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53
Citations
19755
World Ranking
2232
National Ranking
1077

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2001 - Member of the National Academy of Sciences
  • 1996 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • 1995 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)

Overview

Larry L. Bumpass is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on social sciences, with particular emphasis on sociology, political science, and demography. Their scholarly contributions address complex social phenomena related to family dynamics, survey methodology, and intergenerational caregiving.

  • Survey Methodology and Nonresponse
  • Family Dynamics and Relationships
  • Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving
  • Work-Family Balance Challenges

Their body of recent published work includes the following papers:

  • Do low survey response rates bias results? Evidence from Japan (2021) published in UNC Libraries
  • Order amidst change: Work and family trajectories in Japan (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • Nontraditional Family-Related Attitudes in Japan: Macro and Micro Determinants (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • Employment and household tasks of Japanese couples, 1994-2009 (2020) published in UNC Libraries
  • Réseau social et évolutions de la famille au Japon: un nouvel examen (2023) published in Population

Their research is often collaborative, having worked frequently with several co-authors:

  • Ronald R. Rindfuss
  • Minja Kim Choe
  • Noriko O. Tsuya
  • Emi Tamaki
  • Maria Midea M. Kabamalan

Their publications have appeared most regularly in the following venues:

  • UNC Libraries
  • Population
  • Age and Ageing

Throughout their career, Larry L. Bumpass has been recognized by several prestigious organizations, having been named a Member of the National Academy of Sciences in 2001. Earlier honors include being named a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1996 and a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 1995.

Best Publications

  • Trends in cohabitation and implications for children s family contexts in the United States

    Larry Bumpass;Hsien-Hen Lu

  • Recent trends in marital disruption.

    Teresa Castro Martin;Larry L. Bumpass

  • The role of cohabitation in declining rates of marriage.

    Larry L. Bumpass;James A. Sweet;Andrew Cherlin

  • Intergenerational consequences of family disruption.

    Sara McLanahan;Larry Bumpass

  • Social inequalities in health: next questions and converging evidence.

    Michael Marmot;Carol D. Ryff;Larry L. Bumpass;Martin Shipley

  • The design and content of the National Survey of Families and Households.

    Sweet J;Bumpass L

  • The Impact of Family Background and Early Marital Factors on Marital Disruption

    Larry L. Bumpass;Teresa Castro Martin;James A. Sweet

  • Cohabitation and children's living arrangements: New estimates from the United States

    Sheela Kennedy;Larry L. Bumpass

  • National Estimates of Cohabitation

    Larry L. Bumpass;James A. Sweet

  • Differentials in Marital Instability: 1970

    Larry L. Bumpass;James A. Sweet

  • What's Happening to the Family? Interactions Between Demographic and Institutional Change

    Larry L. Bumpass

  • The Changing Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing*

    Larry L. Bumpass;R. Kelly Raley;James A. Sweet

  • The topography of the divorce plateau: Levels and trends in union stability in the United States after 1980

    R. Kelly Raley;Larry L. Bumpass

  • Changing patterns of remarriage.

    Larry Bumpass;James Sweet;Teresa Castro Martín

  • Contribution of Psychosocial Factors to Socioeconomic Differences in Health

    Michael G. Marmot;Rebecca Fuhrer;Susan L. Ettner;Nadine F. Marks

  • Reexamining the Case for Marriage: Union Formation and Changes in Well‐being

    Kelly Musick;Larry Bumpass

  • Redefining single-parent families: Cohabitation and changing family reality

    Larry L. Bumpass;R. Kelly Raley

  • American families and households

    James A. Sweet;Larry Bumpass

  • Education and fertility: implications for the roles women occupy.

    Rindfuss Rr;Bumpass L;St John C

  • Fertility desires and fertility: hers, his, and theirs.

    Elizabeth Thomson;Elaine McDonald;Larry L. Bumpass

Frequent Co-Authors

Ronald R. Rindfuss
Ronald R. Rindfuss University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Charles F. Westoff
Charles F. Westoff Princeton University
James M. Raymo
James M. Raymo Princeton University
Elizabeth Thomson
Elizabeth Thomson Stockholm University
Carol D. Ryff
Carol D. Ryff University of Wisconsin–Madison
Sara McLanahan
Sara McLanahan Princeton University
Linda J. Waite
Linda J. Waite University of Chicago
Andrew J. Cherlin
Andrew J. Cherlin Johns Hopkins University
Frances K. Goldscheider
Frances K. Goldscheider University of Maryland, College Park

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