Kermyt G Anderson
Biographic Data
| ID | 99488 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kermyt G Anderson |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kermyt G |
| FAMILY NAME | Anderson |
| SIGNATURE | ANDERSON K G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oklahoma |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9180-8544 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 23 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 265 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 23 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
High Prevalence of Voluntary Sterilization Among American Women Explained by Trade-Offs Resulting From Male Parental Commitment
Tubal ligation is the modal form of family planning among American women aged 30 and older. As the preference for tubal ligation over cheaper, lower risk and more reliable methods, such as vasectomy, has puzzled experts, a theoretical approach that explains this preference would be useful. The present study investigates the high prevalence of voluntary sterilization among American women from the perspective of life history theory, arguing that th…
Parenting Strategies in Modern and Emerging Economies
Establishment of Legal Paternity for Children of Unmarried American Women
Obesity, Diabetes, and Birth Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Father Absence, Childhood Stress, and Reproductive Maturation in South Africa
Fatherhood
Does paying child support reduce men's subsequent marriage and fertility?
Life Expectancy and the Timing of Life History Events in Developing Countries
Race and The Educational Expectations of Parents and Children
South Africa, a country that is highly stratified by race, is an important location for studying the relationship between race and educational expectations. Using a longitudinal data set, we examine the educational expectations of black (African), colored (mixed race), and white (European ancestry) parents and children in Cape Town, South Africa. We find that parents and children have high educational expectations regardless of race, but black pa…
Confidence of paternity, divorce, and investment in children by Albuquerque men
The Educational Expectations of South African Youth
Educational expectations, in particular the relationship between race/ethnicity and educational expectations, have been understudied in less developed countries. We use data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) to examine the educational expectations of black (African), coloured (mixed race), and white (European ancestry) youth in Cape Town, South Africa. The educational expectations of all three racial groups are high, although coloured youth a…
Demographic correlates of paternity confidence and pregnancy outcomes among Albuquerque men
We examine the demographic correlates of paternity confidence, or men's assessment of the likelihood that they are the genetic father of a particular child. Evolutionary theory predicts that men will provide less parental investment for putative genetic offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring, but confidence of paternity has not been as extensively examined as its importance would merit. Using self-reported data on paternity confi…
How Well Does Paternity Confidence Match Actual Paternity
Evolutionary theory predicts that males will provide less parental investment for putative offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring. Crossculturally, paternity confidence (a mans assessment of the likelihood that he is the father of a putative child) is positively associated with mens involvement with children and with investment or inheritance from paternal kin. A survey of 67 studies reporting nonpaternity suggests that for men w…
Relatedness and investment in children in South Africa
The Biodemography of Modern Women
Nonmarital First Births and Women’s Life Histories
Are All Dads Equal? Biology Versus Marriage as a Basis for Paternal Investment
The stepfather relationship provides a source of potential conflict in remarriage families, because the mother and partner may have different interests in the well-being of children from a prior union. Using three different theoretical perspectives-biology, sociology, and selection-this paper examines the engagement, availability, participation, and warmth of residential fathers in married biological parent, unmarried biological parent, married s…
An evolutionary ecological perspective on demographic transitions
Life history theory postulates tradeoffs of current versus future reproduction; today women face evolutionarily novel versions of these tradeoffs. Optimal age at first birth is the result of tradeoffs in fertility and mortality; ceteris paribus , early reproduction is advantageous. Yet modern women in developed nations experience relatively late first births; they appear to be trading off socioeconomic status and the paths to raised SES, educatio…
Evolutionary approach to below replacement fertility
The large human brain, the long period of juvenile dependence, long life span, and male support of reproduction are the co‐evolutionary result of the human niche based on skill‐intensive techniques of resource accrual. The regulation of fertility under traditional conditions is based upon a co‐evolved psychology and physiology where adjustments of investment in offspring depend upon the returns to skill and mortality hazards. When all wealth is s…
Causes and consequences of schooling outcomes in South Africa
The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan is one of the oldest population centers in the United States. Established in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the Center has a rich history as the main workplace for an interdisciplinary community of scholars in the field of population studies. Today the Center is supported by a Population Research Center Core Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human D…
The life histories of American stepfathers in evolutionary perspective
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers I
Are All Dads Equal? Biology Versus Marriage as a Basis for Paternal Investment
The stepfather relationship provides a source of potential conflict in remarriage families, because the mother and partner may have different interests in the well-being of children from a prior union. Using three different theoretical perspectives-biology, sociology, and selection-this paper examines the engagement, availability, participation, and warmth of residential fathers in married biological parent, unmarried biological parent, married s…
How Well Does Paternity Confidence Match Actual Paternity
Evolutionary theory predicts that males will provide less parental investment for putative offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring. Crossculturally, paternity confidence (a mans assessment of the likelihood that he is the father of a putative child) is positively associated with mens involvement with children and with investment or inheritance from paternal kin. A survey of 67 studies reporting nonpaternity suggests that for men w…
The life histories of American stepfathers in evolutionary perspective
Causes and consequences of schooling outcomes in South Africa
The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan is one of the oldest population centers in the United States. Established in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the Center has a rich history as the main workplace for an interdisciplinary community of scholars in the field of population studies. Today the Center is supported by a Population Research Center Core Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human D…
Relatedness and investment in children in South Africa
Race and The Educational Expectations of Parents and Children
South Africa, a country that is highly stratified by race, is an important location for studying the relationship between race and educational expectations. Using a longitudinal data set, we examine the educational expectations of black (African), colored (mixed race), and white (European ancestry) parents and children in Cape Town, South Africa. We find that parents and children have high educational expectations regardless of race, but black pa…
Fatherhood
Life Expectancy and the Timing of Life History Events in Developing Countries
Father Absence, Childhood Stress, and Reproductive Maturation in South Africa
Demographic correlates of paternity confidence and pregnancy outcomes among Albuquerque men
We examine the demographic correlates of paternity confidence, or men's assessment of the likelihood that they are the genetic father of a particular child. Evolutionary theory predicts that men will provide less parental investment for putative genetic offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring, but confidence of paternity has not been as extensively examined as its importance would merit. Using self-reported data on paternity confi…
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers II
Paternal Care by Genetic Fathers and Stepfathers I
The life histories of American stepfathers in evolutionary perspective
Causes and consequences of schooling outcomes in South Africa
The Population Studies Center (PSC) at the University of Michigan is one of the oldest population centers in the United States. Established in 1961 with a grant from the Ford Foundation, the Center has a rich history as the main workplace for an interdisciplinary community of scholars in the field of population studies. Today the Center is supported by a Population Research Center Core Grant from the National Institute of Child Health and Human D…
An evolutionary ecological perspective on demographic transitions
Life history theory postulates tradeoffs of current versus future reproduction; today women face evolutionarily novel versions of these tradeoffs. Optimal age at first birth is the result of tradeoffs in fertility and mortality; ceteris paribus , early reproduction is advantageous. Yet modern women in developed nations experience relatively late first births; they appear to be trading off socioeconomic status and the paths to raised SES, educatio…
Evolutionary approach to below replacement fertility
The large human brain, the long period of juvenile dependence, long life span, and male support of reproduction are the co‐evolutionary result of the human niche based on skill‐intensive techniques of resource accrual. The regulation of fertility under traditional conditions is based upon a co‐evolved psychology and physiology where adjustments of investment in offspring depend upon the returns to skill and mortality hazards. When all wealth is s…
The Biodemography of Modern Women
Nonmarital First Births and Women’s Life Histories
Are All Dads Equal? Biology Versus Marriage as a Basis for Paternal Investment
The stepfather relationship provides a source of potential conflict in remarriage families, because the mother and partner may have different interests in the well-being of children from a prior union. Using three different theoretical perspectives-biology, sociology, and selection-this paper examines the engagement, availability, participation, and warmth of residential fathers in married biological parent, unmarried biological parent, married s…
Relatedness and investment in children in South Africa
Demographic correlates of paternity confidence and pregnancy outcomes among Albuquerque men
We examine the demographic correlates of paternity confidence, or men's assessment of the likelihood that they are the genetic father of a particular child. Evolutionary theory predicts that men will provide less parental investment for putative genetic offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring, but confidence of paternity has not been as extensively examined as its importance would merit. Using self-reported data on paternity confi…
How Well Does Paternity Confidence Match Actual Paternity
Evolutionary theory predicts that males will provide less parental investment for putative offspring who are unlikely to be their actual offspring. Crossculturally, paternity confidence (a mans assessment of the likelihood that he is the father of a putative child) is positively associated with mens involvement with children and with investment or inheritance from paternal kin. A survey of 67 studies reporting nonpaternity suggests that for men w…
Confidence of paternity, divorce, and investment in children by Albuquerque men
The Educational Expectations of South African Youth
Educational expectations, in particular the relationship between race/ethnicity and educational expectations, have been understudied in less developed countries. We use data from the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) to examine the educational expectations of black (African), coloured (mixed race), and white (European ancestry) youth in Cape Town, South Africa. The educational expectations of all three racial groups are high, although coloured youth a…
Race and The Educational Expectations of Parents and Children
South Africa, a country that is highly stratified by race, is an important location for studying the relationship between race and educational expectations. Using a longitudinal data set, we examine the educational expectations of black (African), colored (mixed race), and white (European ancestry) parents and children in Cape Town, South Africa. We find that parents and children have high educational expectations regardless of race, but black pa…
Life Expectancy and the Timing of Life History Events in Developing Countries
Does paying child support reduce men's subsequent marriage and fertility?
Fatherhood
Father Absence, Childhood Stress, and Reproductive Maturation in South Africa
Obesity, Diabetes, and Birth Outcomes Among American Indians and Alaska Natives
Parenting Strategies in Modern and Emerging Economies
Establishment of Legal Paternity for Children of Unmarried American Women
High Prevalence of Voluntary Sterilization Among American Women Explained by Trade-Offs Resulting From Male Parental Commitment
Tubal ligation is the modal form of family planning among American women aged 30 and older. As the preference for tubal ligation over cheaper, lower risk and more reliable methods, such as vasectomy, has puzzled experts, a theoretical approach that explains this preference would be useful. The present study investigates the high prevalence of voluntary sterilization among American women from the perspective of life history theory, arguing that th…
Demography (19 works) · Psychology (17 works) · Sociology (17 works) · Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (15 works) · Family Dynamics and Relationships (14 works) · Biology (11 works) · Economics (11 works) · Population (11 works) · Developmental psychology (9 works) · Fertility (9 works)