William Lavely

1.0k total citations
31 papers, 614 citations indexed

About

William Lavely is a scholar working on Gender Studies, Sociology and Political Science and Political Science and International Relations. According to data from OpenAlex, William Lavely has authored 31 papers receiving a total of 614 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 19 papers in Gender Studies, 16 papers in Sociology and Political Science and 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations. Recurrent topics in William Lavely's work include Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (19 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (6 papers). William Lavely is often cited by papers focused on Demographic Trends and Gender Preferences (19 papers), Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving (7 papers) and Historical Economic and Social Studies (6 papers). William Lavely collaborates with scholars based in United States, Australia and Switzerland. William Lavely's co-authors include Ronald Freedman, Jianghong Li, Xiao Zhenyu, Bohua Li, R. Bin Wong, Xinhua S. Ren, Akira Hayami, Feng Wang, James Lee and William M. Mason and has published in prestigious journals such as Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews, American Journal of Sociology and Social Forces.

In The Last Decade

William Lavely

30 papers receiving 489 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

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

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
William Lavely United States 12 354 308 245 138 101 31 614
Tom Fricke United States 10 270 0.8× 225 0.7× 183 0.7× 117 0.8× 55 0.5× 18 529
Kevin McQuillan Canada 10 288 0.8× 322 1.0× 310 1.3× 160 1.2× 82 0.8× 37 749
Alice Goldstein United States 17 250 0.7× 552 1.8× 262 1.1× 90 0.7× 44 0.4× 49 744
Delia Davin United Kingdom 15 306 0.9× 593 1.9× 142 0.6× 40 0.3× 39 0.4× 45 820
Susan De Vos United States 15 160 0.5× 352 1.1× 230 0.9× 40 0.3× 46 0.5× 37 573
Jan Kok Netherlands 17 210 0.6× 315 1.0× 305 1.2× 106 0.8× 242 2.4× 66 737
A.A.P.O. Janssens Netherlands 13 117 0.3× 215 0.7× 139 0.6× 86 0.6× 133 1.3× 39 563
Kenneth Davis Canada 3 191 0.5× 176 0.6× 170 0.7× 79 0.6× 74 0.7× 7 437
C. Alison McIntosh United States 11 191 0.5× 170 0.6× 86 0.4× 138 1.0× 50 0.5× 14 466
Yong Cai United States 12 506 1.4× 414 1.3× 381 1.6× 209 1.5× 33 0.3× 18 832

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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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Skinner, G. William, Stevan Harrell, & William Lavely. (2017). Rural China on the eve of revolution : Sichuan fieldnotes, 1949-1950. University of Washington Press eBooks. 4 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (2007). Sex, Breastfeeding, and Marital Fertility in Pretransition China. Population and Development Review. 33(2). 289–320. 9 indexed citations
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Lavely, William & William M. Mason. (2006). An evaluation of the one percent clustered sample of the 1990 Census of China. Demographic Research. 15. 329–346. 2 indexed citations
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Li, Jianghong & William Lavely. (2003). Village Context, Women's Status, and Son Preference Among Rural Chinese Women*. Rural Sociology. 68(1). 87–106. 75 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (2001). First Impressions from the 2000 Census of China. Population and Development Review. 27(4). 755–769. 68 indexed citations
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Lavely, William, Jianke Li, & Jianghong Li. (2001). Sex preference for children in a Meifu Li community in Hainan, China. Population Studies. 55(3). 319–329. 1 indexed citations
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Lavely, William, et al.. (1995). Rural Economy and Male Marriage in China: Jurong, Jiangsu 1933. Journal of Family History. 20(3). 289–306. 16 indexed citations
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Lavely, William & Xinhua S. Ren. (1992). Patrilocality and Early Marital Co-residence in Rural China, 1955–85. The China Quarterly. 130. 378–391. 46 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1990). Industrialization and Household Complexity in Rural Taiwan. Social Forces. 69(1). 235–251. 10 indexed citations
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Lavely, William, Xiao Zhenyu, Bohua Li, & Ronald Freedman. (1990). The Rise in Female Education in China: National and Regional Patterns. The China Quarterly. 121. 61–93. 69 indexed citations
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Lavely, William, Emily Honig, & Gail Hershatter. (1990). Personal Voices: Chinese Women in the 1980s.. Contemporary Sociology A Journal of Reviews. 19(2). 189–189. 4 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1989). The Spatial Approach to Chinese History: Illustrations from North China and the Upper Yangzi. The Journal of Asian Studies. 48(1). 100–113. 9 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1988). CHINA'S ONE-CHILD POLICY AND GENDER EQUALITY:. Gender & Society. 2(2). 241–242. 1 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1987). Chinese Demographic Data: A Guide to Major Sources. The Australian Journal of Chinese Affairs. 18. 167–178. 5 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1986). Age patterns of chinese marital fertility, 1950–1981. Demography. 23(3). 419–434. 16 indexed citations
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Lavely, William & Burton Pasternak. (1984). Guests in the Dragon. Social Demography of a Chinese District, 1895-1946.. Pacific Affairs. 57(3). 502–502. 2 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1984). The rural Chinese fertility transition: A report from Shifang Xian, Sichuan. Population Studies. 38(3). 365–384. 7 indexed citations
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Lavely, William. (1984). The Rural Chinese Fertility Transition: A Report from Shifang Xian, Sichuan. Population Studies. 38(3). 365–365. 11 indexed citations
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Lavely, William, et al.. (1977). Rustication, Demographic Change, and Development in Shanghai. Asian Survey. 17(5). 440–455. 2 indexed citations

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