J H Su
Biographic Data
| ID | 66506 |
|---|---|
| NAME | J H Su |
| GIVEN NAMES | J H |
| FAMILY NAME | Su |
| SIGNATURE | SU J H |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3698-7807 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 89 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Contraceptive Use Among Women in Neighborhoods of Racialized Socioeconomic Deprivation in the United States
Wealth and the Transition to Motherhood
Wealth, a significant dimension of inequality that captures both financial security and social position, shapes patterns of family formation. This study evaluates the role of wealth in the transition to motherhood. We argue that wealth is particularly relevant to when women become mothers, and whether their first birth is desired or undesired. Leveraging longitudinal panel data from the NLSY79 (n=2,382), we find that net worth is linked with a hi…
Neighborhood‐level racialized socioeconomic deprivation and contraceptive use in the United States, 2011–2019
This study highlights the salience of structural factors for contraceptive use and the need for continued examination of structural oppressions to inform health policy
How Sexism in Institutions and Everyday Interactions Shapes Early Childbearing
Early childbearing is associated with poor outcomes for parents and children, potentially exacerbating inequality within and across generations. Building on the structural sexism and health perspective, we argue that systemic gender inequality is a conceptually important-and understudied-factor in early childbearing. Using survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( N = 5,052 female respondents and 32,595 pers…
Best for Whom? Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Breastfeeding on Child Development
The slogan "Breast is Best" has been popularized by medical organizations and parenting networks to extoll the benefits of breastfeeding, yet the causal effects are widely debated. Our study contributes to the debate by examining whether breastfeeding has differential effects based on the propensity to breastfeed, which is also known as causal effect heterogeneity. Prior studies attempt to isolate the causal effect of breastfeeding by netting out…
The Social Forces that Shape Families: Reflections on 100 Years of Publications in Social Forces
Legacies of Marginalization: System Avoidance among the Adult Children of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The threat of deportation shapes the way that unauthorized immigrants and their families interact with social institutions. For example, the adult children of unauthorized immigrants might avoid institutions that keep formal records (“surveilling” institutions) because such institutions could potentially expose their families to deportation. Using intergenerational data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angel…
The role of welfare in family income inequality: 1968–2016
Repackaging Fatherhood: Father Engagement and Cooperative Coparenting in Mid-Pregnancy Marriages and Cohabitations
ObjectiveThis study examined how the timing and structure of parents' relationships are related to father engagement and cooperative coparenting in the United States.BackgroundResponses to nonmarital pregnancies have shifted; mid-pregnancy ('shotgun') marriages have declined while mid-pregnancy cohabitations have significantly increased. These less institutionalized family forms may create ambiguity about fathers' roles as parents and partners.Me…
Local Employment Conditions and Unintended Pregnancy
ObjectiveThis study examined the relationship between local employment conditions and unintended pregnancy.BackgroundEconomic conditions shape the decisions that Americans make about their families, such as whether and when to have children. Women have fewer children during economic downturns, but it is unclear how the economy is related to another dimension of fertility: unintended pregnancy. This is an important avenue of research because unint…
The best of intentions: Prenatal breastfeeding intentions and infant health
Health organizations recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed infants for the first six months of life. The current study contributes to a growing body of research that examines whether the purported benefits of breastfeeding are causal. We systematically evaluated the role of an expectant mother's prenatal breastfeeding intentions, which reflect not only demographic characteristics, but also knowledge, attitudes, and social norms about infa…
Unintended Birth and Children's Long-term Mental Health
Research has examined the proximate effects of unintended birth on infants and young children, but we know relatively little about the longer-term effects. Given that unintended birth is associated with several childhood risk factors, it might set the stage for poor mental health in adulthood. Drawing on rich intergenerational survey data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 ( N = 3,742), this study used a variety of statistical t…
Nonstandard Work Schedules and Private Safety Nets Among Working Mothers
Although the implications of nonstandard work schedules (work outside of the typical 9 - 5, Monday - Friday schedule) for individuals and families are increasingly well understood, it is unclear how such schedules are associated with perceived social support for working mothers. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and a variety of methodological approaches, we found mixed evidence for this relationship. Results from ord…
Better for Baby? The Retreat From Mid-Pregnancy Marriage and Implications for Parenting and Child Well-being
Recent decades have seen a significant decline in mid-pregnancy (“shotgun”) marriage, particularly among disadvantaged groups, which has contributed to increasing nonmarital birth rates. Despite public and political concern about this shift, the implications for parenting and child well-being are not known. Drawing on a sample of U.S. black and white mothers with nonmarital conceptions from the NLSY79, our study fills this gap. Using propensity s…
Work Hours, Schedules, and Insufficient Sleep Among Mothers and Their Young Children
Studies have linked parents' employment, work hours, and work schedules to their own sleep quality and quantity, but it is unclear whether these associations extend to children. The authors used data from the 5-year in-home survey of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,818) to examine the associations between maternal work hours and schedule and insufficient sleep among disadvantaged mothers and their young children. They found …
Mothers’ night work and children’s behavior problems
Many mothers work in jobs with nonstandard schedules (i.e., schedules that involve work outside of the traditional 9-5, Monday through Friday schedule); this is particularly true for economically disadvantaged mothers. In the present article, we used longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (n = 2,367 mothers of children ages 3-5 years) to examine the associations between maternal nonstandard work and children's beha…
Measuring Maternal Nonstandard Work in Survey Data
Surveys differ in the measurement of nonstandard work, such that some surveys require respondents to indicate whether they work either a standard or a nonstandard schedule, whereas others allow respondents to indicate that they work both types of schedules. We test whether these measurement decisions influence the estimated prevalence of maternal nonstandard work, using data from two sources: the Current Population Survey (N = 1,430) and the Frag…
Pregnancy Intentions and Parents' Psychological Well-Being
Extant research suggests that parents are more depressed than childless adults, yet the role of pregnancy intentions is largely absent from the discussion. Using 2 waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 825 women, n = 889 men), the author found that pregnancy intentions are an important consideration for parents' well-being. The results suggest that unintended births are associated with increased depressive symptom…
Mothers’ night work and children’s behavior problems
Many mothers work in jobs with nonstandard schedules (i.e., schedules that involve work outside of the traditional 9-5, Monday through Friday schedule); this is particularly true for economically disadvantaged mothers. In the present article, we used longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (n = 2,367 mothers of children ages 3-5 years) to examine the associations between maternal nonstandard work and children's beha…
Pregnancy Intentions and Parents' Psychological Well-Being
Extant research suggests that parents are more depressed than childless adults, yet the role of pregnancy intentions is largely absent from the discussion. Using 2 waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 825 women, n = 889 men), the author found that pregnancy intentions are an important consideration for parents' well-being. The results suggest that unintended births are associated with increased depressive symptom…
Work Hours, Schedules, and Insufficient Sleep Among Mothers and Their Young Children
Studies have linked parents' employment, work hours, and work schedules to their own sleep quality and quantity, but it is unclear whether these associations extend to children. The authors used data from the 5-year in-home survey of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,818) to examine the associations between maternal work hours and schedule and insufficient sleep among disadvantaged mothers and their young children. They found …
Nonstandard Work Schedules and Private Safety Nets Among Working Mothers
Although the implications of nonstandard work schedules (work outside of the typical 9 - 5, Monday - Friday schedule) for individuals and families are increasingly well understood, it is unclear how such schedules are associated with perceived social support for working mothers. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and a variety of methodological approaches, we found mixed evidence for this relationship. Results from ord…
Better for Baby? The Retreat From Mid-Pregnancy Marriage and Implications for Parenting and Child Well-being
Recent decades have seen a significant decline in mid-pregnancy (“shotgun”) marriage, particularly among disadvantaged groups, which has contributed to increasing nonmarital birth rates. Despite public and political concern about this shift, the implications for parenting and child well-being are not known. Drawing on a sample of U.S. black and white mothers with nonmarital conceptions from the NLSY79, our study fills this gap. Using propensity s…
Legacies of Marginalization: System Avoidance among the Adult Children of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The threat of deportation shapes the way that unauthorized immigrants and their families interact with social institutions. For example, the adult children of unauthorized immigrants might avoid institutions that keep formal records (“surveilling” institutions) because such institutions could potentially expose their families to deportation. Using intergenerational data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angel…
Measuring Maternal Nonstandard Work in Survey Data
Surveys differ in the measurement of nonstandard work, such that some surveys require respondents to indicate whether they work either a standard or a nonstandard schedule, whereas others allow respondents to indicate that they work both types of schedules. We test whether these measurement decisions influence the estimated prevalence of maternal nonstandard work, using data from two sources: the Current Population Survey (N = 1,430) and the Frag…
Wealth and the Transition to Motherhood
Wealth, a significant dimension of inequality that captures both financial security and social position, shapes patterns of family formation. This study evaluates the role of wealth in the transition to motherhood. We argue that wealth is particularly relevant to when women become mothers, and whether their first birth is desired or undesired. Leveraging longitudinal panel data from the NLSY79 (n=2,382), we find that net worth is linked with a hi…
Local Employment Conditions and Unintended Pregnancy
ObjectiveThis study examined the relationship between local employment conditions and unintended pregnancy.BackgroundEconomic conditions shape the decisions that Americans make about their families, such as whether and when to have children. Women have fewer children during economic downturns, but it is unclear how the economy is related to another dimension of fertility: unintended pregnancy. This is an important avenue of research because unint…
Unintended Birth and Children's Long-term Mental Health
Research has examined the proximate effects of unintended birth on infants and young children, but we know relatively little about the longer-term effects. Given that unintended birth is associated with several childhood risk factors, it might set the stage for poor mental health in adulthood. Drawing on rich intergenerational survey data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 ( N = 3,742), this study used a variety of statistical t…
The role of welfare in family income inequality: 1968–2016
How Sexism in Institutions and Everyday Interactions Shapes Early Childbearing
Early childbearing is associated with poor outcomes for parents and children, potentially exacerbating inequality within and across generations. Building on the structural sexism and health perspective, we argue that systemic gender inequality is a conceptually important-and understudied-factor in early childbearing. Using survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( N = 5,052 female respondents and 32,595 pers…
The Social Forces that Shape Families: Reflections on 100 Years of Publications in Social Forces
Pregnancy Intentions and Parents' Psychological Well-Being
Extant research suggests that parents are more depressed than childless adults, yet the role of pregnancy intentions is largely absent from the discussion. Using 2 waves of data from the National Survey of Families and Households (n = 825 women, n = 889 men), the author found that pregnancy intentions are an important consideration for parents' well-being. The results suggest that unintended births are associated with increased depressive symptom…
Mothers’ night work and children’s behavior problems
Many mothers work in jobs with nonstandard schedules (i.e., schedules that involve work outside of the traditional 9-5, Monday through Friday schedule); this is particularly true for economically disadvantaged mothers. In the present article, we used longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Survey (n = 2,367 mothers of children ages 3-5 years) to examine the associations between maternal nonstandard work and children's beha…
Measuring Maternal Nonstandard Work in Survey Data
Surveys differ in the measurement of nonstandard work, such that some surveys require respondents to indicate whether they work either a standard or a nonstandard schedule, whereas others allow respondents to indicate that they work both types of schedules. We test whether these measurement decisions influence the estimated prevalence of maternal nonstandard work, using data from two sources: the Current Population Survey (N = 1,430) and the Frag…
Work Hours, Schedules, and Insufficient Sleep Among Mothers and Their Young Children
Studies have linked parents' employment, work hours, and work schedules to their own sleep quality and quantity, but it is unclear whether these associations extend to children. The authors used data from the 5-year in-home survey of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 1,818) to examine the associations between maternal work hours and schedule and insufficient sleep among disadvantaged mothers and their young children. They found …
Better for Baby? The Retreat From Mid-Pregnancy Marriage and Implications for Parenting and Child Well-being
Recent decades have seen a significant decline in mid-pregnancy (“shotgun”) marriage, particularly among disadvantaged groups, which has contributed to increasing nonmarital birth rates. Despite public and political concern about this shift, the implications for parenting and child well-being are not known. Drawing on a sample of U.S. black and white mothers with nonmarital conceptions from the NLSY79, our study fills this gap. Using propensity s…
Unintended Birth and Children's Long-term Mental Health
Research has examined the proximate effects of unintended birth on infants and young children, but we know relatively little about the longer-term effects. Given that unintended birth is associated with several childhood risk factors, it might set the stage for poor mental health in adulthood. Drawing on rich intergenerational survey data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1979 ( N = 3,742), this study used a variety of statistical t…
Nonstandard Work Schedules and Private Safety Nets Among Working Mothers
Although the implications of nonstandard work schedules (work outside of the typical 9 - 5, Monday - Friday schedule) for individuals and families are increasingly well understood, it is unclear how such schedules are associated with perceived social support for working mothers. Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study and a variety of methodological approaches, we found mixed evidence for this relationship. Results from ord…
The best of intentions: Prenatal breastfeeding intentions and infant health
Health organizations recommend that mothers exclusively breastfeed infants for the first six months of life. The current study contributes to a growing body of research that examines whether the purported benefits of breastfeeding are causal. We systematically evaluated the role of an expectant mother's prenatal breastfeeding intentions, which reflect not only demographic characteristics, but also knowledge, attitudes, and social norms about infa…
Local Employment Conditions and Unintended Pregnancy
ObjectiveThis study examined the relationship between local employment conditions and unintended pregnancy.BackgroundEconomic conditions shape the decisions that Americans make about their families, such as whether and when to have children. Women have fewer children during economic downturns, but it is unclear how the economy is related to another dimension of fertility: unintended pregnancy. This is an important avenue of research because unint…
Legacies of Marginalization: System Avoidance among the Adult Children of Unauthorized Immigrants in the United States
The threat of deportation shapes the way that unauthorized immigrants and their families interact with social institutions. For example, the adult children of unauthorized immigrants might avoid institutions that keep formal records (“surveilling” institutions) because such institutions could potentially expose their families to deportation. Using intergenerational data from the Immigration and Intergenerational Mobility in Metropolitan Los Angel…
The role of welfare in family income inequality: 1968–2016
Repackaging Fatherhood: Father Engagement and Cooperative Coparenting in Mid-Pregnancy Marriages and Cohabitations
ObjectiveThis study examined how the timing and structure of parents' relationships are related to father engagement and cooperative coparenting in the United States.BackgroundResponses to nonmarital pregnancies have shifted; mid-pregnancy ('shotgun') marriages have declined while mid-pregnancy cohabitations have significantly increased. These less institutionalized family forms may create ambiguity about fathers' roles as parents and partners.Me…
The Social Forces that Shape Families: Reflections on 100 Years of Publications in Social Forces
Neighborhood‐level racialized socioeconomic deprivation and contraceptive use in the United States, 2011–2019
This study highlights the salience of structural factors for contraceptive use and the need for continued examination of structural oppressions to inform health policy
How Sexism in Institutions and Everyday Interactions Shapes Early Childbearing
Early childbearing is associated with poor outcomes for parents and children, potentially exacerbating inequality within and across generations. Building on the structural sexism and health perspective, we argue that systemic gender inequality is a conceptually important-and understudied-factor in early childbearing. Using survey data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health ( N = 5,052 female respondents and 32,595 pers…
Best for Whom? Heterogeneous Treatment Effects of Breastfeeding on Child Development
The slogan "Breast is Best" has been popularized by medical organizations and parenting networks to extoll the benefits of breastfeeding, yet the causal effects are widely debated. Our study contributes to the debate by examining whether breastfeeding has differential effects based on the propensity to breastfeed, which is also known as causal effect heterogeneity. Prior studies attempt to isolate the causal effect of breastfeeding by netting out…
Impacts of Medicaid Expansion on Contraceptive Use Among Women in Neighborhoods of Racialized Socioeconomic Deprivation in the United States
Wealth and the Transition to Motherhood
Wealth, a significant dimension of inequality that captures both financial security and social position, shapes patterns of family formation. This study evaluates the role of wealth in the transition to motherhood. We argue that wealth is particularly relevant to when women become mothers, and whether their first birth is desired or undesired. Leveraging longitudinal panel data from the NLSY79 (n=2,382), we find that net worth is linked with a hi…
Psychology (13 works) · Sociology (12 works) · Demography (9 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Population (9 works) · Economics (8 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (8 works) · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (8 works) · Demography (7 works) · Medicine (7 works)