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Fear of crime and its effects on citizen behavior. (1972).
Paper presented at the Symposium on Studies of Public Experience, Knowledge and Opinion about Criminal Justice, Washington, D. C.
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The long-term consequences of early childbearing for women's social networks, with Albert G. Crawford. (1979).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Association, New York, New York.
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Family adaptations to teenage childbearing: Selected problems for future investigation. (August 1979).
Paper presented at the meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems, Boston.
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Teenage parenthood and family support. (April 1980).
Paper presented at the White House Conference on Families, Washington, D.C.
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Renegotiating parenthood after divorce and remarriage. (April 1981).
Paper presented at the Biennial Meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Symposium on Changing Family Patterns, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Some implications of divorce for kinship relations. (March 1983).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Association, Baltimore, Maryland.
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Cohort variation in children's response to divorce: A preliminary assessment, with Judith A. Seltzer. (April 1983).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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The contemporary American family in historical perspective. (June 1983).
Paper presented at the U.S./U.S.S.R. Seminar on Research in Human Development, Moscow.
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Grandparents and grandchildren: Some preliminary findings from a national study, with Andrew J. Cherlin & Cheryl Allyn Miller. (August 1983).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, Michigan.
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Encountering divorce: Children's responses to family dissolution and reconstruction, with Judith A. Seltzer, Paul Allison, & Christine Winquist Nord. (August 1983).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Detroit, Michigan.
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Grandparents and divorce: Evidence from a national study, with Andrew J. Cherlin, Su-Hoon Lee, & Cheryl Allyn Miller. (October 1983).
Paper presented at the Wingspread Conference on Grandparenting and Family Communications, Racine, Wisconsin.
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Preventing adolescent pregnancy: The role of research. (April 1984).
Paper presented at the National Council on Foundations Conference, Denver, Colorado.
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New thoughts about teenager's contraceptive behavior: Policy implications. (May 1984).
Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science Symposium, New York, New York.
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Starting early: Antecedents of early premarital intercourse, with Kristin A. Moore & James L. Peterson. (May 1984).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
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Television viewing and early initiation of sexual intercourse: Is there a link? with James L. Peterson & Kristin A. Moore. (August 1984).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Psychological Association, Toronto. (1991). Journal of Homosexuality, 20(1), 93-188.
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Teenage parenthood and the cycle of disadvantage: A questionable proposition. (October 1984).
Paper presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis and Management Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana.
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Targeting services for teen mothers and their children: Lessons of the Baltimore study. (1986).
Paper prepared for the Manpower Demonstration Research Corporation.
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Variations in mother-teenager agreement in a survey of Philadelphia area parents and teens, with Herbert L. Smith & M. E. Hughes. (May 1989).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research, St. Petersburg, Florida.
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Long-term implications of fertility-related behavior upon adolescent mothers and their children, with J. Brooks-Gunn & S. Philip Morgan. (September 1986).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Published as Long-term implications of fertility-related behavior and family formation upon adolescent mothers and their children, with J. Brooks-Gunn. (1989). In K. Kreppner & R. M. Lerner (Eds.), Family systems and life-span development (pp. 319-339). Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum.
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The disappearing American father? Divorce and the waning significance of biological parenthood, with Kathleen Mullan Harris. (April 1990).
Paper presented at the conference on Demographic Perspectives on the American Family: Patterns and prospects, Albany, New York. (1992). In S. J. South & S. Tolnay (Eds.), The changing American family: Sociological and demographic perspectives (pp. 197-223). Boulder, CO: Westview Press.
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The changing consequences of adolescent childbearing: A comparison of fertility and marriage patterns across cohorts, with Aimee Dechter. (August 1990).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C.
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How families manage risk and opportunity in dangerous neighborhoods. (August 1990).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, D.C. (1993). In W. J. Wilson (Ed.), Sociology and the public agenda (pp. 231-258). Newbury Park, CA: Sage Publications.
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Supporting fathers: Implications of the Family Support Act for Men. (November 1990).
Paper presented at the forum on the Family Support Act sponsored by the Foundation for Child Development at the National Academy of Science in Washington, D.C. Also published as Dealing with Dads: The changing roles of fathers. (1995). In P. L. Chase-Lansdale & J. Brooks-Gunn (Eds.), Escape from poverty: What makes a difference for poor children? (pp. 189-210). New York: Cambridge University Press.
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Adolescent childbearing and High School completion differentials: An inter-cohort comparison, with Aimee R. Dechter & Kathleen Mullan Harris. (March 1991).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.
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Reconsidering the effects of marital disruption: What happens to children of divorce in early adulthood? with Julien O. Teitler. (October 1991).
Paper presented at the European Population Conference, Paris, France. Published (1994). Journal of Family Issues, 15(2), 173-190.
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Family change and the welfare of children: What do we know and what can we do about it? (January 1992).
Paper presented at the seminar of Gender and Family Change in Industrialized Countries, Rome, Italy. (1995). In K. O. Mason & A. M. Jensen (Eds.), Gender and family change in industrialized countries (pp. 245-257). Oxford: Clarendon Press.
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Reflections on the sociology of childhood. (September 1992).
Paper presented at the International Conference on Childhood as a social phenomenon: Lessons from an international research project, Billund, Denmark. 1994. In Jens Qvortrup (Ed.), Childhood as a social phenomenon: Lessons from an international project (pp. 29-43). Vienna: European Centre.
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Adapting to difficult environments: Neighborhood characteristics and family strategies. (March 1992).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescents, Washington, DC.
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The effects of divorce and remarriage on intergenerational transfers: A preliminary analysis of the PSID, with Saul D. Hoffman & Laura Shrestha. (April 1993).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio. Published as The effect of divorce on intergenerational transfers: New evidence, with Saul D. Hoffman & Laura Shrestha. (1995). Demography, 32(3), 319-333.
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Racial differences in overlapping disadvantages and neighborhood poverty during childhood, with E. Michael Foster. (April 1993).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Cincinnati, Ohio.
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Social capital and successful development among at-risk youth, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes. (August 1994).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California. (1995). Journal of Marriage and the Family, 57(3), 580-592.
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Neighborhood settings and parenting strategies, with Karen Walker. (August 1994).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Los Angeles, California.
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The influence of neighborhoods on children's development: A theoretical perspective and a research agenda, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes. (November 1994).
Paper presented at the conference Indicators of Children's Well-Being, Rockville, Maryland. 1997. In J. Brooks-Gunn, G. Duncan & J.L. Aber (Eds.), Neighborhood poverty: Policy implications in studying neighborhoods, vol. 2 (pp. 23-47) . New York: The Russell Sage Foundation.
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Are trends in the well-being of children related to changes in the American family? Making a simple question more complex, with Gretchen A. Condran. (December 1994).
Paper presented at the conference International Year of the Family, Paris, France. In Population, 6(Nov-Dec), 1613-1638.
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Divorce, fathers, and children: Patterns and effects of paternal involvement, with Kathleen Mullan Harris. (April 1995).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, San Francisco, California.
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The fading dream: Prospects for marriage in the inner-city. (June 1995).
Paper presented at the Family Research Consortium Summer Institute, Ogonquit, Maine.
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Visions of the future: Urban parents' hopes, fears, and plans for their adolescents' success, with Karen Walker. (August 1995).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, Washington, DC.
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Teen pregnancy and parenting: What is the problem? (April 1996).
Paper presented at a symposium on teenage pregnancy at Wellesley College, Wellesley, MA.
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Paternal involvement with adolescents in intact families: The influence of fathers over the life course, with Kathleen Mullan Harris and Jeffrey K. Marmer. (August 1996).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, New York, New York. 1998. Demography, 35(2), 201-216
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Intergenerational transmission of fathering roles in at risk families. (October 1996).
Paper presented at the NICHD Family and Child Well-Being Network's Conference on Father Involvement, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD.
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Family change and family diversity: Accounts of the past and scenarios of the future. (October 1996).
Paper presented at the Conference on Common Values, Social Diversity, and Cultural Conflict, Center for the Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences, Stanford, CA.
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Social capital and the role of fathers in the family. (November 1996).
Paper presented at the National Symposium on Men in Families, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA. 1998. Pp. 295-301 in Men in families: When do they get involved? What difference does it make, edited by Alan Booth and Nan Crouter. Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum, Assoc.
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When will teenage childbearing become a social problem? The implications of Western experience for developing countries. (March 1997).
Paper presented at the Workshop on Adolescent Sexuality and Reproductive Health in Developing Countries: Trends and Interventions, Washington, D .C. 1998. Studies in Family Planning, 29(2),246-253.
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Parenting after divorce: Remarriage and cohabitation from the perspective of children with Donna Ruane Morrison and Amy Ritualo. (March 1997).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, D.C.
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Schooling together: Mutual influences on educational success of teenage mothers and their children, with Christopher C. Weiss. (March 1997).
Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, Washington, D.C.
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Adolescent females: Their sexual partners and fathers of their children, with Irma T. Elo and Rosalind Berkowitz King. (March 1997).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Washington, D. C. Forthcoming. Journal of Marriage and the Family.
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How much do we count? Interpretation and error-making in the 1990 census, with Roberta R. Iversen and Alisa A. Belzer. (1997).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Eastern Sociological Society, Baltimore, Maryland, April 12, 1997; Society for the Study of Social Problems, Toronto, Canada, August 8, 1997; American Sociological Association, Toronto, Canada, August 9, 1997. In press. Demography.
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Why pregnancy prevention programs don=t work and what to do about it. (November 1997).
Paper presented at Northwestern University Joint Center for Poverty Research Conference ASynthesizing the results of demonstration projects for teen mothers,@ Chicago, Illinois.
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Where they live/How they live: Findings from the Philadelphia study. (February 1998).
Paper presented at the biennial meetings of the Society for Research on Adolescence, San Diego, California.
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Most disadvantaged children: Trends over time, with E. Michael Foster. (April 1998).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, Illinois.
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AMulti-partnered fertility sequences@: Documenting an alternative family form, with Rosalind Berkowitz King. (April 1998).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, Illinois.
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Neighborhoods, mobility, and the successful development of at-risk youth, with Mary Elizabeth Hughes and Katrina Bell McDonald. (April 1998).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America, Chicago, Illinois.
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The effect of welfare reform on the family: The good, the bad and the ugly. (May 1998).
Paper presented at the Joint Center for Poverty Research Preconference AFamily Management and Child Development in Low Income Families,@ Chicago, Illinois.
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The modern family: A threat to children=s health? (August 1998).
Paper presented at the International Congress of the International Association for Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Allied Professions., Stockholm, Sweden.
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Children and family change: Discourse between social scientists and the media. (August 1998).
Paper presented at the annual meetings of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, California.
v "The transition to adulthood: A time use perspective," with Anne H. Gauthier. March 2000.
          Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America,
          Los Angeles, CA.
v "The strange history of the family in the last in the first two decades of the 21st century." March 2000.
          Paper presented at the annual meetings of the Population Association of America,
          Los Angeles, CA.
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