R. Kelly Raley

Best Publications

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

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

  517
  Citations

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

  R. Kelly Raley;Larry L. Bumpass

  510
  Citations

• Divorce, Repartnering, and Stepfamilies: A Decade in Review

  R. Kelly Raley;Megan M. Sweeney

  414
  Citations

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

  Larry L. Bumpass;R. Kelly Raley

  394
  Citations

• Increasing fertility in cohabiting unions: evidence for the second demographic transition in the United States?

  R. Kelly Raley

  368
  Citations

• The Growing Racial and Ethnic Divide in U.S. Marriage Patterns.

  R. Kelly Raley;Megan M. Sweeney;Danielle Wondra

  319
  Citations

• Cohabitation and Children's Family Instability

  R. Kelly Raley;Elizabeth Wildsmith

  249
  Citations

• Of Sex and Romance: Late Adolescent Relationships and Young Adult Union Formation.

  R. Kelly Raley;Sarah Crissey;Chandra Muller

  232
  Citations

• Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility

  Lawrence Wu;Barbara L Wolfe

  197
  Citations

• Race, Ethnicity, and the Changing Context of Childbearing in the United States

  Megan M. Sweeney;R. Kelly Raley

  188
  Citations

• Family Structure History and Adolescent Romance

  Shannon E. Cavanagh;Sarah R. Crissey;R. Kelly Raley

  173
  Citations

• A Shortage of Marriageable Men? A Note on the Role of Cohabitation in Black-White Differences in Marriage Rates

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  168
  Citations

• Understanding Mexican-American Marriage Patterns Using a Life-Course Approach*

  R. Kelly Raley;T. Elizabeth Durden;Elizabeth Wildsmith

  104
  Citations

• Maternal Cohabitation and Educational Success.

  R. Kelly Raley;Michelle L. Frisco;Elizabeth Wildsmith

  103
  Citations

• Race-Ethnic Differences in Nonmarital Fertility: A Focus on Mexican American Women

  Elizabeth Wildsmith;R. Kelly Raley

  97
  Citations

• Diverging Patterns of Union Transition Among Cohabitors by Race/Ethnicity and Education: Trends and Marital Intentions in the United States

  Janet Chen-Lan Kuo;R. Kelly Raley

  92
  Citations

• Intergenerational Coresidence and Contact: A Longitudinal Analysis of Adult Children's Response to Their Mother's Widowhood

  Carol L. Roan;R. Kelly Raley

  91
  Citations

• A small extension to “costs and rewards of children: The effects of becoming a parent on adults’ lives”

  Hyeyoung Woo;R. Kelly Raley

  87
  Citations

• Explaining Race and Ethnic Variation in Marriage: Directions for Future Research

  R. Kelly Raley;Megan M. Sweeney

  84
  Citations

• Black-White Differences in Kin Contact and Exchange Among Never Married Adults:

  R. Kelly Raley

  82
  Citations