Research Associate Social/Behavioral Sciences Lead

Publications
- Keera Allendorf, Arland Thornton, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Nathalie Williams, Christina Hughes. 2021. Developmental idealism and migration: theorizing their relationship and an empirical example from Nepal. Migration and Development
- Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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.
- Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Williams, Nathalie E, Arland Thornton, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Allendorf, Keera . 2019. The Influence of Developmental Idealism on Marital Attitudes, Expectations, and Timing. Journal of Family Issues :0192513X19856642.
- Arland Thornton, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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.
- Arland Thornton, Arland Thornton, Colter Mitchell, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi. 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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.
- Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Colter Mitchell, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Gjonca, Arjan , Melegh, Attila , Colter Mitchell, Moaddell, Mansoor , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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.
- Axinn,William G, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Roe, Messo Caponi. 2011. Gender double standards in parenting attitudes. Social Science Research 40(2):417-432.
- Arland Thornton, Private: Barber, Jennifer S, Private: Barber, Jennifer S, de Jong,Julie Ann Josefosky, Colter Mitchell, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Norbert Schwarz, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Jiang, Yang , de Jong,Julie Ann Josefosky, King, Katherine E, Lesthaeghe, Ron J., Mehanna, Sohair , Colter Mitchell, Moaddel, Mansoor, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Wang, Guangzhou , Xie, Yu, Yang, Li-Shou, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Alexandra Achen, Private: Barber, Jennifer S, Georgina Binstock, Wade M. Garrison, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, Ronald Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Yang Jiang, de Jong,Julie Ann Josefosky, Katherine King, Ron J. Lesthaeghe, Sohair Mehenna, Colter Mitchell, Mansoor Moaddel, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Nobert Schwarz, Guangzhou Wang, Y. Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Katharine Yount. 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, S. Aachen, Private: Barber, Jennifer S, Georgina Binstock, W. Garrison, Ghimire,Dirgha Jibi, W. Guangzhou, R. Inglehart, Rukmalie Jayakody, Y. Jiang, Julie De Jong, K. King, Ron Lesthaeghe, W. Mehenna, Colter Mitchell, Mansoor Moaddell, Mary Beth Ofstedal, Norbert Schwarz, Yu Xie, Li-Shou Yang, Young-Demarco,Linda C, K. Yount. 2010. Creating questions and protocols for an international study of development and family life. Survey methods in multinational, multiregional, and multicultural contexts
- Axinn,William G, Arland Thornton, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Yang, Li-Shou, Xie, Yu. 2002. Mothers' Reports of Children's Family Formation Behavior. Social Science Research 31(2):257-283.
- Axinn,William G, Arland Thornton, Li-Shou Yang, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Yu Xie. 2002. Mothersâ Reports of Childrenâs Family Formation Behavior. Social Science Research 31(2):257-283.
- Arland Thornton, Young-Demarco,Linda C. 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.
- Arland Thornton, Young-Demarco,Linda C, 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, Young-Demarco,Linda C, Alwin, Duane, Freedman, Deborah S, Camburn, Donald . 1987. The Life History Calendar: A Technique for Collecting Retrospecitve Data. Sociological Methodology 18 (1988): 37-68