Duane F. Alwin's Information
POSITION TITLE: McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography
RESEARCH INTERESTS: Children and their families; human development; lifecourse & aging; social stratification; education; social psychology; social change; research methods; quantitative analysis.
RESEARCH AREAS:
Interdisciplinary Perspectives Linking Individual, Family, and Population Health over Time
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| PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT AND EXPERIENCE:
1972-1973 Research Associate, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
1973-1975 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University
1975-1976 Visiting Research Scientist, Laboratory of Socio-Environmental Studies, NIMH
1975-1980 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University
1979-1985 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology; Associate Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
1983-1995 Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
1985-1989 Chair, Board of Overseers, General Social Survey, National Opinion Research Center, University of Chicago
1985-2002 Professor, Department of Sociology; Senior Research Scientist and Program Director, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
1997-1998 Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
1998-2000 Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
2002- McCourtney Professor of Sociology, Demography, Human Development, and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
2004- Director, NIA Post-doctoral Training Program in the Demography of Aging, The Pennsylvania State University
2004- Director, NIA Center for Population Health and Aging, The Pennsylvania State University
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| HONORS, PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES AND FELLOWSHIPS:
1999-2003 Member, Study Section on Risk Prevention and Health Behavior IV, National Institute of Health
2003- Fellow, Gerontological Society of America
2003-2004 Member, Study Section on Social Psychology, Personality and Interpersonal Processes, NIH
2005-2008 Editorial Board, Public Opinion Quarterly
2006-2008 Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences
2007-2008 Chair, Section on Aging and the Life Course of the American Sociological Association
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS:
Alwin, D.F.
(1988).
"Structural Equation Models in Research on Human Development and Aging." In
Schaie, K.W.
et al.
(Eds.)
, Methodological Issues in Aging Research.
New York, NY:
Springer-Verlag.
(pp. 71-170)
Alwin, D.F.
(1989).
"Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey Data."
Quality and Quantity 23:277-331.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1991).
"Family of Origin and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability."
American Sociological Review 56:625-638.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1991).
"Research on Survey Quality."
Sociological Methods and Research 20:3-29.
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Alwin, D.F.
and
J.A. Krosnick
(1991).
"Aging, Cohorts, and the Stability of Socio-Political Orientations Over the Life-Span."
American Journal of Sociology 97:169-195.
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Alwin, D.F.
and
J.A. Krosnick
(1991).
"The Reliability of Survey Attitude Measurement: The Influence of Question and Respondent Attributes."
Sociological Methods and Research 20:139-181.
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Alwin, D.F.
,
R.L. Cohen
and
T.M. Newcomb
(1991).
Political Attitudes Over the Life-Span: The Bennington Women After Fifty Years.
Madison, WI:
University of Wisconsin Press.
Alwin, D.F.
(1992).
"Information Transmission in the Survey Interview: Number of Response Categories and the Reliability of Attitude Measurement." In
Marsden, P.V.
(Ed.)
, Sociological Methodology.
(pp. 83-118)
Alwin, D.F.
,
M. Braun
and
J. Scott
(1992).
"The Separation of Work and the Family: Attitudes Toward Women's Labour-Force Participation in Germany, Great Britain, and the United States."
European Sociological Review 8:13-37.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1993).
"Aging, Cohorts, and Social Change: An Examination of the Generational Replacement Model of Social Change." In
Becker, H.A.
(Ed.)
, Dynamics of Cohort and Generations Research.
Amsterdam:
Thesis Publishers.
(pp. 53-95)
Alwin, D.F.
(1993).
"Socio-Political Attitude Development in Adulthood: The Role of Generational and Life-Cycle Factors." In
Krebs, D.
and
P. Schmidt
(Eds.)
, New Directions in Attitude Measurement.
Berlin:
De Gruyter.
Alwin, D.F.
and
R.L. Cohen
(1993).
"The Bennington Women of the 1930s: Political Attitudes Over the Life Course." In
Hulbert, K.D.
and
D.T. Schuster
(Eds.)
, Women's Lives Through Time: Educated American Women of the Twentieth Century.
San Francisco, CA:
Jossey-Bass.
(pp. 117-139)
Alwin, D.F.
,
J. Scott
and
M. Braun
(1993).
"Family Options in Britain, Ireland and the USA." In
British Social Attitudes: Special International Report.
Aldershot:
Gower Publishers.
Alwin, D.F.
(1994).
"Aging, Personality and Social Change: The Stability of Individual Differences Over the Adult Life-Span." In
Featherman, D.L.
,
R.M. Lerner
and
M. Perlmutter
(Eds.)
, Life Span Development and Behavior.
Hillsdale, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum.
(pp. 135-185)
Alwin, D.F.
(1994).
"Quantitative Methods in Social Psychology." In
Cook, K.S.
,
G.A. Fine
and
J.S. House
(Eds.)
, Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology.
New York, NY:
Allyn & Bacon.
(pp. 650-680)
Alwin, D.F.
,
M. Braun
and
J. Scott
(1994).
"Economic Necessity or Self-Actualization? Attitudes Towards Women's Labour-Force Participation in East and West Germany."
European Sociological Review 10:29-47.
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Alwin, D.F.
,
M. Braun
,
J. Harkness
and
J. Scott
(1994).
"Measurement in Multi-National Surveys." In
Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research.
Berlin and New York:
Walter de Gruyter.
(pp. 26-39)
Alwin, D.F.
(1995).
"Taking Time Seriously: Social Change, Social Structure and Human Lives." In
Moen, P.
,
G.H. Elder
and
K. Luscher
(Eds.)
, Examining Lives in Context: Perspectives on the Ecology of Human Development.
Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
(pp. 211-262)
Alwin, D.F.
and
R.T. Campbell
(1995).
"Quantitative Approaches: Toward an Integrated Science of Aging and Human Development." In
Binstock, R.H.
and
L.K. George
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences.
New York, NY:
Academic Press.
(pp. 31-51)
Alwin, D.F.
(1996).
"Co-Residence Beliefs in American Society--1973-1991."
Journal of Marriage and the Family 58:393-403.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1996).
"From Child-Bearing to Child-Rearing: The Link Between Declines in Fertility and Changes in the Socialization of Children."
Population and Development Review 22:S176-S196.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1996).
"Parental Socialization in Historical Perspective." In
Ryff, C.D.
and
M.M. Seltzer
(Eds.)
, The Parental Experience in Midlife.
Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.
(pp. 105-167)
Alwin, D.F.
and
J. Scott
(1996).
"Attitude Change--Its Measurement and Interpretation using Longitudinal Surveys." In
Taylor, B.
and
K. Thomson
(Eds.)
, Understanding Change in Social Attitudes.
Aldershot:
Dartmouth.
(pp. 75-106)
Alwin, D.F.
,
J. Scott
and
M. Braun
(1996).
"Generational Changes in Gender-Role Attitudes: Britain in Cross-National Perspective."
Sociology 30:471-492.
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Alwin, D.F.
(1998).
"Linking Aging and Social Change in the Study of Political Identities." In
Hardy, M.A.
(Ed.)
, Conceptual and Methodological Issues in the Study of Aging and Social Change.
Beverly Hills, CA:
Sage.
Alwin, D.F.
(1998).
"The Political Impact of the Baby Boom: Are There Persistent Generational Differences in Political Beliefs and Behavior?."
Generations 2:46-54.
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Alwin, D.F.
and
J. Scott
(1998).
"Retrospective vs. Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in Longitudinal Research." In
Giele, J.Z.
and
G.H. Elder
(Eds.)
, Crafting Life Studies: Intersection of Personal and Social History.
Chicago, IL:
University of Chicago Press.
Alwin, D.F.
,
J. Scott
and
M. Braun
(1998).
"Partner, Parent, Worker: Family and Gender Roles." In
Jowell, R.
,
J. Curtice
,
A. Park
,
L. Brook
and
K. Thomson
(Eds.)
, British and European Social Attitudes: How Britain Differs.
Brookfield, VT:
Ashgate.
(pp. 19-37)
Alwin, D.F.
(1999).
"Aging and Errors of Measurement: Implications for the Study of Life-Span Development." In
Schwarz, N.
,
D. Park
and
B. Knäuper
(Eds.)
, Cognition, Aging, and Self-Reports.
Philadelphia, PA:
Taylor & Francis.
(pp. 365-385)
Alwin, D.F.
and
R.J. McCammon
(1999).
"Aging versus Cohort Interpretations of Intercohort Differences in GSS Vocabulary Scores."
American Sociological Review 64(2):272-286.
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Alwin, D.F.
(2001).
"Parental Values, Beliefs, and Behavior: A Review and Promulga for Research into the New Century."
Advances in Life Course Research 6:97-139.
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Alwin, D.F.
(2001).
"Parental Values, Beliefs, and Behavior: A Review and Promulga for Research into the New Century." In
Hofferth, S.L.
and
T.J. Owens
(Eds.)
, Children at the Millennium: Where Have We Come From? Where Are We Going?.
New York, NY:
Elsevier Science Ltd.
(pp. 97-139)
Alwin, D.F.
and
R.J. McCammon
(2001).
"Aging, Cohorts, and Verbal Ability."
The Journal of Gerontology: Psychological Sciences and Social Sciences 56B(3):S151-S161.
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Alwin, D.F.
and
R.T. Campbell
(2001).
"Quantitative Approaches: Longitudinal Methods in the Study of Human Development and Aging." In
Binstock, R.H.
and
L.K. George
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences.
New York, NY:
Academic Press.
(pp. 22-43)
Alwin, D.F.
(2002).
"Generations X, Y and Z: Are They Changing America?."
Contexts 1(4):42-51.
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Alwin, D.F.
(2004).
"Parenting Practices." In
Scott, J.
,
J. Treas
and
M. Richards
(Eds.)
, The Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families.
Malden, MA:
Blackwell Publishing.
(pp. 142-157)
Groves, R.M.
,
E. Singer
,
J.M. Lepkowski
,
S.G. Heeringa
and
D.F. Alwin
(2004).
"Survey Methodology." In
Juster, F.T.
,
R.L. Kahn
,
H. Schuman
,
E. Singer
and
J.S. House
(Eds.)
, A Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science at the University of Michigan and Beyond.
Ann Arbor:
University of Michigan Press.
(pp. 21-64)
Alwin, D.F.
(2005).
"Attitudes, Beliefs, and Childbearing." In
Booth, A.
and
A.C. Crouter
(Eds.)
, The New Population Problem: Why Families in Developed Countries Are Shrinking and What It Means.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
(pp. 115-126)
Alwin, D.F.
and
L.A. Wray
(2005).
"A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and Health."
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B(Spec No 2):S7-S14.
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Wray, L.A.
,
D.F. Alwin
and
R.J. McCammon
(2005).
"Social Status and Risky Health Behaviors: Results from the Health and Retirement Study."
Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B(Spec No 2):S85-S92.
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Alwin, D.F.
,
R.J. McCammon
and
S.M. Hofer
(2006).
"Studying Boomer Cohorts Within a Demographic and Developmental Context: Conceptual and Methodological Issues." In
Whitbourne, S.K.
and
S.L. Willis
(Eds.)
, The Baby Boomers Grow Up: Contemporary Perspectives on Midlife.
Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Publishers.
(pp. 45-71)
Alwin, D.F.
,
S.M. Hofer
and
R.J. McCammon
(2006).
"Modeling the Effects of Time: Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives." In
Binstock, R.H.
and
L.K. George
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences, Sixth Edition.
San Diego:
Elsevier.
(pp. 20-38)
Alwin, D.F.
,
J.L. Felson
,
E.T. Walker
and
P.A. Tufis
(2006).
"Measuring Religious Identities in Surveys."
Public Opinion Quarterly 70(4):530-564.
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Wray, L.A.
,
D.F. Alwin
,
R.J. McCammon
,
T. Manning
and
L.E. Best
(2006).
"Social Status, Risky Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults."
Journals of Gerontology--Series B: Psychological Sciences & Social Sciences 61(6):S290-S298.
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Alwin, D.F.
(2007).
Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement.
John Wiley & Sons.
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Alwin, D.F.
and
R.J. McCammon
(2007).
"Rethinking Generations."
Research in Human Development 4(3/4):219-237.
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Lee, K.S.
,
D.F. Alwin
and
P.A. Tufis
(2007).
"Beliefs about Women's Labour in the Reunified Germany, 1991-2004."
European Sociological Review 23:487-503.
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Alwin, D.F.
,
R.J. McCammon
,
L.A. Wray
and
W.L. Rodgers
(2008).
"Population Processes and Cognitive Aging." In
Hofer, S.M.
and
D.F. Alwin
(Eds.)
, Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
Hofer, S.M.
and
D.F. Alwin
(Eds.)
(2008).
Handbook of Cognitive Aging: Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Thousand Oaks, CA:
Sage Publications.
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Alwin, D.F.
(2009).
"History, Cohorts, and Patterns of Cognitive Aging." In
Bosworth, H.B.
and
C. Hertzog
(Eds.)
, Aging and Cognition: Research Methodologies and Empirical Advances.
Washington, DC:
American Psychological Association.
(pp. 9-38)
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