Paula Fomby

University of Pennsylvania Department of Sociology and Population Studies Center

Research Expertise

family demography
sociology
Sociology and Political Science
Education
Anthropology
Social Psychology
Health (social science)
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Life-span and Life-course Studies
Demography
Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law
Developmental and Educational Psychology
Linguistics and Language
Language and Linguistics
Cultural Studies

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Publications

Family Instability and Child Well-Being
American Sociological Review
2007
Race/Ethnic Differences in Effects of Family Instability on Adolescents' Risk Behavior
Journal of Marriage and Family
2010
Family Instability and the Transition to Adulthood
Journal of Marriage and Family
2013
Family Instability, School Context, and the Academic Careers of Adolescents
Sociology of Education
2011
Family structure instability and mobility: The consequences for adolescents’ problem behavior
Social Science Research
2013
Family Instability in the Lives of American Children
Annual Review of Sociology
2019
Who Matters for Children’s Early Development? Race/Ethnicity and Extended Household Structures in the United States
Child Indicators Research
2010
Family Instability, Multipartner Fertility, and Behavior in Middle Childhood
Journal of Marriage and Family
2016
The influence of union instability and union quality on children’s aggressive behavior
Social Science Research
2010
Health Lifestyles in Early Childhood
Journal of Health and Social Behavior
2014
Family Complexity, Siblings, and Children’s Aggressive Behavior at School Entry
Demography
2015
Extended household transitions, race/ethnicity, and early childhood cognitive outcomes
Social Science Research
2012
When do socioeconomic resources matter most in early childhood?
Advances in Life Course Research
2014
Family Instability and College Enrollment and Completion
Population Research and Policy Review
2013
Mothers' Time, the Parenting Package, and Links to Healthy Child Development
Journal of Marriage and Family
2017
Welfare, work, and changes in mothers? living arrangements in low-income families
Population Research and Policy Review
2005
Siblings and children's time use in the United States
Demographic Research
2017
How Resource Dynamics Explain Accumulating Developmental and Health Disparities for Teen Parents’ Children
Demography
2014
Cohabitation and Children's Externalizing Behavior in Low-Income Latino Families
Journal of Marriage and Family
2011
Adolescent Technology, Sleep, and Physical Activity Time in Two U.S. Cohorts
Youth & Society
2019
Ecological Instability and Children’s Classroom Behavior in Kindergarten
Demography
2017
Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
ICPSR Data Holdings
2007
Effects on Panel Attrition and Fieldwork Outcomes from Selection for a Supplemental Study: Evidence from the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Advances in Longitudinal Survey Methodology
2021
Public Assistance Use among U.S.-Born Children of Immigrants
International Migration Review
2004
Family instability and school readiness in the United Kingdom
Family Science
2011
Long-term implications of welfare reform for the development of adolescents and young adults
Children and Youth Services Review
2011
Children’s Technology Time in Two US Cohorts
Child Indicators Research
2019
Motherhood in Complex Families
Journal of Family Issues
2016
Immigrant Education: Variations by Generation, Age-at-Immigration, and Country of Origin
Bilingual Research Journal
2009
Family Instability in Childhood and Criminal Offending During the Transition Into Adulthood
American Behavioral Scientist
2018
Using the Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) to Conduct Life Course Health Development Analysis
Handbook of Life Course Health Development
2017
Age at childbearing over two generations and grandchildren's cognitive achievement
Research in Social Stratification and Mobility
2014
Family Resources in Two Generations and School Readiness Among Children of Teen Parents
Population Research and Policy Review
2015
Interlinking structural racism and heteropatriarchy: Rethinking family structure's effects on child outcomes in a racialized, unequal society
Journal of Family Theory & Review
2022
Family Complexity and Children's Behavior Problems over Two U.S. Cohorts
Journal of Marriage and Family
2020
Effectiveness of a Time-limited Incentive on Participation by Hard-to-reach Respondents in a Panel Study
Field Methods
2016
The Missing Baby Bust: The Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic for Contraceptive Use, Pregnancy, and Childbirth among Low-Income Women
Unknown Venue
2022
The Longitudinal Revolution: Sociological Research at the 50-Year Milestone of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Annual Review of Sociology
2020
Family Systems and Parents’ Financial Support for Education in Early Adulthood
Demography
2019
Schreiben in der Finanzwelt
Unknown Venue
2019
Parents Who Left College and Children's Postsecondary Educational Attainment
Sociological Forum
2018
Family socioeconomic status and children's screen time
Journal of Marriage and Family
2022
Accounting for Race Differences in How Family Structure Shapes the Transition into Adulthood
Intergenerational Mobility: How Gender, Race, and Family Structure Affect Adult Outcomes
2022
The Longitudinal Revolution. Sociological Research at the 50-Year Milestone of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics
Unknown Venue
2019
A life course framework for understanding digital technology use in the transition to adulthood
Advances in Life Course Research
2021
Making Sense of Kids' Technology Use
Unknown Venue
2020
Continuity and Change in U.S. Children's Family Composition, 1968–2017
Demography
2022
Childhood Family Instability and Young-Adult Union Experiences: Black–White Differences in Outcomes and Effects
Demography
2023
Income Sources Across Childhood in Families With Nonresident Fathers
Demography
2023
Staying in the Spare Room: Social Connectedness and Household Co-residence in The Archers
Flapjacks and Feudalism
2021
Special Review Section: Review of Research Projects on Social Consequences of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Corvinus Journal of Sociology and Social Policy
2020
Welfare, Children, and Families: A Three-City Study
ICPSR Data Holdings
2007

Education

University of Wisconsin

PhD, Sociology

Madison

MS, Sociology / 1997

Madison, Wisconsin, United States of America

Experience

University of Pennsylvania

Professor / July, 2022Present

Professor / July, 2022Present

University of Michigan

September, 2013June, 2022

September, 2013June, 2022

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