Research Interests for Christina M. Gibson-Davis

Keywords:

Economic Recession, Educational Status, Family, Family Characteristics, Fertility, Marriage, Public Assistance, Public Policy, Socioeconomic Factors

Areas of Interest:

Family Formation Behaviors
Health and Wellbeing of Low Income Families

Representative Publications

1. Gibson-Davis, C, Magic moment? Maternal marriage for children born out of wedlock., Demography, vol. 51 no. 4 (August, 2014), pp. 1345-1356, ISSN 0070-3370 [repository], [doi] [abs]
2. Gibson-Davis, C; Rackin, H, Marriage or carriage? Trends in union context and birth type by education, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 76 no. 3 (January, 2014), pp. 506-519, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi] [abs]
3. Gassman-Pines, A; Ananat, EO; Gibson-Davis, CM, Effects of statewide job losses on adolescent suicide-related behaviors., American journal of public health, vol. 104 no. 10 (October, 2014), pp. 1964-1970, ISSN 0090-0036 [repository], [doi] [abs]
4. Rackin, H; Gibson Davis, CM, The role of pre- and postconception relationships for first time parents, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 74 no. 3 (2012), pp. 526-539, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi] [abs] [single parents]
5. Ananat, EO; Gassman-Pines, A; Gibson-Davis, C, Community-wide job loss and teenage fertility: evidence from North Carolina., Demography, vol. 50 no. 6 (December, 2013), pp. 2151-2171, ISSN 0070-3370 [repository], [doi] [abs] [job loss]
6. Gibson-Davis, C, Mothers but not wives: The increasing lag between nonmarital births and marriage, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 73 no. 1 (February, 2011), pp. 264-278, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [repository], [doi] [abs] [single parents]
7. Gibson Davis, CM; Gassman Pines, A, Early Childhood Family Structure and Mother-Child Interactions: Variation by Race and Ethnicity, Developmental Psychology, vol. 46 no. 1 (2010), pp. 151-164 [20053014], [doi] [abs] [early childhood, family structure]
8. Gibson Davis, CM, The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 70 no. 2 (2008), pp. 452-465, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi] [abs] [family structure]
9. Gibson Davis, CM, Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Financial Expectations and Family Formation Theory, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 71 no. 1 (2009), pp. 146-161, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi] [abs] [economics]
10. Gibson Davis, CM; Edin, K; McLahanan, S, High Hopes but Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat from Marriage Among Low-Income Couples, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 no. 5 (2005), pp. 1301-1312, WILEY, ISSN 0022-2445 [pdf], [doi] [abs] [economics, family structure]