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Pamela J Smock
Professor of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Research Interests:
Dr. Smock is a social demographer, and has published on an array of topics relating to family patterns and change in the US. These include unmarried cohabitation; the economic consequences of divorce and marriage for women, men, and children; nonresident fatherhood; child support; the motherhood wage penalty; children’s economic well-being in various family structures; and racial/ethnic differences in family patterns. Her research has been supported by the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development. Smock has been President of the Association of Population Centers and served on the Board of Directors of the Population Association of America. She served as Editor of Demography from 2013-2016 and is now serving as Deputy Editor for Journal of Marriage and Family
Select Publications
- Smock,Pamela J, Schwartz, Christine R. 2020. The Demography of Families: A Review of Patterns and Change. Journal of Marriage and Family 82(1):9-34.
- Smock,Pamela J. 2020. The Demography of Families: Review of Patterns and Change. The Demography of Families: Review of Patterns and Change 82(1):9-34.
- Smock,Pamela J. 2020. Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler. Cohabitation and Marital Dissolution: A Comment on Rosenfeld and Roesler 83(1):260-267.
- Smock,Pamela J, Manning, Wendy D, Fettro, Marshal Neal. 2019. Cohabitation and Marital Expectations Among Single Millennials in the U.S.. Population Research and Policy Review 38(3)
- Geronimus,Arline T, Smock,Pamela J, Wise, Akilah . 2017. Best of Intentions: A structural analysis of the association between socioeconomic disadvantage and unintended pregnancy in a sample of mothers from the NLSY79. Women's Health Issues 27(1):5-13. PMCID: PMC5219931.
- Smock,Pamela J. 2017. The Best of Intentions: A Structural Analysis of the Association between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Unintended Pregnancy in a Sample of Mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979).. The Best of Intentions: A Structural Analysis of the Association between Socioeconomic Disadvantage and Unintended Pregnancy in a Sample of Mothers from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (1979). 27(1):5-13.
- Smock,Pamela J, Kroeger, Rhiannon A. 2014. Cohabitation: Recent Research and Implications. The Wiley Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families :217-235.
- Smock,Pamela J, Dorius, Cassandra, Manning, Wendy , Cooksey, Elizabeth . 2014. Cohabitation Expectations Among Young Adults in the United States: Do They Match Behavior?. Population Research and Policy Review 33(2):287-305. PMCID: PMC4136526.
- Smock,Pamela J, Hayford, Sarah , Guzzo, Karen . 2014. The Decoupling of Marriage and Parenthood? Trends in the Timing of Marital First Births, 1945-2002. Journal of Marriage and Family 76(3):520-538. PMCID: PMC4002169.
- Smock,Pamela J, (Lavelle) Pavelle, Bridget . 2012. Divorce and women's risk of health insurance loss. Journal of Health and Social Behavior 53(4):413-431. PMCID: PMC3511592.