Andrew J. Cherlin

16.2k total citations · 8 hit papers
128 papers, 11.2k citations indexed

About

Andrew J. Cherlin is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Demography and Gender Studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Andrew J. Cherlin has authored 128 papers receiving a total of 11.2k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 67 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 59 papers in Demography and 53 papers in Gender Studies. Recurrent topics in Andrew J. Cherlin's work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (56 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (45 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (37 papers). Andrew J. Cherlin is often cited by papers focused on Family Dynamics and Relationships (56 papers), Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics (45 papers) and Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (37 papers). Andrew J. Cherlin collaborates with scholars based in United States, France and United Kingdom. Andrew J. Cherlin's co-authors include Otis Dudley Duncan, Frank F. Furstenberg, P. Lindsay Chase‐Lansdale, Kathleen Kiernan, Marilyn Rueschemeyer, Paula Fomby, James A. Sweet, Larry L. Bumpass, Donna Ruane Morrison and Pamela Barnhouse Walters and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and Journal of the American Statistical Association.

In The Last Decade

Andrew J. Cherlin

125 papers receiving 9.6k citations

Hit Papers

5 papers align trajectories

What are hit papers?

Hit papers significantly outperform the citation benchmark for their cohort. A paper qualifies if it has ≥500 total citations, achieves ≥1.5× the top-1% citation threshold for papers in the same subfield and year (this is the minimum needed to enter the top 1%, not the average within it), or reaches the top citation threshold in at least one of its specific research topics.

The deinstitutionalization of American marriage

2004 1.1k citations Andrew J. Cherlin Journal of Marriage and the Family profile →
Introduction to Structural Equation Models.

1976 983 citations Andrew J. Cherlin et al. profile →
Remarriage as an Incomplete Institution

1978 705 citations Andrew J. Cherlin profile →
Marriage, Divorce, Remarriage.

1983 621 citations Andrew J. Cherlin et al. profile →
Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000s

2010 547 citations Andrew J. Cherlin Journal of Marriage and the Family profile →
The Role of Cohabitation in Declining Rates of Marriage

1991 513 citations Andrew J. Cherlin et al. Journal of Marriage and the Family profile →
Family Instability and Child Well-Being

2007 504 citations Paula Fomby, Andrew J. Cherlin American Sociological Review profile →
Longitudinal Studies of Effects of Divorce on Children in Great Britain and the United States

1991 463 citations Andrew J. Cherlin, Frank F. Furstenberg et al. profile →

Peers

Andrew J. Cherlin

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Arland Thornton United States

Matthijs Kalmijn Netherlands

Suzanne M. Bianchi United States

Paula England United States

Scott J. South United States

Sara McLanahan United States

Phyllis Moen United States

Melissa A. Milkie United States

Jay D. Teachman United States

Richard A. Easterlin United States

Arland Thornton United States

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5.2k ×0.8

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4.6k ×1.1

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1.2k ×0.7

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950 ×0.9

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Countries citing papers authored by Andrew J. Cherlin

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Citations

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Fields of papers citing papers by Andrew J. Cherlin

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Andrew J. Cherlin

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All Works

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20 of 20 papers shown

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Cherlin, Andrew J.. (2023). Evolutionary Influences on Assistance to Kin: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics. Sociological Science. 10. 964–988. 2 indexed citations

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Cahn, Naomi, Laurie F. DeRose, Marcia J. Carlson, et al.. (2018). Unequal Family Lives. Cambridge University Press eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Wilcox, W. Bradford, et al.. (2012). No Money, No Honey, No Church: The Deinstitutionalization of Religious Life Among the White Working Class. PubMed. 23. 227–250. 26 indexed citations

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Goodnight, Jackson A., Brian M. D’Onofrio, Andrew J. Cherlin, et al.. (2012). Effects of Multiple Maternal Relationship Transitions on Offspring Antisocial Behavior in Childhood and Adolescence: A Cousin-Comparison Analysis. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. 41(2). 185–198. 12 indexed citations

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Cross‐Barnet, Caitlin, Andrew J. Cherlin, & Linda M. Burton. (2011). Bound by Children: Intermittent Cohabitation and Living Together Apart. Family Relations. 60(5). 633–647. 26 indexed citations

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Bennett, Pamela R. & Andrew J. Cherlin. (2011). The Neighborhood Contexts in Which Low‐Income Families Navigate Welfare Reform: Evidence from the Three‐City Study^*. Social Science Quarterly. 92(3). 735–760. 2 indexed citations

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Chase‐Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Andrew J. Cherlin, Katarína Guttmannova, et al.. (2010). Long-term implications of welfare reform for the development of adolescents and young adults. Children and Youth Services Review. 33(5). 678–688. 19 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J.. (2010). Demographic Trends in the United States: A Review of Research in the 2000s. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 72(3). 403–419. 547 indexed citations breakdown →

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Cherlin, Andrew J.. (2010). Public and private families : a reader. McGraw-Hill eBooks. 5 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J. & Frank F. Furstenberg. (2009). The New American Grandparent. Harvard University Press eBooks. 17 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J.. (2009). The Origins of the Ambivalent Acceptance of Divorce. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 71(2). 226–229. 14 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J.. (2008). Multiple Partnerships and Children's Wellbeing. Family matters. 33. 10 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J., et al.. (2008). Promises They Can Keep: Low‐Income Women’s Attitudes Toward Motherhood, Marriage, and Divorce. Journal of Marriage and the Family. 70(4). 919–933. 58 indexed citations

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Kiernan, Kathleen & Andrew J. Cherlin. (1999). Parental divorce and partnership dissolution in adulthood: Evidence from a British cohort study. Population Studies. 53(1). 39–48. 81 indexed citations

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Chase‐Lansdale, P. Lindsay, Andrew J. Cherlin, & Kathleen Kiernan. (1995). The Long-Term Effects of Parental Divorce on the Mental Health of Young Adults: A Developmental Perspective. Child Development. 66(6). 1614–1614. 193 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J. & Richard T. Gill. (1993). Nostalgia as Family Policy. Family Breakdown as Family Policy.. The Public interest. 2 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J., Kingsley Davis, & Shoshana Grossbard. (1987). Contemporary Marriage: Comparative Perspectives on a Changing Institution.. Population and Development Review. 13(2). 351–351. 64 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J. & Frank F. Furstenberg. (1985). Styles and strategies of grandparenting.. 66 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J. & Frank F. Furstenberg. (1983). The American Family in the Year 2000.. 17(3). 7–14. 8 indexed citations

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Cherlin, Andrew J. & Pamela Barnhouse Walters. (1981). Trends in United States Men's and Women's Sex-Role Attitudes: 1972 to 1978. American Sociological Review. 46(4). 453–453. 155 indexed citations

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