| Four decades of trends in attitudes toward family issues in the United States: The 1960s through the 1990s A Thornton, L Young‐DeMarco Journal of marriage and family 63 (4), 1009-1037, 2001 | 1654 | 2001 |
| The life history calendar: A technique for collecting retrospective data D Freedman, A Thornton, D Camburn, D Alwin, L Young-DeMarco Sociological methodology, 37-68, 1988 | 1193 | 1988 |
| Causes and consequences of sex-role attitudes and attitude change A Thornton, DF Alwin, D Camburn American sociological review, 211-227, 1983 | 993 | 1983 |
| Changing attitudes toward family issues in the United States A Thornton Journal of Marriage and the Family, 873-893, 1989 | 853 | 1989 |
| The life history calendar: a research and clinical assessment method for collecting retrospective event-history data. A Caspi, TE Moffitt, A Thornton, D Freedman, JW Amell, H Harrington, ... International journal of methods in psychiatric research, 1996 | 797 | 1996 |
| The relationship between cohabitation and divorce: Selectivity or causal influence? WG Axinn, A Thornton Demography 29 (3), 357-374, 1992 | 760 | 1992 |
| Reciprocal effects of religiosity, cohabitation, and marriage A Thornton, WG Axinn, DH Hill American journal of sociology 98 (3), 628-651, 1992 | 649 | 1992 |
| Religious participation and adolescent sexual behavior and attitudes A Thornton, D Camburn Journal of Marriage and the Family, 641-653, 1989 | 618 | 1989 |
| The influence of the family on premarital sexual attitudes and behavior A Thornton, D Camburn Demography, 323-340, 1987 | 546 | 1987 |
| The influence of school enrollment and accumulation on cohabitation and marriage in early adulthood A Thornton, WG Axinn, JD Teachman American Sociological Review, 762-774, 1995 | 537 | 1995 |
| Social change and the family in Taiwan A Thornton, HS Lin University of Chicago Press, 1994 | 530 | 1994 |
| Reading history sideways: The fallacy and enduring impact of the developmental paradigm on family life A Thornton University of Chicago Press, 2013 | 525 | 2013 |
| The developmental paradigm, reading history sideways, and family change A Thornton Demography 38 (4), 449-465, 2001 | 508 | 2001 |
| Influence of the marital history of parents on the marital and cohabitational experiences of children A Thornton American Journal of Sociology 96 (4), 868-894, 1991 | 508 | 1991 |
| Changes in the sex role attitudes of women, 1962-1977: Evidence from a panel study A Thornton, D Freedman American Sociological Review, 831-842, 1979 | 481 | 1979 |
| Mothers, children, and cohabitation: The intergenerational effects of attitudes and behavior WG Axinn, A Thornton American Sociological Review, 233-246, 1993 | 429 | 1993 |
| Marriage and cohabitation A Thornton, WG Axinn, Y Xie University of Chicago Press, 2008 | 420 | 2008 |
| Social change and the family: Comparative perspectives from the West, China, and South Asia A Thornton, TE Fricke Sociological forum 2 (4), 746-779, 1987 | 413 | 1987 |
| Family origins and the schooling process: Early versus late influence of parental characteristics DF Alwin, A Thornton American sociological review, 784-802, 1984 | 409 | 1984 |
| Economic potential and entry into marriage and cohabitation Y Xie, JM Raymo, K Goyette, A Thornton Demography 40, 351-367, 2003 | 387 | 2003 |
William AxinnProfessor of Sociology, University of MichiganVerified email at umich.edu
