Arland Thornton

13.8k citations
135 papers · 10.2k indexed · 4 hit papers · h-index 54
Topics
Family Dynamics and Relationships (64 papers)Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (42 papers)Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (31 papers)

In The Last Decade

Arland Thornton

133 papers receiving 8.9k citations

Hit Papers

Four Decades of Trends in Attitudes Toward Family ...19832026199720112001198819831989200400600

Peers

Arland Thornton
Comparison fields: 5 of 148
  • Sociology and Political Science 6.5k
  • Demography 5.2k
  • Gender Studies 4.6k
  • General Health Professions 1.3k
  • Social Psychology 1.2k
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Empirics on the Origins of Preferences: The Case of College Major and Religiosity. NBER Working Paper No. 15182.
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KNOWLEDGE AND USE OF DEVELOPMENTAL THINKING ABOUT SOCIETIES AND FAMILIES AMONG TEENAGERS IN ARGENTINA
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Developmental Idealism and Worldwide Family Change
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Marital Instability Differentials and Interactions: Insights from Multivariate Contingency Table Analysis.
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About Arland Thornton

Arland Thornton is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Demography and Sociology and Political Science, having authored 135 papers that have together received 10.2k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Family Dynamics and Relationships (64 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (42 papers) and Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (31 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Gender Studies (4.6k citations), Demography (5.2k citations) and Sociology and Political Science (6.5k citations). Arland Thornton has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Argentina and China. Frequent co-authors include William G. Axinn, Linda Young‐DeMarco, Donald Camburn, Deborah Freedman, Duane F. Alwin, Jennifer S. Barber, Yu Xie, Daniel H. Hill, Thomas Fricke and Mick Cunningham. Their work appears in journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Sociological Review and American Journal of Sociology.

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