Sara McLanahan
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American sociologist
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Sara McLanahan's Degrees
- PhD Sociology University of Texas at Austin
- Masters Sociology University of Texas at Austin
- Bachelors Sociology University of Texas at Austin
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Sara McLanahan was an American sociologist. She is known for her work on the family as a major institution in the American stratification system. Her early work examined the consequences of divorce and remarriage for parents and children, and her later work focused on families formed by unmarried parents. She was interested in the effects of family structure on social inequality and the roles that public policies can play in addressing the needs of families and children.
Sara McLanahan's Published Works
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Published Works
- Growing up with a Single Parent: What Hurts, What Helps (1996) (2664)
- Family structure, parental practices and high school completion. (1991) (1501)
- Family Structure and the Reproduction of Inequalities (2008) (759)
- Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Economic Resources vs. Parental Behaviors (1994) (552)
- High hopes but even higher expectations: The retreat from marriage among low-income couples. (2005) (552)
- Partnership Instability and Child Well-Being (2007) (438)
- FAMILY STRUCTURE TRANSITIONS AND MATERNAL PARENTING STRESS. (2009) (365)
- Family Structure, Gender, and Parental Socialization. (1992) (314)
- Coparenting and nonresident fathers’ involvement with young children after a nonmarital birth (2008) (301)
- Alternative Estimates of the Effect of Family Structure during Adolescence on High School Graduation (1992) (268)
- Children and Marital Happiness: A Further Specification of the Relationship. (1982) (254)
- Social disadvantage, genetic sensitivity, and children’s telomere length (2014) (246)
- The Effects of Parental Marital Status during Adolescence on High School Graduation (1992) (239)
- Young children in urban areas: links among neighborhood characteristics, weight status, outdoor play, and television watching. (2011) (219)
- Racial and ethnic differentials in overweight and obesity among 3-year-old children. (2007) (214)
- Father Absence and Youth Incarceration (2004) (210)
- Parental Depression and Anxiety and Early Childhood Behavior Problems Across Family Types (2007) (186)
- The gender poverty gap: what can we learn from other countries? (1994) (182)
- Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage after the Birth of a Child (2004) (180)
- Single mothers and their children (1986) (173)
- "His" and "Her" Marriage Expectations: Determinants and Consequences (2005) (170)
- Father absence and the welfare of children. (1999) (165)
- Family Structure Transitions and Child Development (2015) (163)
- Economic resources parental practices and child well-being. (1995) (161)
- Stability and Change in Family Structure and Maternal Health Trajectories (2008) (160)
- Fathers in Fragile Families (2009) (147)
- The mental health of married, cohabiting, and non-coresident parents with infants. (2006) (134)
- Partnership Instability, School Readiness, and Gender Disparities (2011) (132)
- Partnership Transitions and Maternal Parenting. (2010) (129)
- Reflections on “Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Economic Resources vs. Parental Socialization” (2012) (127)
- "Couples as Partners and Parents over Children's Early Years" (2011) (120)
- The effects of offspring on the psychological well-being of older adults. (1981) (114)
- Single Mothers, the Underclass, and Social Policy (1989) (112)
- Role of mother's genes and environment in postpartum depression (2011) (112)
- Double jeopardy : Parental conflict and stepfamily outcomes for children (1996) (109)
- Strengthening Unmarried Families: Could EnhancingCouple Relationships AlsoImprove Parenting? (2006) (108)
- Why are cohabiting relationships more violent than marriages? (2006) (108)
- Introducing the Issue (2005) (94)
- Fathers under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement@@@The Custody Wars: Why Children are Losing the Legal Battle and What We Can do about It (1999) (88)
- The Impact of Child Support Enforcement on Fertility, Parental Investments, and Child Well-Being (2005) (80)
- Windows on Divorce: Before and after (1998) (80)
- Welfare reform, fertility, and father involvement. (2002) (79)
- The roles of child support enforcement and welfare in non-marital childbearing (2003) (78)
- Remarriage, Cohabitation, and Changes in Mothering Behavior (2001) (76)
- Fathers Under Fire: The Revolution in Child Support Enforcement in the Usa (this Casepaper is a Summary of the Book by the Same Title and Authors, Published by the Russel Sage Foundation, 1998) (1998) (76)
- Growing Up with a Single Parent: What Hurts (1994) (73)
- Family Structure Instability, Genetic Sensitivity, and Child Well-Being1 (2015) (66)
- Single-Mother Families in Eight Countries: Economic Status and Social Policy (1993) (64)
- Explaining trends in child support: Economic, demographic, and policy effects (2003) (62)
- The effects of welfare and child support policies on union formation (2004) (62)
- The Influence of Acculturation on Breastfeeding Initiation and Duration for Mexican-Americans (2008) (60)
- Racial and ethnic gaps in school readiness. (2007) (60)
- Family Structure Transitions and Child Development: Instability, Selection, and Population Heterogeneity (2016) (59)
- "Unwed Parents or Fragile Families? Implications for Welfare and Child Support Policy" (2000) (56)
- Unpacking the Drivers of Racial Disparities in School Suspension and Expulsion (2019) (54)
- The Great Recession, genetic sensitivity, and maternal harsh parenting (2013) (52)
- The academic consequences of early childhood problem behaviors. (2015) (51)
- Income, Relationship Quality, and Parenting: Associations with Child Development in Two-Parent Families. (2015) (50)
- Does remarriage expand perceptions of kinship support among the elderly? (2003) (48)
- Father Loss and Child Telomere Length (2017) (44)
- The Impact of Child Support Enforcement Policy on Nonmarital Childbearing. (2007) (41)
- A note on the trend in sex differences in psychological distress. (1985) (39)
- The Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study: Questions, Design, and a Few Preliminary Results (2000) (37)
- Measuring Cohabitation: Does How, When, and Who You Ask Matter? (2006) (36)
- Genetic differential sensitivity to social environments: implications for research. (2013) (34)
- Family structure poverty and the underclass. (1986) (33)
- Sleep Duration and Telomere Length in Children. (2017) (32)
- Cohesive Neighborhoods Where Social Expectations Are Shared May Have Positive Impact On Adolescent Mental Health. (2016) (32)
- Parental beliefs about nonresident fathers' obligations and rights. (2007) (31)
- Beyond family-level adversities: Exploring the developmental timing of neighborhood disadvantage effects on the brain. (2020) (31)
- Partnership Instability and Child Wellbeing during the Transition to Elementary School (2008) (31)
- The Feminization of Poverty (2006) (31)
- Race/Ethnic and Nativity Disparities in Child Overweight in the United States and England (2012) (30)
- Fragile families and welfare reform: An introduction (2001) (30)
- Deadbeat Dads or Inept States? (1998) (29)
- Introducing the Issue (2010) (28)
- Social Policies for Children. (1996) (27)
- Better Child Support Enforcement (2004) (27)
- Introduction: Two-Generation Mechanisms of Child Development (2015) (26)
- Trends in child support outcomes (1996) (26)
- Young Children's Behavioral Problems in Married and Cohabiting Families (2004) (25)
- Fathers Under Fire (2001) (25)
- Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation are linked to adolescent threat and reward neural function (2020) (25)
- Neighborhood Disadvantage and Telomere Length: Results from the Fragile Families Study (2016) (23)
- Race and ethnicity family structure and high school graduation. (1989) (22)
- Relationship Transitions and Maternal Parenting (2009) (22)
- Family Structure and High School Completion: The Role of Parental Practices (1989) (21)
- Violence exposure and social deprivation is associated with cortisol reactivity in urban adolescents (2020) (21)
- Variation in Child Body Mass Index Patterns by Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Nativity Status in the United States and England (2015) (21)
- Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage among New, Unwed Parents (2004) (21)
- The growth of families headed by women: 1950–1980 (1990) (20)
- Association of Childhood Violence Exposure With Adolescent Neural Network Density (2020) (19)
- Fragile Families and Welfare Reform (2001) (19)
- Links Between Childhood Exposure to Violent Contexts and Risky Adolescent Health Behaviors. (2018) (18)
- The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Maternal Health and Wellbeing (2007) (15)
- The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on the Timing and Incidence of Marriage Following a Nonmarital Birth (2007) (15)
- The Fragile Families study: social policies and labor markets in seven cities (2001) (14)
- Geography of intergenerational mobility and child development (2017) (14)
- Government Assistance Protects Low-Income Families from Eviction. (2020) (14)
- Child Support Enforcement and Domestic Violence Among Non-Cohabiting Couples (2006) (13)
- Adolescent Relationship Quality: Is There an Intergenerational Link? (2019) (13)
- Studying the Real Child Rather Than the Ideal Child: Bringing the Person Into Developmental Studies (2000) (12)
- Do Good Partners Make Good Parents?: Relationship Quality and Parenting in Two-Parent Families (2006) (12)
- Do Public Expenditures Improve Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison Across Fifty States (2003) (11)
- Are Public Expenditures Associated with Better Child Outcomes in the U.S.? A Comparison across 50 States (2005) (10)
- Unwed Fathers And Fragile Families (1998) (10)
- Family structure and child well-being: economic resources vs. parent socialization. (1992) (10)
- Unwed Parents in the US: Myths, Realities, and Policy Making (2003) (9)
- Remarriage cohabitation and changes in mothering. (1998) (9)
- Differential associations of parental harshness and parental disengagement with overall cortisol output at 15 years: Implications for adolescent mental health (2020) (9)
- Asian children's verbal development: A comparison of the United States and Australia. (2015) (9)
- Does Mother Know Best?: A Comparison Of Biological And Social Fathers After A Nonmarital Birth (2006) (8)
- Poverty and Gender in Affluent Nations (2001) (8)
- Fragile families and welfare reform part II (2001) (8)
- Unmarried Fathers’ Earnings Trajectories: Does Partnership Status Matter? (2009) (8)
- Grandparents' Education and Infant Health: Pathways across Generations. (2017) (8)
- Economic Trajectories in Non-Traditional Families with Children (2009) (8)
- THE HISPANIC PARADOX AND BREASTFEEDING: DOES ACCULTURATION MATTER? EVIDENCE FROM THE FRAGILE FAMILIES STUDY (2004) (8)
- [Children in single-mother families: economic insecurity and policy dilemmas]. (1994) (8)
- Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation predict adolescent amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex white matter connectivity (2020) (8)
- A design for a national survey of families and households. (1985) (7)
- The System for Coding Interactions and Family Functioning (SCIFF) in low-income and urban adolescents. (2019) (6)
- The Effects of Welfare and Child Support Policies on the Incidence of Marriage Following a Nonmarital Birth Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Paper (2004) (6)
- Are Cohabiting Relationships More Violent than Marriages ? (2001) (6)
- Early Puberty and Telomere Length in Preadolescent Girls and Mothers. (2020) (6)
- Shared Parenting in Fragile Families (2001) (6)
- Looking for Murphy Brown: Are College-Educated, Single Mothers Unique? (2003) (5)
- Prospective longitudinal associations between harsh parenting and corticolimbic function during adolescence (2020) (5)
- Shared Reading at Age 1 Year and Later Vocabulary: A Gene-Environment Study. (2019) (5)
- Family Structure And Maternal Health Trajectories (2006) (5)
- Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation predict adolescent amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex white matter connectivity (2020) (5)
- Deadly gun violence, neighborhood collective efficacy, and adolescent neurobehavioral outcomes. (2021) (5)
- Child Support Enforcement and Domestic Violence (2007) (5)
- Marriage at the Crossroads: Fragile Families (2012) (4)
- Ties That Bind: Marital History, Kinship Ties and Social Support Among Older Americans (1998) (4)
- Explaining the decline in parents psychological well-being: the role of employment marital disruption and social integration. (1986) (4)
- VISITATION AND CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES (2004) (4)
- Adolescent Exposure To Deadly Gun Violence Within 500 Meters Of Home Or School: Ethnoracial And Income Disparities. (2021) (4)
- The Effect of the Great Recession and Dopamine Receptor Gene DRD2 on Maternal Harsh Parenting (2011) (3)
- Multiracial infants and low birth weight: Evidence from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (2013) (3)
- Contributions of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to Child Development. (2021) (2)
- Neighborhood Context, Poverty, and Urban Children's Outdoor Play (2010) (2)
- Giving Child and Youth Development Knowledge Away (2001) (2)
- Losing Ground: A Critique. Institute for Research on Poverty Special Report Series #38. (1985) (2)
- The Effect of Child Support Enforcement on Bagraining Power Among Married and Cohabiting Couples (2005) (2)
- Trends in sex differences in poverty: 1950-1980. (1986) (2)
- The Protective Effects of Housing Assistance Programs on Eviction (2017) (2)
- Welfare Reform and Child Fostering: Pinpointing Affected Child Populations (2005) (2)
- Youth academic achievement, social context, and body mass index (2020) (2)
- Differential Developmental Associations of Material Hardship Exposure and Adolescent Amygdala–Prefrontal Cortex White Matter Connectivity (2021) (1)
- Doubling Up as a Private Safety Net for Families with Children (2013) (1)
- The Origins of the Racial Gap in School Suspension and Expulsion (2018) (1)
- LOSING GROUND: A Critique (2007) (1)
- Family Background , Race and Ethnicity , and Early Family Formation (2007) (1)
- The Meaning of Divorce for Women and Children in America@@@Mothers and Divorce: Legal, Economic, and Social Dilemmas.@@@Single Mothers and their Children: A New American Dilemma.@@@Child Support in America: Practical Advice for Negotiating--and Collecting-a Fair Settlement. (1988) (1)
- VISITATION AND CHILD SUPPORT GUIDELINES: A Comment on Fabricius and Braver (2004) (1)
- Trends in Gender Differences in Poverty: 1950-1980. (1986) (1)
- Social Programs-- A Partial Solution to , but Not a Cause of Poverty : An Alternative to Charles Murray ' s View " ( (2007) (1)
- Child Wellbeing in Two-Parent Families: How Do Characteristics and Relationships Matter? (2011) (1)
- Single Mothers, the Underclass, and Social Policy. CDE Working Paper 88-30. (1988) (1)
- Parent's Mental Health and Child Wellbeing: The Impact of Fathers by Residential Status * (2006) (1)
- Objective and subjective residential context and urban children's weight status and physical and sedentary activities (2009) (1)
- The National Children's Study 2014: commentary on a recent National Research Council/Institute of Medicine Report. (2014) (0)
- Advocacy; *Children; *Citizenship Responsibility; Democracy; Demonstration Programs; Early Parenthood; Information Dissemination; Intervention; *Juvenile Justice; Mass Media Role; *Parent Education; Periodicals; Program Effectiveness; Public Opinion; *Public Policy; Social Cognition; Theories; Welfa (2001) (0)
- Child Health and Early Childhood Family Environments in Fragile Families Abstract submission for European Population Conference 2016 (2015) (0)
- Asian Children’s Verbal Development: A Comparison of Three Countries (2013) (0)
- Explaining The Trend In Teenage Birth Rates From 1981-1999 (2003) (0)
- The Geography of Intergenerational Mobility and Children’s Cognitive Development Center for Research on Childwellbeing and Office of Populations Research (2016) (0)
- Reproduction of Poverty (2009) (0)
- Withdrawal notice to “Childhood violence exposure and social deprivation predict adolescent amygdala-orbitofrontal cortex white matter connectivity” [Dev. Cogn. Neurosci. 45 (2020) (October) 100822] (2020) (0)
- Assortative Partnering and Child Development : How are Relationship Type and Concordance for Mental Disorders Related to Healthy Children ? (2005) (0)
- FRAGILE FAMILIES AND WELFARE REFORM Center for Research on Child Wellbeing Working Paper #99-11-FF (2000) (0)
- Neighborhood Air Pollution and Children’s Cognitive Development (2017) (0)
- Family Structure Change and Economic Trajectories during Early Childhood (2009) (0)
- 7 l +-Institute for Research on Poverty Discussion Papers (2007) (0)
- Book Notes (1995) (0)
- 1 Looking for Murphy Brown : Are College-Educated , Single Mothers Unique ? May 2003 (2003) (0)
- Fragile Families and Welfare Reform: An Introduction. JCPR Working Paper. (2002) (0)
- THE GROWTH-OF FAMILIES (2007) (0)
- Demographic and developmental patterns in telomere length across adolescence (2020) (0)
- Multipartnered Fertility and Children's Behavioral Outcomes Among Urban U.S. Families (2017) (0)
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