Professor Emeritus of Sociology, College of Literature, Science, and the Arts and Research Professor Emeritus, Population Studies Center, Institute for Social Research
Biography
Arland Thornton is Professor of Sociology, Population Studies, and Survey Research at the University of Michigan, where he is also associated with the Native American Studies Program and centers within the International Institute. He is a social demographer who has served as president of the Population Association of America and previously held a MERIT award from the National Institutes of Health. He has received four awards for his books as well as distinguished career awards from the American Sociological Association and the Population Association of America. Thornton has focused much of his career on the study of family and demographic issues, with emphasis on marriage, cohabitation, childbearing, gender roles, education, and migration. Thornton has also pioneered the study of developmental idealism, including its conceptualization, measurement, and influence in many places. He has collaborated in the collection and analysis of data from Albania, Argentina, Bulgaria, China, Egypt, Hungary, Iran, Iraq, Lebanon, Malawi, Nepal, Romania, Saudi Arabia, Taiwan, Turkey, the U.S., and Vietnam. Thornton is currently conducting Sociological Studies about American Indians, examining several dimensions of American Indian life, including levels, trends, and differentials in school enrollment, literacy, and years of school completed.
Funded Research
Publications
- Arland Thornton. 2024. Literacy among American Indians: Levels and Trends from 1900 to 1930 and across Birth Cohorts from 1830 to 1920. Ethnohistory 71(3):379–408.
- Serap Kavas, Arland Thornton. 2022. Distinguishing between Old and New Developmental Idealism and among Beliefs about Correlation, Causation, and Expectations: Beliefs about Family Change and Development in Turkey. Sociology of Development
- Gordner, Jillian, Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco. 2022. Names Used Among Native Americans at the Colville Indian Agency: Perspectives from the 1885 Bureau of Indian Affairs Census. Journal of Northwest Anthropology 56(1):3-43.
- Keera Allendorf, Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell. 2021. A Good Age to Marry? An Intergenerational Model of the Influence of Timing Attitudes on Entrance into Marriage. European Journal of Population 37:179-209.
- Arland Thornton, Jeffrey Swindle, Private: Bhandari,Prem, Linda C Young-Demarco, Nathalie Williams, Christina Hughes. 2021. Developmental idealism and migration: theorizing their relationship and an empirical example from Nepal. Migration and Development
- Arland Thornton, Kavas, Serap . 2020. Developmental Idealism and Beliefs About Marriage and Fertility in Turkey. Population Research and Policy Review 39:47-75.
- Linda C Young-Demarco, Arland Thornton, Bhandari, Prem B., Williams, Nathalie E, Swindle, Jeffrey , Hughes, Christina , Chan, Loritta , Sun, Cathy . 2020. Ethno-Caste influences on migration rates and destinations. World Development 130:104912.
- Arland Thornton, Bhandari, Prem, Swindle, Jeffrey, Williams, Nathalie, Linda C Young-Demarco, Cathy Sun, Hughes, Christina. 2020. Fatalistic Beliefs and Migration Behaviors: A Study of Ideational Demography in Nepal. Population Research and Policy Review 39(4):643-670.
- Christina Hughes, Prem Bhandari, Linda C Young-Demarco, Jeffrey Swindle, Arland Thornton, Nathalie Williams. 2020. Family Obligation Attitudes, Gender, and Migration. International Journal of Sociology 50(5)
- Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Williams, Nathalie E, Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Bhandari, Prem B.. 2019. Strategies for origin-based surveying of international migrants. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies 45(7):1185-1206. PMCID: PMC6481943.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Carmichael,Alicia Giordimaina, Gonzalez,Richard D, Bhandari, Prem B., Xie, Yu, Williams, Nathalie E, Sun, Cathy , Swindle, Jeffrey , Hughes, Christina , Binder, Ariel J, Raichur, Vineet , Mejia, Silvia E, Nielsen, K . 2019. Influences of Material Aspirations on Migration. Demography
- Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Linda C Young-Demarco, Allendorf, Keera . 2019. The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Attitudes, Expectations, and Timing. Journal of Family Issues :0192513X19856642.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Linda C Young-Demarco, Bhandari, Prem B.. 2019. The Reliability and Stability of Measures of Individuals' Values and Beliefs Concerning Developmental Idealism in Nepal. Sociology of Development 5(3):314-336.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Linda C Young-Demarco, Private: Bhandari,Prem. 2019. The Reliability and Stability of Measures of Individualsâ Values and Beliefs Concerning Developmental Idealism in Nepal. Sociology of Development 5(3):314-336.
- Arjan Gjonça, Arland Thornton. 2019. The Spread of Ideas Related to the Developmental Idealism Model in Albania. Sociology of Development 5(3):265-285.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Linda C Young-Demarco, Bhandari, Prem. 2019. The Reliability and Stability of Measures of Individuals’ Values and Beliefs Concerning Developmental Idealism in Nepal. Sociology of Development 5(3):314-336.
- Arland Thornton, Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Linda C Young-Demarco, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire. 2017. Early Women, Late Men: Timing Attitudes and Gender Differences in Marriage. Journal of Marriage and Family 79(5):1478-1496. PMCID: PMC5679473.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Moaddel, Mansoor, Dorius, Shawn , Swindle, Jeffrey . 2017. Middle Eastern Beliefs about the Causal Linkages of Development to Freedom, Democracy, and Human Rights. Sociology of Development 3(1):70-94.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yount, Kathryn M, Patel, Shilpa N. 2017. Lay Accounts of "Modern" and "Traditional" Family in Greater Cairo: A Test of Developmental Models of Family Life. Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Moaddel, Mansoor, Yount, Kathryn M. 2017. Modernization, World System, and Clash of Civilization Perspectives in Lay Views of the Development- Morality Nexus in the United States and the Middle East. Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring
- Arland Thornton, Kathryn M. Yount, Linda C Young-Demarco, Mansoor Moaddel. 2017. Modernization, World System, and Clash of Civilization Perspectives in Lay Views of the Development-Morality Nexus in the United States and the Middle East. Values, Political Action, and Change in the Middle East and the Arab Spring :101-132.
- Arland Thornton, Georgina Binstock, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell, Kathryn M. Yount, Yu Xie. 2017. Evaluating the measurement reliabilities and dimensionality of developmental idealism measures. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):609-635.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Colter Mitchell, Xie, Yu, Binstock, Georgina , Yount, Kathryn M. 2016. Evaluating the measurement reliabilities and dimensionality of developmental idealism measures. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):609-635.
- Arland Thornton, Yang, Li-Shou. 2016. Perceptions of developmental hierarchies in Taiwan: Conceptual, substantive, and methodological insights. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):547-576.
- Linda C Young-Demarco, Arland Thornton, Melegh, Attila , Kiss, Tamás , Csánóová, Sabina . 2016. The perception of global hierarchies: South-Eastern European patterns in comparative perspectives. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):497-523.
- Arland Thornton, Xie, Yu. 2016. Developmental Idealism in China. Chinese Journal of Sociology 2(4):483-496. HIHMS: NIHMS820690.
- Arland Thornton, Allendorf, Keera . 2015. Caste and Choice: The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marriage Behavior. American Journal of Sociology 121(1):243-287.
- Arland Thornton, Lai, Q . 2015. The making of family values: developmental idealism in Gansu, China. Social science research 51:174-188.
- Arland Thornton, Dorius, Shawn F, Swindle, Jeffrey . 2015. Developmental Idealism; The Cultural Foundations of World Development Programs. Sociology of Development 1(2):277-320.
- Arland Thornton. 2015. Population Structures. The Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Pierotti, R S, Watkins, S . 2014. Developmental Idealism and Cultural Models of the Family in Malawi. Population research and policy review 33(5):693-716.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Williams, N E. 2014. Migrant Values and Beliefs: How Are They Different and How Do They Change?. Journal of ethnic and migration studies 40(5):796-813.
- Arland Thornton. 2014. Population Structures. Concise Encyclopedia of Comparative Sociology :101-112.
- Arland Thornton, Arland Thornton, Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad Jalal, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Xie, Yu, Yount, Kathryn M. 2013. Influences on the knowledge and beliefs of ordinary people about developmental hierarchies. International Journal of Comparative Sociology 54(4):325-344. PMCID: PMC3952150.
- Arland Thornton, Kavas, Serap . 2013. Adjustment and Hybridity in Turkish Family Change: Perspectives from Developmental Idealism. Journal of Family History 38(2):223-241.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Melegh, A , Philipov, D . 2013. Perceptions of societal developmental hierarchies in Europe and beyond: A Bulgarian Perspective. European sociological review 29(3):603-615.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2013. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
- Arland Thornton, Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad , Askari Nodoushan, Abbas . 2012. Family Life and Developmental Idealism in Yazd, Iran. Demographic Research 26(10):207-238.
- Arland Thornton. 2012. Developed and less developed societies. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization
- Arland Thornton. 2012. Developmental idealism. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization :429-430.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Xie, Yu. 2012. Histroical Perspectives on Marriage. Family, Ties, and Care :61-83.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Gjonca, Arjan , Melegh, Attila , Colter Mitchell, Moaddell, Mansoor , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yount, Kathryn M. 2012. Knowledge and beliefs about national development and developmental hierarchies: The viewpoints of ordinary people in thirteen countries. Social science research 41(5):1053-1068. PMCID: PMC3462366.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Yount, Kathryn , Abbasi-Shavazi, Mohammad , Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Xie, Yu. 2012. International Fertility Change: New Data and Insights From the Developmental Idealism Framework. Demography 49(2):677-698. PMCID: PMC3328099.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2012. The measurement and prevalence of an ideational model of family and economic development in Nepal. Population Studies 66(3):329-345.
- Arland Thornton, Xie, Yu, Wang, Guangzhou , Lai, Qing . 2012. Societal projection: Beliefs concerning the relationship between development and inequality in China. Social science research 41(5):1069-1084.
- Arland Thornton. 2012. International Family Change And Continuity: The Past And Future From The Developmental Idealism Perspective. Marriage at the Crossroads: Law, Policy, and the Brave New World of Twenty-First-Century Families
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell. 2012. The Measurement and Prevalence of Knowledge of Schema about Family and Development. Population Studies :329-345. PMCID: PMC3505987.
- Arland Thornton. 2011. The international fight against barbarism: Historical and comparative perspectives on marriage timing, consent and polygamy. Modern polygamy in the United States: Histroical, cultural, and legal issues
- Arland Thornton. 2011. The international fight against barbarism: Historical and comparative perspectives on marriage timing, consent and polygamy. Modern polygamy in the United States: Histroical, cultural, and legal issues
- Arland Thornton. 2010. Reviewed Work: 'A Historical Sociology of Childhood: Developmental Thinking, Categorization and Graphic Visualization' by André Turmel. American Historical Review 115(1):184-185.
- Arland Thornton, Barber, Jennifer S, Barber, Jennifer S, Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, Colter Mitchell, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Norbert Schwarz, Linda C Young-Demarco, Jiang, Yang , Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, King, Katherine E, Lesthaeghe, Ron J., Mehanna, Sohair , Colter Mitchell, Moaddel, Mansoor, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Wang, Guangzhou , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yount, Kathryn . 2010. Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas About Development and Family Life. Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Conexts
- Arland Thornton, ..., Barber, Jennifer S, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Julie Ann Josefosky de Jong, Colter Mitchell, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Linda C Young-Demarco, et al.. 2010. Process and Method for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Developmental Idealism, Developmental Thinking, and Family Life. Pp. 59-74 in Survey Methods in Multinational, Multiregional and Multicultural Contexts, edited by M. Braun, B. Edwards, J. Harkness, T. Johnson, L. Lyberg, P. Mohler, B. E. Pennell, and T. W. Smith. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley and Sons
- Arland Thornton, ..., Barber, Jennifer S, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Colter Mitchell, Norbert Schwarz, Linda C Young-Demarco, et al.. 2010. Creating questions and protocols for an international study of development and family life. Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts
- Arland Thornton. 2009. Framework for Interpreting Long-Term Trends in Values and Beliefs Concerning Single-Parent Families. Journal of Marriage and the Family 71(2):230-234.
- Arland Thornton. 2009. Historical and cross-cultural perspectives on marriage. Marriage and family : perspectives and complexities :3.
- Arland Thornton, Philipov, D . 2009. Sweeping Changes in Marriage, Cohabitation and Childbearing in Central and Eastern Europe: New Insights from the Developmental Idealism Framework. European Journal of Population 25(2):123-156.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire. 2008. International dissemination of ideas about development and family change. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives :19-44.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2008. Perspectives on international family change. International Family Change: ideational perspectives
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2008. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2007. New directions for research on ideational perspectives. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
- Arland Thornton, Binstock, Georgina . 2007. Knowledge and use of developmental thinking about societies and families among teenagers in Argentina. Demografia 50(5):75-104.
- Arland Thornton, Cunningham Jr., Mick H. 2007. Direct and Indirect Influences of Parents' Marital Instability on Children's Attitudes Toward Cohabitation in Young Adulthood. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 46(3/4):125-143.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2007. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2007. Summary and conclusion. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Jayakody, Rukmalie . 2007. Perspectives on international family change. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
- Arland Thornton, Pearce, L . 2007. Religious Identity and Family Ideologies in the Transition to Adulthood. Journal of Marriage and the Family 69(5):1227-1243.
- Arland Thornton. 2007. America's Struggle for Same-Sex Marriage. Journal of Church and State 49(2):366.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Xie, Yu. 2007. Marriage and Cohabitation.
- Arland Thornton, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, Binstock, Georgina . 2007. International Networks, Ideas, and Family Change. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives
- Arland Thornton, Georgina Binstock, Dirgha Jibi Ghimire. 2007. International dissemination of ideas about development and family change. International Family Change: Ideational Perspectives :19.
- William G Axinn, Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton. 2006. The microdemographic community study approach: Improving survey data by integrating the ethnographic method. Mixed Method Data Collection Strategies
- Arland Thornton, Cunningham Jr., Mick H. 2006. The Influence of Parents' Marital Quality on Adult Children's Attitudes Toward Marriage and Its Alternatives: Main and Moderating Effects. Demography 43(4):659-672.
- Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Arland Thornton. 2006. Social change, premarital nonfamily experience, and spouse choice in an arranged marriage society. American Journal of Sociology 111(4):1181-1218.
- Dirgha Jibi Ghimire, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 2006. Social change, premarital nonfamily experience, and spouse choice in an arranged marriage society. American Journal of Sociology 111(4):1181-1218.
- Barber, Jennifer S, Arland Thornton, Cunningham Jr., Mick H, Beutel, Ann . 2005. Reciprocal relationships between attitudes about gender and social contexts during young adulthood. Social Science Research 34 (4): 862-892
- Arland Thornton, Cunningham Jr., Mick H. 2005. The influence of union transitions on white adults' attitudes toward cohabitation. Journal of Marriage and the Family 67 (3): 710-720
- Arland Thornton, Cunningham Jr., Mick H. 2005. The Influences of Parents' and Offsprings' Experience with Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce on Attitudes Toward Divorce in Young Adulthood. Journal of Divorce & Remarriage 44(1-2):119-144.
- Arland Thornton. 2005. Reading History Sideways: the Fallacy and Enduring Impact of the Developmental Paradigm on Family Life.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn. 2004. The Social Demography of Fertility: Some Contributions of American Surveys. Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond Pp. 281-304
- Arland Thornton, Binstock, Georgina . 2003. Separations, Reconciliations, and Living Apart in Cohabiting and Marital Unions. Journal of Marriage and the Family 65(2):432-443.
- Arland Thornton, Xie, Yu, Raymo, James , Goyette, Kimberly . 2003. Economic Potential and Entry into Marriage and Cohabitation. Demography 40(2):351-367.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yang, Li-Shou, Xie, Yu. 2002. Mothers' Reports of Children's Family Formation Behavior. Social Science Research 31(2):257-283.
- Barber, Jennifer S, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 2002. The Influence of Attitudes on Family Formation Processes. Meaning and Choice: Value Orientations and Life Course Decisions
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Freedman, Ronald . 2002. Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children. Looking at Lives: American Longitudinal Studies of the Twentieth Century
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Li-Shou Yang, Linda C Young-Demarco, Yu Xie. 2002. Mothersâ Reports of Childrenâs Family Formation Behavior. Social Science Research 31(2):257-283.
- Arland Thornton, Yang, Li-Shou, Goldscheider, Frances . 2001. Helping Out the Kids: Expectations about Parental Support in Young Adulthood.. Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(3):727-740.
- Arland Thornton. 2001. The Developmental Paradigm, Reading History Sideways, and Family Change. Demography 38(4):449-465.
- Arland Thornton. 2001. The Well-Being of Children and Families.
- Arland Thornton. 2001. Introduction and Overview. The Well-Being of Children and Families :3-27.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Fricke, Tom, Alwin, Duane. 2001. Values and Beliefs in the Lives of Children and Families. The Well-Being of Children and Families: Research and Data Needs Pp. 215-243
- Arland Thornton, Binstock, Georgina . 2001. The Reliability of Measurement and the Cross-Time Stability of Individual and Family Variables. Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(3):881-894.
- Arland Thornton, Teachman, Jay, Brooks-Gunn, Jeanne , Duncan, Greg J, Evans, J , Perets, E , Runyan, D . 2001. Recommendations. The Well-Being of Children and Families: Research and Data Needs :437-448.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco. 2001. Four Decades of Trends in Attitudes Toward Family Issues in the United States: The 1960s Through the 1990s.. Journal of Marriage and the Family 63(4):1009-1037.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 2000. The Transformation in the Meaning of Marriage. Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation Pp. 147-165
- Arland Thornton, Orbuch, Terri L, Cancio, J . 2000. The Impact of Marital Quality, Divorce, and Remarriage on the Relationships Between Parents and their Children. Marriage & Family Review 29(4):221-246.
- Arland Thornton, Waite, Linda J, Bachrach, Christine A, Hindin, Michelle , Thompson, Elizabeth . 2000. Ties That Bind: Perspectives on Marriage and Cohabitation.
- Arland Thornton, Fricke, Tom, Yang, Li-Shou. 2000. Religion and Family Formation in Transitional Taiwan: The Decline of Ancestral Authority. Family, Religion and Social Change in Diverse Societies Pp. 121-146
- William G Axinn, Barber, Jennifer S, Arland Thornton. 1999. Values and beliefs as determinants of outcomes in children's lives. Transitions to adulthood in a changing economy : no work, no family, no future?
- Barber, Jennifer S, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1999. Unwanted Childbearing, Health and Mother-Child Relationships. Journal of health & social behavior 40(3):231-257.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Yabiku, Scott T. 1999. Family Integration and Children's Self-Esteem. American Journal of Sociology 104 (5): 1494-1524
- William G Axinn, Barber, Jennifer S, Arland Thornton. 1999. Values and beliefs as determinants of outcomes in childrenâs lives. Transitions to adulthood in a changing economy : no work, no family, no future?
- Scott T. Yabiku, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1999. Family Integration and Childrenâs Self-Esteem. American Journal of Sociology 104(5):1494-1524.
- William G Axinn, Barber, Jennifer S, Arland Thornton. 1998. The Long-Term Impact of Parents' Childbearing Decisions on Children's Self -Esteem. Demography 35 (4): 435-443
- Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton, Dahal, Dilli R. 1998. Netting in Nepal: Social Change, the Life Course, and Brideservice in Sangila. Human Ecology: An Interdisciplinary Journal 26 (2): 213-237
- Arland Thornton, Arnaudo, D , Marsiglio, B , Sugland, B , Waite, Linda J. 1998. Data and research needs concerning union formation and dissolution. Nurturing fatherhood : improving data and research on male fertility, family formation and fatherhood :295-325.
- William G Axinn, Barber, Jennifer S, Arland Thornton. 1998. The Long-Term Impact of Parentsâ Childbearing Decisions on Childrenâs Self -Esteem. Demography 35(4):435-443.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Duncan, Greg J. 1997. The effects of parental income, wealth and attitudes on children's completed schooling and self-esteem. Consequences of growing up poor
- William G Axinn, Greg J. Duncan, Arland Thornton. 1997. The effects of parental income, wealth and attitudes on childrenâs completed schooling and self-esteem. Consequences of growing up poor
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1996. The influence of parents' marital dissolutions on children's attitudes toward family formation. Demography 33 (1): 66-81
- Arland Thornton, Caspi, A , Moffitt, T E, Freedman, Deborah S, Amell, J W, Harrington, H , Smeijers, J , Silva, P A. 1996. The life history calendar: A research and clinical assessment method for collecting retrospective event-history data. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 6:101-114.
- Arland Thornton. 1996. Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life. Promises to Keep Pp. 69-87
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1996. The influence of parentsâ marital dissolutions on childrenâs attitudes toward family formation. Demography 33(1):66-81.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Teachman, Jay. 1995. The Influence of School Enrollment and Accumulation on Cohabitation and Marriage in Early Adulthood. American Sociological Review 60 (5): 762-74
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Orbuch, Terri L. 1995. Parent-Child Relationships During the Transition to Adulthood. Journal of Family Issues 16 (5): 538-64
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton, Clarkberg, Marin E. 1994. Family Influences on Family Size Preferences. Demography 31 (1): 65-79
- Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton, Yang, Li-Shou. 1994. Weakening the linkage between the ancestors, the living, and future generations. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan :359-395.
- Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton, Yang, Li-Shou, Chang, Jui-Shan . 1994. Theoretical mechanisms of family change. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan :88-115.
- Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton, Yang, Li-Shou, Liu, Paul K. C., Freedman, Deborah S. 1994. The changing organization of individual activities. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan :116-147.
- Arland Thornton. 1994. Comparative and Historical Perspectives on Marriage, Divorce, and Family Life. Utah Law Review 1994 (2): 587-604
- Arland Thornton, Lin, Hui-Sheng . 1994. Social Change and the Family in Taiwan.
- Frey,William H, Thomas E. Fricke, William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1993. Marriage, Social Inequality, and Womenâs Contact with Their Natal Families in Alliance Societies: Two Tamang Examples. American Anthropologist 95(2):395-419.
- William G Axinn, Arland Thornton. 1992. The Relationship between Cohabitation and Divorce: Selectivity or Causal Influence?. Demography 29 (3): 357-74
- Thomas E. Fricke, Dilli R. Dahal, Arland Thornton, William G Axinn, Krishna P. Rimal. 1991. Tamang family research project: Summary report on ethnographic and survey research conducted March 1987-January 1988.
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Deborah S. 1990. The Consumption Aspirations of Adolescents: Determinants and Implications. Youth and Society 21(3):259-81.
- Fricke, Tom, Arland Thornton. 1989. Social change and the family: comparative perspectives from the West, China, and South Asia. Demography as an interdiscipline :128-161.
- Arland Thornton, William G Axinn. 1989. Changing patterns of marital formation and dissolution in the United States: Demographic implications. International Unioin for the Scientific Study of Population Proceedings 3:149-161.
- Arland Thornton, Weinstein, Maxine . 1989. Mother-Child Relations and Adolescent Sexual Attitudes and Behavior. Demography 26(4):563-577.
- Arland Thornton. 1988. Cohabitation and Marriage in the 1980s. Demography 25(4):497-508.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Alwin, Duane, Freedman, Deborah , Camburn, Donald . 1988. The Life History Calendar: A Technique for Collecting Retrospecitve Data. Sociological Methodology 18(1988):37-68.
- Arland Thornton, Linda C Young-Demarco, Alwin, Duane, Freedman, Deborah S, Camburn, Donald . 1987. The Life History Calendar: A Technique for Collecting Retrospecitve Data. Sociological Methodology 18 (1988): 37-68
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Deborah S. 1982. Income and Fertility: The Elusive Relationship. Demography 19(1):65-78.
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Deborah S, Wallisch, Lynn . 1981. Age at First Birth and Family Size: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study. Social Biology 28(3-4):217-27.
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Deborah S, Wallisch, L . 1980. Age at First Birth and Family Size: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study. Social Biology 28 (Fall/Winter 1981): 217-27
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Ronald , Freedman, Deborah S. 1980. Changes in Fertility Expectations and Preferences between 1962-1977: Their Relation to Final Parity. Demography 17 (4): 365-78
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, Deborah S, Camburn, Donald . 1980. Maintaining Response Rates in Longitudinal Studies. Sociological Methods and Research 9(1):87-98.
- Arland Thornton, Freedman, D S. 1979. The Long-Term Impact of Pregnancy at Marriage on the Family's Economic Circumstances. Family Planning Perspectives 11(1):6-13+18-21.