Jennifer Barber

Jennifer Barber

Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University, 1997
M.A., University of Chicago, 1994

Dr. Barber studies intergenerational processes in families in the United States and Nepal. Her current U.S. research focuses on intergenerational influences on childbearing behavior, including the influence of parental behavior, parental attitudes, and young people's own attitudes. She is studying the consequences of unwanted childbearing for children in the U.S. Her current research in Nepal focuses on the relationships between social change and family formation attitudes and behavior. She is involved with the Developmental Idealism and Family and Population Dynamics in Nepal research project.

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© 2008
Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

New Publication

G. Binstock, A. Thornton, "Knowledge And Use Of Developmental Thinking About Societies And Families Among Teenagers In Argentina." in Demográfia, 2007. Vol. 50. No. 5. English Edition

New Book

Kathryn M. Yount, Hoda Rashad (eds), Family in the Middle East: Ideational change in Egypt, Iran and Tunisia. Routledge. 2008

New Data Collection

A survey concerning ideational influences on marriage and child bearing is currently being conducted in Nepal.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.


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