Charles F. Westoff

10.0k total citations
226 papers, 7.0k citations indexed

About

Charles F. Westoff is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and Demography. According to data from OpenAlex, Charles F. Westoff has authored 226 papers receiving a total of 7.0k indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 88 papers in Gender Studies, 62 papers in Pediatrics, Perinatology and Child Health and 61 papers in Demography. Recurrent topics in Charles F. Westoff's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (59 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (56 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (50 papers). Charles F. Westoff is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (59 papers), Global Maternal and Child Health (56 papers) and Family Dynamics and Relationships (50 papers). Charles F. Westoff collaborates with scholars based in United States. Charles F. Westoff's co-authors include Norman B. Ryder, Akinrinola Bankole, Elise F. Jones, Noreen Goldman, Robert G. Potter, Larry L. Bumpass, Philip C. Sagi, Tomáš Frejka, Anne R. Pebley and Charles R. Hammerslough and has published in prestigious journals such as Science, Journal of the American Statistical Association and Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews.

In The Last Decade

Charles F. Westoff

212 papers receiving 5.3k citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Charles F. Westoff United States 48 3.1k 2.4k 2.3k 1.7k 1.6k 226 7.0k
John B. Casterline United States 33 1.8k 0.6× 1.9k 0.8× 1.2k 0.5× 982 0.6× 792 0.5× 97 3.6k
Peter McDonald Australia 32 2.2k 0.7× 920 0.4× 2.8k 1.2× 1.0k 0.6× 2.6k 1.7× 224 5.6k
Nan Marie Astone United States 35 1.4k 0.5× 712 0.3× 1.5k 0.7× 1.6k 1.0× 2.3k 1.5× 68 6.2k
Stanley K. Henshaw United States 50 1.5k 0.5× 4.2k 1.8× 998 0.4× 3.0k 1.7× 1.0k 0.7× 109 10.2k
Jane Menken United States 32 740 0.2× 930 0.4× 977 0.4× 907 0.5× 688 0.4× 96 3.3k
Susan Watkins United States 45 2.0k 0.7× 1.2k 0.5× 1.7k 0.8× 1.8k 1.1× 2.7k 1.7× 161 6.7k
Ronny Lesthaeghe Belgium 35 3.1k 1.0× 882 0.4× 3.8k 1.7× 792 0.5× 3.3k 2.1× 113 6.2k
Larry L. Bumpass United States 42 4.8k 1.6× 643 0.3× 6.4k 2.8× 1.2k 0.7× 6.0k 3.9× 99 9.7k
Arland Thornton United States 54 4.6k 1.5× 578 0.2× 5.2k 2.3× 1.3k 0.8× 6.5k 4.2× 135 10.2k
John Santelli United States 58 1.4k 0.5× 1.9k 0.8× 659 0.3× 6.9k 4.0× 2.0k 1.3× 248 11.0k

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Fields of papers citing papers by Charles F. Westoff

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Charles F. Westoff

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Ryder, Norman B. & Charles F. Westoff. (2017). Reproduction in the U.S., 1965. Princeton University Press eBooks. 2 indexed citations
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Serbanescu, Florina, Paul Stupp, & Charles F. Westoff. (2010). Contraception matters: two approaches to analyzing evidence of the abortion decline in Georgia.. PubMed. 36(2). 99–110. 6 indexed citations
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Serbanescu, Florina, Paul Stupp, & Charles F. Westoff. (2010). Contraception Matters: Two Approaches to Analyzing Evidence of the Abortion Decline in Georgia. International Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 36(2). 99–110. 6 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F. & Anne R. Cross. (2006). The stall in the fertility transition in Kenya.. Population Studies. 60(2). 46. 82 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (2001). The substitution of contraception for abortion in Kazakhstan in the 1990's. 33 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F., et al.. (2000). Contraception-abortion connections in Armenia. 31 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (1992). Age at Marriage, Age at First Birth, and Fertility in Africa. RePEc: Research Papers in Economics. 35 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (1988). The Potential Demand for Family Planning: A New Measure of Unmet Need and Estimates For Five Latin American Countries. International Family Planning Perspectives. 14(2). 45–45. 61 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F., et al.. (1981). Birth and Fortune: The Impact of Numbers on Personal Welfare.. Population and Development Review. 7(1). 131–131. 91 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F., Noreen Goldman, & Minja Kim Choe. (1980). Prevalence and demographic significance of contraceptive sterilization in Fiji, the Republic of Korea, and Sri Lanka. ScholarSpace (University of Hawaii at Manoa). 5 indexed citations
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Jones, Elise F., James R. Beniger, & Charles F. Westoff. (1980). Pill and IUD Discontinuation In the United States, 1970-1975: The Influence of the Media. Family Planning Perspectives. 12(6). 293–293. 58 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (1979). Illustrative analysis: contraceptive sterilization and births averted in Panama.. 4 indexed citations
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Cohen, Wilbur J. & Charles F. Westoff. (1977). Demographic dynamics in America. Medical Entomology and Zoology. 2 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (1973). The Commission on Population Growth and the American Future Its Origins, Operations, and Aftermath. PubMed. 39(4). 491–491. 3 indexed citations
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Ryder, Norman B. & Charles F. Westoff. (1971). Reproduction in the United States, 1965. Princeton University Press eBooks. 261 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F., et al.. (1971). From now to zero : fertility, contraception and abortion in America. DigitalGeorgetown (Georgetown University Library). 26 indexed citations
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Potvin, Raymond H. & Charles F. Westoff. (1967). Social Factors in Catholic Women's Choice of a College. Sociological Analysis. 28(4). 196–196.
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Ryder, Norman B. & Charles F. Westoff. (1967). The Trend of Expected Parity in the United States: 1955, 1960, 1965. 33(2). 153–153. 26 indexed citations
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Kunstadter, Peter, et al.. (1963). Demographic variability and preferential marriage patterns. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 21(4). 511–519. 52 indexed citations
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Westoff, Charles F.. (1955). Review: Research Methods in the Behavioral Sciences by Leon Festinger and Daniel Katz. Milbank Quarterly. 33(3). 322–325.

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