, and Divorce

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinARTICLEThe Annals of the American…1990Cited by: 6References: 8

    This article discusses recent trends in fertility, marriage, and divorce in the period since 1965 in the United States. It describes briefly the sharp changes in patterns of births, marriage, informal unions, divorce, and remarriage. Very recent developments of note include the increasingly important place of cohabitation in the life course, the continuing postponement of marriage, and the rise in birth rates to women in their thirties. Explanati…

  • Variations in marriage patterns in central Thailand

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEDemography1988Cited by: 10References: 5

    Data from a survey of marriage patterns in central Thailand illustrate the complexity of change in marriage patterns in a developing society-the diversity of traditional patterns, the different directions of change, and the variations in current patterns. The data were collected in 1978 and 1979 from ever-married women aged 15–44 in three settings:a central plains village, established areas in Bangkok, and a Bangkok squatter settlement. Three for…

  • The Changing European Family: Lessons for the American Reader

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Family Issues1988Cited by: 6References: 3

    The 7 chapters in this journal discuss the European family, including families in Britain, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, the German Democratic Republic, Italy, and Sweden. The authors feel that observers in the US sometimes resort to peculiarly American explanations (the budget deficit, changes in welfare benefits) to account for recent trends in marriage and fertility. The articles in this issue demonstrate that the pattern of post-WW…

  • Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution

    Andrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEPopulation and Development Review1987

    This is a collection of essays by various authors on aspects of contemporary marriage. The geographic focus is on the developed countries as a whole and on the United States in particular. The book begins with a general review of the meaning and significance of marriage in contemporary society. Part 1 contains four papers on the revolution in marital behavior and includes an article concerning the future of marriage an analysis of differences bet…

  • Remarried Couple Households: Data from the June 1980 Current Population Survey

    Andrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Marriage and the Family1985Cited by: 5

    This paper describes the structure of potentially complex remarried couple households using data from the June 1980 US Current Population Survey (CPS). The unit of analysis the remarried couple household consists of a married couple 1 or both of whom have been previously divorced. The data show 9.2 million remarried couple households currently in the US. 29.5% of these households have a previously divorced wife 35.3% have a previously divorced hu…

  • Family Policy and Family Professionals

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew CherlinARTICLEJournal of Family Issues1984References: 1

    In this introduction to the thematic issue on family policy, I discuss the evolution over the past decade in the approach to family policy taken by family professionals. I argue that the writings of policy-oriented professionals have become more modest in scope, more focused on specific issues, more aware of the moral tensions inherent in intervening in family affairs, and more appreciative of the strengths of families. This has led, I argue, to …

  • A Note on Maritally-Disrupted Men’s Reports of Child Support in the June 1980 Current Population Survey

    Open AccessAndrew J Cherlin, Andrew Cherlin et al.ARTICLEDemography1983Cited by: 25References: 1

    Data from the June 1980 Current Population Survey on fathers’ reported provision offinancial support to children from previous marriages living elsewhere is compared to previously published tabulations from the April 1979 CPS of women’s receipt of child support payments. The comparison indicates that the number of men with children from previous marriages living elsewhere is substantially underreported in the June 1980 CPS. Because of the apparen…