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Lawrence Wu

Professor Of Sociology

1984 …2018
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Research Output 1984 2018

2018

Could we level the playing field? Long-acting reversible contraceptives, nonmarital fertility, and poverty in the United States

Wu, L. & Mark, N. D. E., Feb 1 2018, In : RSF. 4, 3, p. 144-166 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

contraceptive
fertility
poverty
federal policy
costs

Reexamining trends in premarital sex in the United States

Wu, L., Martin, S. P. & England, P., Feb 27 2018, In : Demographic Research. 38, 1, p. 727-736 10 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

trend
marriage
demography
2017

The Decoupling of Sex and Marriage: Cohort Trends in Who Did and Did Not Delay Sex until Marriage for U.S. Women Born 1938–1985

Wu, L., Martin, S. P. & England, P., 2017, In : Sociological Science. 4, p. 151-175

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Open Access
2016

Alternative Estimates of Lifetime Prevalence Of Abortion from Indirect Survey Questioning Methods

Cowan, S. K., Wu, L. L., Makela, S. & England, P., Dec 1 2016, In : Perspectives on Sexual and Reproductive Health. 48, 4, p. 229-234 6 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Health Surveys
abortion
Surveys and Questionnaires
2015

Emerging Trends in the Family: Some Speculations on Recent Demographic Trends

Wu, L., 2015, Emerging Trends in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Scott, R. & Kosslyn, S. (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Fertility of Single and Cohabiting Women

Wu, L., Mar 26 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 13-18 6 p.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

fertility
empirical research
demography
parents
sociology

Premarital first births: The influence of the timing of sexual onset versus post-onset risks in the United States

Wu, L. L. & Martin, S. P., Sep 2 2015, In : Population Studies. 69, 3, p. 281-297 17 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Onset
Sexual
risk behavior
economic factors
Economics
2014

Fertility of Single and Cohabiting Women

Wu, L., 2014, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. 2nd ed.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

2013

Cohort Trends in Premarital First Births: What Role for the Retreat From Marriage?

England, P., Wu, L. L. & Shafer, E. F., Dec 2013, In : Demography. 50, 6, p. 2075-2104 30 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

marriage
trend
2012

Chapter 19: Population, Aging, and Health

Wu, L. & Jennings, J., 2012, NYU sociology textbook.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Editor’s Introduction: Event History Analysis

Wu, L., 2012, Event History Analysis. Wu, L. (ed.). London: Sage Publications, p. xxi-xxx

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

Event History Analysis

Wu, L. L. (ed.), 2012, 369 p. London : Sage.

Research output: Other contribution

Premarital conceptions, postconception ("shotgun") marriages, and premarital first births: Education gradients in U.S. cohorts of white and black women born 1925-1959

England, P., Shafer, E. F. & Wu, L. L., 2012, In : Demographic Research. 27, p. 153-166 14 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

education
marriage
supplement
wife
fertility
2009

Composition and decomposition in nonmarital fertility

Wu, L. L., 2009, In : Demography. 46, 1, p. 209-210 2 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

fertility
aggregation

Effects of exposure on prevalence and cumulative relative risk: Direct and indirect effects in a recursive hazard model

Wu, L. L. & Martin, S. P., Aug 2009, In : Sociological Methodology. 39, 1, p. 185-232 48 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

event
family structure
literature
time
2008

Cohort estimates of nonmarital fertility for U.S. women

Wu, L. L., Feb 2008, In : Demography. 45, 1, p. 193-207 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

fertility
divorce
ethnicity
marriage
statistics

No trend in the intergenerational transmission of divorce

Li, J. C. A. & Wu, L. L., 2008, In : Demography. 45, 4, p. 875-883 9 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

divorce
trend
early marriage
interview
marriage

Stability of marital and cohabiting unions following a first birth

Wu, L. L. & Musick, K., 2008, In : Population Research and Policy Review. 27, 6, p. 713-727 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

marriage
cohabitation
parents
parental separation
trajectory
2005

Children of the NLSY79: A unique data resource

Wu, L. L. & Li, J. C. A., Feb 2005, In : Monthly Labor Review. 128, 2, p. 59-62 4 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

Resources

Historical Roots of Family Diversity: Marital and Childbearing Trajectories of American Women

Wu, L. & Li, J. C. A., 2005, On the Frontier of Adulthood: Theory, Research, and Public Policy. Settersten, R. A., Furstenberg, F. F. & Rumbaut, R. G. (eds.). Chicago: University of Chicago Press, p. 110-49

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

2003

Event History Models for Life Course Analysis

Wu, L., 2003, Handbook of the Life Course. Mortimer, J. & Shanahan, M. (eds.). New York: Plenum Press, p. 477-502

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Questions in Time: Investigating the Structure and Dynamics of Unfolding Classroom Discourse

Nystrand, M., Wu, L., Gamoran, A., Zeiser, S. & Long, D. A., 2003, In : Discourse Processes. 35, 2, p. 135-96

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Review of Nonparametric Simple Regression: Smoothing Scatterplots,by John Fox, and Local Regression and Likelihood, by Clive Loader

Wu, L., 2003, In : Sociological Methods and Research. 31, 4, p. 551-58

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

2002

Fertility of Single and Cohabiting Women

Wu, L., 2002, International Encyclopedia of the Social and Behavioral Sciences. Smelser, N. J. & Baltes, P. B. (eds.). p. 5543-47

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Entry for encyclopedia/dictionary

2001

Comparing data quality of fertility and first sexual intercourse histories

Wu, L. L., Martin, S. P. & Long, D. A., 2001, In : Journal of Human Resources. 36, 3, p. 520-555 36 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

Data quality
Fertility
Statistics
Data storage equipment
Demographic variables

Historical and Life Course Trajectories of Nonmarital Childbearing

Wu, L., 2001, Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility. Wu, L. & Wolfe, B. (eds.). New York: Russell Sage Foundation, p. 3-48

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility

Wu, L. (ed.) & Wolfe, B. L. (ed.), 2001, New York: Russell Sage Foundation. 412 p.

Research output: Book/Report › Book

Preface and Introduction

Wu, L., 2001, Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility. Wu, L. & Wolfe, B. (eds.). New York: Russell Sage Foundation, p. xiii-xxxii

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Foreword/postscript

Race differences in family experience and early sexual initiation: Dynamic models of family structure and family change

Wu, L. L. & Thomson, E., Aug 2001, In : Journal of Marriage and Family. 63, 3, p. 682-696 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

family structure
experience
father
adolescence
parents
2000

Some comments on "sequence analysis and optimal matching methods in sociology: Review and prospect"

Wu, L. L., Aug 2000, In : Sociological Methods and Research. 29, 1, p. 41-64 24 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article

sociology
1996

Effects of family instability, income, and income instability on the risk of a premarital birth

Wu, L. L., Jun 1996, In : American Sociological Review. 61, 3, p. 386-406 21 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

income
family structure
artifact
family income
adolescence
1995

ASA Site Selection Policy

Wu, L., 1995, Sociologists' Lesbian and Gay Caucus Newsletter, 83, p. 1-3.

Research output: Contribution to specialist publication › Article

Race and Unemployment: Labor Market Experiences of Black and White Men, 1968-1988

Wilson, F. D., Wu, L. & Tienda, M., 1995, In : Work and Occupations. 22, 3, p. 245-270 26 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

unemployment
labor market
experience
occupational position
labor market segmentation
1994

Review of Event History Analysis in Demography, by Daniel Courgeau and Eva Lelievre

Wu, L., 1994, In : Contemporary Sociology. 23, 4, p. 564-65

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

1993

A Comparative Analysis of the Labor Force Activities of Ethnic Populations

Wilson, F. D. & Wu, L., 1993, Proceedings of the 1993 Annual Research Conference. U.S. Bureau of the Census

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

Family structure and the risk of a premarital birth

Wu, L. L. & Martinson, B. C., 1993, In : American Sociological Review. 58, 2, p. 210-232 23 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

family structure
social control
socialization
family situation
childhood
1992

Parent Histories: Patterns of Change in Early Life

Martinson, B. C. & wu, L. L., 1992, In : Journal of Family Issues. 13, 3, p. 351-377 27 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

family structure
parents
history
1991

Assessing Bias and Fit of Global and Local Hazard Models

Wu, L. L. & Tuma, N. B., 1991, In : Sociological Methods & Research. 19, 3, p. 354-387 34 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

trend
diagnostic
marriage
event
1990

Local hazard models.

Wu, L. L. & Tuma, N. B., 1990, In : Sociological Methodology. 20, p. 141-180 40 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

marriage

Simple Graphical Goodness-of-Fit Tests for Survival Data

Wu, L., 1990, Event History Analysis in Life Course Research. Mayer, K. U. & Tuma, N. B. (eds.). Madison, WI: Wisconsin University Press, p. 184-99

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

1989

Issues in smoothing empirical hazard rates.

Wu, L. L., 1989, In : Sociological Methodology. 19, p. 127-159 33 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

marriage
time

Review of Understanding Toscanini, by Joseph Horowitz

Wu, L., 1989, In : Contemporary Sociology. 18, 1, p. 107-8

Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review

1987

Marriage Rates for Women in the United States: Some Exploratory Analyses and Methods

Wu, L., 1987, Applications of Event History Analysis in Life Course Research. Mayer, K. U. & Tuma, N. B. (eds.). Berlin: Max-Planck-Institut fur Bildungsforschung, p. 432-85

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

1985

Robust M-Estimation of Location and Regression

Wu, L., 1985, Sociological Methodology 1985. Tuma, N. B. (ed.). p. 316-88

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)

1984

Local Blockmodel Algebras for Analyzing Social Networks

Wu, L., 1984, Sociological Methodology 1983–1984. Leinhardt, S. (ed.). p. 272-313

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed)