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Christina M. Gibson-Davis, Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Child and Family Policy and Sociology and Assistant Professor of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences

Christina M. Gibson-Davis
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Christina M. Gibson-Davis
Assistant Professor of Public Policy Studies, Center for Child and Family Policy and Sociology and Assistant Professor of Psychology: Social and Health Sciences
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Research: Causes and consequences of marriage formation for low-income families; health and well-being of low-income families and children 
  Selected Publications/Recent Research:
 
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., The Effect of Family Structure on Maternal and Paternal Parenting, Journal of Marriage and Family (2008) [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., Money, Marriage, and Children: Testing the Family Formation and Financial Expectations Theory (Submitted, 2008) [abs].
  • C.M. Gibson-Davis, Going Underground, but Not to Wed: The Association between Fathers’ Informal Employment and Marriage (Submitted, 2008) [abs].
  • C.M. Gibson-Davis, The Associations between Complex Family Structures and Cognitive and Behavioral Outcomes in Middle Childhood (Submitted, 2008) [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., Expectations and the Economic Bar to Marriage Among Low Income Couples, in Unmarried Couples With Children, edited by P. England and K. Edin (2007), pp. 84-103.
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J., The Association between Maternal Relationship Status and Breastfeeding Behaviors, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 69 (2007), pp. 1107-1117 [x[abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Brooks-Gunn, J., Couples’ Immigration, and Ethnicity as Determinants of Breastfeeding, American Journal of Public Health, vol. 96 no. 4 (April, 2006), pp. 641-646 [641[abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M. and Foster, E.M., A Cautionary Tale: Using Propensity Scores to Estimate the Impact of Food Stamps on Food Insecurity, Social Service Review, vol. 80 (2006), pp. 93-126 [abs].
  • C.M. Gibson-Davis and Brooks-Gunn, J., Breastfeeding and the Verbal Ability of Three-Year-Olds in a Multi-City Sample, Pediatrics, vol. 118 (2006), pp. e1444 - e1451 [e1444[abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C.M., Magnuson, K., Gennetian, L., and Duncan, G.J, Does Employment Protect Women From Domestic Violence, Journal of Marriage and Family, vol. 67 (2005), pp. 1149-1168 [abs].
  • Gibson-Davis, C. M., 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 (2005), pp. 1301-1312 [abs].
 
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