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Duane Francis Alwin
Department of Sociology
Population Research Institute
Social Science Research Institute
Center on Population Health and Aging http://www.pop.psu.edu/cpha
Office Address: 326A Pond Lab
University Park, Pennsylvania 16802
Pennsylvania State University
Telephone: 814-863-0438 or 814–237-1417
FAX: 814-863-8342
April, 2009
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
Holton High School, Holton, Kansas 1959-62
Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas 1962-64
Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana 1964-66
University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin 1966-67, 1969-72
B.A. Indiana University, with Honors in Sociology, 1966
M.S. University of Wisconsin, Sociology, 1970
Ph.D. University of Wisconsin, Sociology with minor in Educational Psychology, 1972
Ph.D. Dissertation: College Effects on Educational and Socioeconomic Achievements
Dissertation directed by Professors Robert M. Hauser & William H. Sewell, Sr.
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2004- Director, Center on Population Health and Aging, Population Research Institute, funded by
the National Institute on Aging (P30-AG024395), Pennsylvania State University [Codirector,
2004-2005].
2002- Tracy Winfree and Ted H. McCourtney Professor of Sociology and Demography,
Pennsylvania State University.
2002- Emeritus Professor of Sociology and Emeritus Senior Research Scientist, Institute for
Social Research, University of Michigan
Former Positions
2002-07 Adjunct Professor, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Pennsylvania
State University.
2002-04 Resident Scientist, National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Inter-University
Consortium for Social and Political Research, University of Michigan
1985-02 Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan

1985-02 Senior Research Scientist & Program Director, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social
Research, University of Michigan
1998-00 Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
1997-98 Associate Chair, Department of Sociology, University of Michigan
1995-96 Visiting Scholar, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Cambridge
University & Social Statistics Research Unit, City University of London;
United Kingdom (with support from the Fulbright Commission)
1983-95 Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Survey Research Center,
Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan
1987-93 Guest Professor, Zentrum für Umfragen, Methoden und Analysen (ZUMA).
Mannheim, Federal Republic of Germany. Guest Professor appointments in the
Summers of 1987, 1989, 1991, 1992 & 1993
1979-85 Associate Research Scientist, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research,
The University of Michigan
1979-85 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, The University of Michigan
1983 Lecturer, Inter-University Consortium of Political and Social Research, Institute for
Social Research, The University of Michigan
1975-80 Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
1977 Visiting Lecturer, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, Institute
for Social Research, University of Michigan
1975-76 Visiting Scientist, Laboratory of Socio-environmental Studies, National Institute of Mental
Health, Bethesda, MD
1973-75 Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1974 Research Associate, Social Research Center, Washington State University, Pullman, WA
1972-73 Research Associate, Department of Sociology University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI
Memberships
American Sociological Association, 1966-present
Section Memberships
� Social Psychology
� Aging and Life Course
� Family
� Sociology of Children and Youth
� Methodology
� Sociology of Education
� Sex and Gender
� Sociology of Peace and War
� Sociology of Religion
International Sociological Association, 1982-present
� Research Committee on Logic & Methodology
� Research Committee on Social Stratification
� Research Committee on Social Psychology
� Research Committee on the Sociology of Religion
� Research Committee on the Sociology of Aging
� Research Committee on Family Research
American Educational Research Association, 1974-82
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American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1979-present
Sociological Research Association (Elected), 1984-present
National Council on Family Relations, 1992-present
Gerontological Society of America, 1996-present (Elected fellow, 2003)
Society for the Study of Human Development (Charter member), 2000-present
Population Association of America, 2004-present
PROFESSIONAL SERVICE
Michigan -- Departmental
Chair, Department of Sociology, 1998-2000
Associate Chair, and Ex Officio Member of the Executive Committee, 1997-98
Chair, Committee on Curriculum & Educational Policy, 1997-98
Member, Committee on Curriculum & Educational Policy, 1994-95
Chair, Personnel Committee, 1996-97, 1989-90
Member, Personnel Committee, 1990-91
Member, Committee on Methods & Statistics, 1984-90
Member, Committee on the Administration of Graduate Affairs, 1992-93, 1994-95
Member, Social Psychology Program and Prelim Area, 1979-01
Member, Family & Life Course Program and Prelim Area, 1989-01
Michigan -- University
Member, Committee on Confidentiality and Data Protection, Institute for Social Research, 1997-98
Director, Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques, Survey Research Center, Institute for
Social Research, University of Michigan, 1983-1995
Chair, Divisional Review Committee, Rackham Graduate School Dissertation Award, 1987
Chair, Committee on Confidentiality, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research, 1987-88
Chair, Search Committee for the Director of the Research Center on Group Dynamics, Institute for
Social Research, 1989
Member, Senior Staff Advisory Committee, Survey Research Center, Institute for Social Research,
1981-83
Advisor, Summer Program in Quantitative Methods, Inter-University Consortium for Political and
Social Research, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, 1982-85
Divisional Counselor, Undergraduate Counseling Office, LS&A, 1980-81
Penn State – Departmental
Research subcommittee, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2007, 2008
Chair, Social Stratification Search Committee, 2007-2008
Member, Social Stratification Search Committee, 2006-2007
Member, Department Advisory Committee, 2003-2005
Member, Awards Committee, 2003-2004
Member, Demography Search Committee, 2002-2004
Chair, Sociology Head Search Committee, 2004
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Penn State – University
Member, College of the Liberal Arts, Promotion and Tenure Committee, 2005-2008.
Director, Post-doctoral Training Program in the Demography of Aging, Population Research
Institute, funded by the National Institute on Aging, 2003-2006.
Center for Population Health and Aging, Population Research Institute, funded by the National
Institute on Aging, Co-Director: 2004-2005, Director: 2005-2006
Internal Advisory Committee, Population Research Institute, 2003-2004
Advisory Board, Center for Work and Family Research, 2002-2004
Member, Search Committee for the Director of the Gerontology Center, 2002-2003
Advisory Committee, Consortium for Children, Youth and Families, 2003-2004
Member, Inter-disciplinary Faculty in Demography, 2002-
Professional
Chair, Nominations Committee, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological
Association, 2008-2009.
Member, American Association of Public Opinion Research (AAPOR) Annual Book Award, 2008
Member, Predoctoral Training at the Interface of the Behavioral and Biomedical Sciences (T32)
Review Committee (PAR-06-503), National Institute of General Medical Sciences, January
2008
Chair, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2007-2008
Chair-elect, Section on Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2006-2007
Chair, Matilda White Riley Award for Distinguished Contributions Selection Committee, Section on
Aging and the Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2006-2007
Member, RCMAR Centers (Resource Centers and Coordinating Center for Minority Aging
Research) Review Committee (RFA-AG-07-005), National Institutes of Aging, Bethesda MD,
May 2007
Chair, Review Panel on Technological Enhancements and Archiving for Studies of the Elderly
(RFA-AG-06-007), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda MD, June 2006
Member, Margret Baltes Award Subcommittee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section,
Gerontological Society of America, 2006
Member, Program Committee, Behavioral and Social Sciences Section, Gerontological Society of
America, 2004
Member, Matilda White Riley Award for Distinguished Contributions Committee, Section on Aging
and Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2004
Secretary-Treasurer, Section on Children and Youth, American Sociological Association, 2003-2005
Member, Study Section on Social Psychology, Personality, and Interpersonal Processes (SPIP),
2003-04
Ad Hoc Reviewer, Social Sciences, Nursing, Epidemiology and Methods-2 (SNEM-2) Study
Section, National Institutes of Health, 2003, 2004
Member of Council, Section on Aging and Life Course, American Sociological Association, 2001-
2004
Member, Roybal Centers Special Emphasis Panel, National Institutes of Health, 2003, 2004
Member, External Review Committee, Sociology Department, University of Texas—Austin, 2003
Member, External Review Committee, Sociology Department, Duke University, 2001
Member, Study Section on Risk Prevention and Health Behavior (RPHB-4), National Institute of
Health, 1999-2003
Member, Study Section on Human Development (HUD-2), National Institute on Aging, 1998-99.
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Member, Special Review Panel, National Science Foundation/Environmental Protection Agency,
1996
Occasional Proposal Reviewer, National Science Foundation, 1980-
Member, Board of Directors, Institute for Social Studies, University of Warsaw. Warsaw, Poland.
1990-98
Member, Board of Advisors, Polish General Social Survey, Institute for Social Studies, University of
Warsaw. Warsaw, Poland. 1991-98
Vice-president for the Americas, Research Committee on Logic and Methodology, International
Sociological Association, 1990-94
Member, Board of Overseers, General Social Surveys, National Opinion Research Center, University
of Chicago. 1983-89; 1990-1993
Chair, Board of Overseers, General Social Surveys, National Opinion Research Center, University of
Chicago. 1985-89
Member, Methodology Advisory Board, General Social Surveys, National Opinion Research Center,
University of Chicago. 1977-83
Member, Ad Hoc Review Panel. Behavioral Sciences Research Program, National Institute on
Aging. Fall, 1981; Fall, 1986; Winter, 1992
Chair, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 1992-93
Chair, Cooley-Mead Award Selection Committee, Social Psychology Section, American
Sociological Association, 1987-88
Member of Council, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association, 1986-89
Chair, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association,
1983-84
Member, Committee on Standards, American Association for Public Opinion Research, 1981-82
Member, Nominations Committee, Social Psychology Section, American Sociological Association,
1978-79
Member, Nominations Committee, Sociology of Education Section, American Sociological
Association, 1977-78
Member of Council, Methodology Section, American Sociological Association, 1977-80
Member, Nominations Committee, Methodology Section, American Sociological Association, 1975-
76; 1978-79
Editorial Responsibilities
Editorial Board, Public Opinion Quarterly, 2005-2010.
Editorial Board, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 2006-2008
Advisory Editor, Encyclopedia of Sociology, 1997; 2nd edition, 2000
Associate Editor, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1987-88
Special Issue Editor, Sociological Methods and Research, 1977, 1991
Editorial Board, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1980-83, 1997-
Editorial Board, Sociology of Education,1975-78, 1986-87
Editorial Board, Sociological Methods & Research,1973-92
Editorial Board, Sociological Inquiry, 1993-97
Editorial Board, Youth and Society, 1982-1986
Occasional Reviewer, American Sociological Review, 1973-
Occasional Reviewer, American Journal of Sociology, 1973-
Occasional Reviewer, Sociology of Education, 1975-
Occasional Reviewer, Public Opinion Quarterly, 1980-
Occasional Reviewer, Social Psychology Quarterly, 1980-
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Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Personality & Social Psychology, 1980-
Occasional Reviewer, Social Forces, 1980-
Occasional Reviewer, Social Science Research, 1985-
Occasional Reviewer, Sociological Methodology, 1975-
Occasional Reviewer, Sociological Methods & Research, 1972-
Occasional Reviewer, Social Justice Research, 1985-
Occasional Reviewer, American Journal of Political Science, 1992-
Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, 1996-
Occasional Reviewer, Psychology and Aging, 2001-
Occasional Reviewer, Journal of Official Statistics, 2002-
Occasional Reviewer, The Sociological Quarterly, 2003-
Occasional Reviewer, Rural Sociology, 2003-
Occasional Reviewer, Demography, 2005-
Principal Investigator
RESEARCH AND RELATED GRANTS
2007-10 Latent Curve Models of Cognitive Aging. National Institute on Aging ($1,082,548)
2005-06 International Conference on the Future of Cognitive Aging Research. National
Institute on Aging ($50,000).
2004-09 Center on Population Health and Aging. National Institute on Aging ($1,332,525)
2003-06 Aging and the Reliability of Measurement. National Institute on Aging ($1,341,681).
2002-05 Latent Curve Models of Cognitive Aging. National Institute on Aging ($778,068).
2001-03 Socio-Economic Status, Individual Resources, and Health. National Institute on Aging
($802,250).
1998-00 Socio-Economic Factors, Aging and Cognitive Functioning. National Institute on
Aging ($684,600).
1998-01 The Stability of Individual Differences Across the Life-Span. National Institute on
Aging ($696,927).
1997-99 The Reliability of Survey Data. National Science Foundation ($139,000).
1992-95 Aging, Personality and Social Change. National Institute on Aging ($365,221).
1992-95 Aging and Errors of Measurement. National Institute on Aging ($278,320).
1991-93 Perceptions of Justice in East and West. National Science Foundation ($275,240).
James Kluegel and David Mason, Co-Principal Investigators.
1987-90 The Changing Role of Religion in American Society. National Science Foundation.
($231,774).
1987-90 Attitude Change and Stability Over the Life-Span. National Institute on Aging.
($165,022).
1986-89 Psychosocial Factors in Differential Adaptation to Parenting. National Institute of
Mental Health ($178,617).
1984-86 Political Orientations Over the Life-Span, National Institute on Aging ($338,554).
Ronald Cohen and Theodore Newcomb, Co-Principal Investigators.
1983-85 Parental Approaches to Child-Rearing. National Institute of Mental Health
($205,653).
1981-83 Social Support and Psychological Well-Being Across the Life Course, National
Institute on Aging ($114,226). Angus Campbell, Co-Principal Investigator.
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Co-Investigator
1981-84 Intergenerational Consequences of Fertility Behavior, National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator).
1981-83 Family and Institutional Factors in Adolescent Sexuality. Office of Adolescent
Pregnancy Programs (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator).
1984-88 Intergenerational Panel Study of Parents and Children. National Institute of Child
Health and Human Development (Arland Thornton, Principal Investigator).
Other Awards, Small Grants & Honors
2003 Elected Fellow of the Gerontological Association of America.
2002 Recognized by the Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) as one of the “world’s
most cited authors – comprising less than one half of one percent of all publishing
researchers.” See http://isihighlycited.com.
1998 Recipient, Excellence in Research Award, College of Literature, Science & the Arts,
University of Michigan.
1996-97 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University of
Michigan.
1996 Fulbright Lectureship. Ostrava University. Czech Republic. Supported by the Eccles
Center of the British Library and the UK Fulbright Commission. Ostrava University.
Ostrava, Czech Republic.
1995-96 Fulbright Research Award. Fulbright Foundation. London, England.
1992 Conference Grant (co-recipient). Rockefeller Foundation Bellagio Study and
Conference Center.
Lake Como, Italy. February.
1991 MOST (Minority Opportunity Summer Training) Program. American Sociological
Association (Silvia Pedraza, Co-Recipient).
1989 Research Partnership Award. Horace Rackham Graduate School, University of
Michigan (Marlena Studer, Student Recipient).
1987 Visiting Professor, Middletown Studies Center, Ball State University, Muncie IN.
1986-87 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University
of Michigan.
1985-89 Fellowship Invitation, Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences.
1984 Elected, Sociological Research Association.
1982-83 Faculty Investigator, Detroit Area Study, Department of Sociology, University of
Michigan.
1978-79 Faculty Investigator, Indianapolis Area Project, Department of Sociology,
Indiana University.
1977 Spencer Foundation Research Grant. School of Education, Indiana University.
1974-75 Research Grant Awards. Office of Research Development. Washington State
University. Multiple awards.
1969-72 NIH Training Program, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin.
1966-67 NIH Training Program, Department of Sociology, University of Wisconsin.
1965-66 Honors Program, Indiana University--Bloomington.
1963-65 Smith Scholarship, Kansas State University.
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PROFESSIONAL PUBLICATIONS
Books/Monographs/Edited collections (listed chronologically)
1. D.F. Alwin (Ed.). 1978. Survey Design and Analysis: Current Issues. Beverly Hills CA: Sage
Publications.
2. D.F. Alwin, 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.
3. D.F. Alwin, Special issue editor on “Research on Survey Quality,” Sociological Methods &
Research, vol. 20, August, 1991.
4. D.F. Alwin. 2007. Margins of Error: A Study of Reliability in Survey Measurement. Hoboken,
NJ: John Wiley & Sons.
5. S.M. Hofer and D.F. Alwin (Eds.). 2008. Handbook of Cognitive Aging—Interdisciplinary
Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
6. R.F. Belli, F.P. Stafford, and D.F. Alwin (Eds.). 2009. Calendar and Time Diary Methods in Life
Course Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
7. D.F. Alwin and others. 2009. The Aging Mind in Social and Historical Context. Unpublished
manuscript, Center on Population Health and Aging, Pennsylvania State University.
8. D.F. Alwin (Ed.), Handbook of Measurement and Reliability for the Social and Behavioral
Sciences. Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons. Forthcoming, 2011. Under contract.
Journal Articles (listed chronologically)
1. D.F. Alwin & C.W. Mueller. 1971. Comment on “Toward a Temporal Sequence of Adolescent
Achievement Variables.” American Sociological Review 36 (June):503-08.
2. D.F. Alwin & W.W. Eaton. 1972. Additional comments on Maris's Paper. Journal of Health
and Social Behavior 13 (March):105.
3. D.F. Alwin. 1973. Making Inferences from Attitude-Behavior Correlations. Sociometry 36
(June): 253-78.
4. D.F. Alwin. 1973. The Use of Factor Analysis in the Construction of Linear Composites in
Social Research. Sociological Methods and Research 2 (November): 191-214.
5. D.F. Alwin. 1974. Approaches to the Interpretation of Relationships in the Multitrait-
Multimethod Matrix. Pp. 79-105 in H. L. Costner (Ed.), Sociological Methodology 1973-74.
San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
6. D.F. Alwin. 1974. College Effects on Educational and Occupational Attainments. American
Sociological Review 39 (April): 210-23.
7. D.F. Alwin & R. C. Tessler. 1974. Causal Models, Unobserved Variables and Experimental
Data. American Journal of Sociology 80 (July): 58-86. Reprinted in H. M. Blalock, Jr. (Ed.),
Pp. 55-82, Causal Models in Panel and Experimental Designs. Chicago: Aldine.
8. D.F. Alwin & M. J. Sullivan. 1975. Issues of Design and Analysis in Evaluation Research.
Sociological Methods and Research 4 (August): 77-110.
9. D.F. Alwin & R. M. Hauser. 1975. The Decomposition of Effects in Path Analysis. American
Sociological Review 40 (February): 37-47. Reprinted in P.V. Marsden (Ed.), Pp. 123-140,
LinearModels in Social Research. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications (1981). Selected as a
Citation Classic by the Institute for Scientific Information, Current Contents, 1985, 17:20.
10. D.F. Alwin. 1976. Attitude Scales as Congeneric Tests: A Re-Examination of an Attitude-
Behavior Model. Sociometry 39 (December): 377-83. [See Erratum, Social Psychology
Quarterly 41 (March): 76-77.]
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11. D.F. Alwin. 1976. Assessing School Effects: Some Identities. Sociology of Education 49
(October): 294-303.
12. B. Wheaton, B. Muthen, D.F. Alwin & G. F. Summers. 1977. Assessing Reliability and Stability
in Panel Models with Multiple Indicators. Pp. 84-136 in D. R. Heise (Ed.), Sociological
Methodology 1977. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
13. D.F. Alwin. 1977. Making Errors in Surveys: An Overview. Sociological Methods and
Research 6 (November): 131-50. Reprinted in D.F. Alwin (Ed.), Survey Design and Analysis
(pp. 7-26). Beverly Hills: Sage Publications (1978).
14. D.F. Alwin & L. B. Otto. 1977. High School Context Effects on Aspirations. Sociology of
Education 50 (October): 259-73.
15. L. B. Otto & D.F. Alwin. 1977. Athletics, Aspirations and Attainments. Sociology of Education
50 (April): 102-13.D.F.
16. D.F. Alwin. 1977. Associations vs. Effects: a Note of Clarification. Social Forces 56
(September): 250-52.
17. D.F. Alwin & D. J. Jackson. 1979. Measurement Models for Response Errors in Surveys. Pp.
68-119 in K.F. Schuessler (Ed.), Sociological Methodology 1980. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
18. W. R. Morgan, D.F. Alwin & L. J. Griffin. 1979. Social Origins, Parental Values, and the
Transmission of Inequality. American Journal of Sociology 85 (July):156-66.
19. J. Hagan, J.D. Hewitt & D.F. Alwin. 1979. Ceremonial Justice: Crime and Punishment in a
Loosely Coupled System. Social Forces 58 (December):506-27.
20. D. J. Jackson & D.F. Alwin. 1980. The Factor Analysis of Ipsative Measures. Sociological
Methods and Research 9 (November): 218-38. Reprinted in G. W. Bohrnstedt & E. F. Borgatta
(Eds.), Social Measurement. Beverly Hills: Sage Publications, 1981.
21. D. L. Morgan & D.F. Alwin. 1980. When Less is More: School Size and Student Social
Participation. Social Psychology Quarterly 43 (June): 241-52.
22. A. Thornton, D.F. Alwin & D. Camburn. 1983. Causes and Consequences of Sex-Role Attitudes
and Attitude Change. American Sociological Review 43 (April):211-227.
23. D.F. Alwin & A. Thornton. 1984. Family Origins and the Schooling Process: Early vs. Late
Influence of Parental Characteristics. American Sociological Review 49 (December): 784-802.
24. D.F. Alwin. 1984. Trends in Parental Socialization Values: Detroit, 1958 to 1983. American
Journal of Sociology 90 (September): 359-82.
25. D.A. Reuman, D.F. Alwin & J. Veroff. 1984. Validity Implications of Random Measurement
Error in Thematic Apperceptive Measures of the Achievement Motive. Journal of Personality
and Social Psychology 47 (December): 1347-62.
26. D.F. Alwin, P. E. Converse & S. S. Martin. 1985. Living Arrangements and Social Integration.
Journal of Marriage and the Family 47 (May): 319-334. Reprinted in F. Andrews (Ed.).
Research on the Quality of Life (Pp. 271-299). Ann Arbor: Institute for Social Research, 1986.
27. D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick. 1985. The Measurement of Values: a Comparison of Ratings and
Rankings. Public Opinion Quarterly 49 (Winter): 535-552. Reprinted in E. Singer & S. Presser
(Eds.), Pp. 124-141, Survey Research Methods: A Reader. Chicago: University of Chicago
Press, 1989.
28. D.F. Alwin. 1985. Some Consequences of Recent Changes in Household Composition.
Economic Outlook USA 12:39-43.
29. D.F. Alwin. 1986. Religion and Parental Child-Rearing Orientations: Evidence of a Catholic-
Protestant Convergence. American Journal of Sociology 92 (September):412-40.
30. N.J. Shepelak & D.F. Alwin. 1986. Beliefs about Inequality and Perceptions of Distributive
Justice. American Sociological Review 51 (February):30-46.
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31. D.F. Alwin & R. T. Campbell. 1987. Continuity and Change in Methods of Survey Data
Analysis. Public Opinion Quarterly 51 (Winter): S139-S155. 50th Anniversary Issue.
32. J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin. 1987. An Evaluation of a Cognitive Theory of Response Order
Effects in Survey Measurement. Public Opinion Quarterly 51 (Summer): 201-219.
33. D.F. Alwin. 1987. Distributive Justice and Satisfaction with Material Well-Being. American
Sociological Review 52 (February): 83-95.
34. J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin. 1988. A Test of the Form-Resistant Correlation Hypothesis:
Ratings, Rankings and the Measurement of Values. Public Opinion Quarterly 52 (Fall): 526-
538.
35. D. Freedman, A.D. Thornton, D. Camburn, D.F. Alwin & L. Young-Demarco. 1988. The Life
History Calendar: A Technique for Collecting Retrospective Data. Pp. 31-68 in C.C. Clogg
(Ed.), Sociological Methodology 1988. Washington, D. C.: The American Sociological
Association.
36. D.F. Alwin. 1988. From Obedience to Autonomy: Changes in Traits Desired in Children, 1924-
78. Public Opinion Quarterly 52 (Spring): 33-52.
37. J. Scott & D.F. Alwin. 1989. Gender Differences in Parental Strain: Parental Role or Gender
Role? Journal of Family Issues 10:482-503.
38. D.F. Alwin. 1989. Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey
Data. Quality and Quantity 23: 277-331.
39. J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin. 1989. Aging and Susceptibility to Attitude Change. Journal of
Personality and Social Psychology 57 (3): 416-425.
40. D.F. Alwin. 1989. Changes in Qualities Valued in Children in the United States, 1964 to 1984.
Social Science Research 18:195-236.
41. D.F. Alwin. 1990. Cohort Replacement and Parental Socialization Values. Journal of Marriage
and the Family 52 (May): 347-360.
42. D.F. Alwin. 1990. Historical Changes in Parental Orientations to Children. In N. Mandell & S.
Cahill (Eds.), Sociological Studies of Child Development. Vol. 3. Greenwich, CT: JAI Press.
43. D.F. Alwin. 1991. Changes in Family Roles and Gender Differences in Parental Socialization
Values. Pp. 201-224 in S. Cahill (Ed.), Sociological Studies of Child Development. Vol. 4.
Greenwich CT: JAI Press.
44. D.F. Alwin. 1991. Family of Origin and Cohort Differences in Verbal Ability. American
Sociological Review 56 (October): 625-38.
45. D.F. Alwin. 1991. Research on Survey Quality. Sociological Methods and Research 20
(August): 3-29.
46. D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick. 1991. The Reliability of Survey Attitude Measurement: The
Influence of Question and Respondent Attributes. Sociological Methods and Research, 20
(August): 139-181.
47. D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick. 1991. Aging, Cohorts and Stability of Socio-Political Orientations
Over the Life-Span. American Journal of Sociology 97 (July): 169-195.
48. D.F. Alwin, M. Braun & J. Scott. 1992. The Separation of Work and the Family: Attitudes
Toward Women's Labor-Force Participation in Germany, Great Britain and the United States.
European Sociological Review 8 (May): 13-37.
49. D.F. Alwin. 1992. Information Transmission in the Survey Interview: Number of Response
Categories and the Reliability of Attitude Measurement. Pp. 83-118 in P.V. Marsden (Ed.),
Sociological Methodology 1992. Vol. 22. Washington DC: American Sociological Association.
50. M.J. McClendon & D.F. Alwin. 1993. No-Opinion Filters and Attitude Measurement Reliability.
Sociological Methods and Research 21 (May): 438-464.
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51. M. Braun, J. Scott & D.F. Alwin. 1994. Economic Necessity or Self-Actualization? Attitudes
toward Women's Labour-Force Participation in East and West Germany. European Sociological
Review 10 (May): 29-47.
52. D.F. Alwin. 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-
196. Reprinted in J.B.Casterline, R.D. Lee & K.A. Foote (Eds.) Fertility in the United States:
New Patterns, New Theories. New York: Population Council, 1996.
53. D.F. Alwin. 1996. Co-Residence Beliefs in American Society--1973-1991. Journal of Marriage
and Family 58:393-403.
54. J. Scott, D.F. Alwin & M. Braun. 1996. Generational Changes in Gender-Role Attitudes: Britain
in Cross National Perspective. Sociology 30:471-92.
55. D.F. Alwin. 1997. Feeling Thermometers vs. Seven-Point Scales: Which are Better?
Sociological Methods & Research 25:318-40.
56. D.F. Alwin. 1998. The Political Impact of the Baby Boom: Are There Persistent Generational
Differences in Political Beliefs and Behavior? Generations 22:46-54.
57. D.F. Alwin & R.J. McCammon. 1999. Aging versus Cohort Interpretations of Intercohort
Differences in GSS Vocabulary Scores. American Sociological Review 64:272-286.
58. D.F. Alwin & R.J. McCammon. 2001. Aging, Cohorts and Verbal Ability. Journal of
Gerontology: Social Sciences. 56B:1-11.
59. D.F. Alwin. 2002. Generations X, Y and Z: Are they Changing America. Contexts 1:42-51.
60. D.F. Alwin & L.A. Wray. 2005. A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status and
Health. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B (Special issue II):7-14.
61. L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin, & R.J. McCammon. 2005. Social Status and Risky Health Behaviors:
Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences 60B
(Special issue II):85-92.
62. L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin, T. Manning, R.J. McCammon & L.E. Best. 2006. Social Status, Risky
Health Behaviors, and Diabetes in Middle-aged and Older Adults. Journal of Gerontology:
Social Sciences, 61, S290-S298.
63. D.F. Alwin, J.L. Felson, E.T. Walker & P.A. Tufiş. 2006. Measuring Religious Identities in
Surveys. Public Opinion Quarterly, 70, 530-564.
64. K.S. Lee, D.F. Alwin, & P.A. Tufiş. 2007. Beliefs About Women’s Labor in the Reunified
Germany, 1991 to 2004. European Sociological Review, 23, 487-503.
65. D.F. Alwin, & R.J. McCammon. 2007. Rethinking Generations. Research in Human
Development, 4, 219-237.
Chapters and parts of books (listed chronologically)
1. M. Schwartz & D.F. Alwin, Evaluation of Social Action. 1971. Pp. 609-634 in E.O. Smigel
(Ed.), Handbook on the Study of Social Problems. Chicago: Rand McNally.
2. D.F. Alwin, R.M. Hauser & W.H. Sewell. 1975. Colleges and Achievement. Pp. 114-142 in W.
H. Sewell, R.M. Hauser, Education, Occupation and Earnings: Achievement in the Early
Career. New York: Academic Press.
3. D.F. Alwin. 1976. Socioeconomic Background, Colleges and Post-Collegiate Achievements.
Pp. 343-372 in W.H. Sewell, R.M. Hauser & D. L. Featherman (Eds.), Schooling and
Achievement in American Society. New York: Academic Press.
4. R.M. Hauser, W.H. Sewell & D.F. Alwin. 1976. High School Effects on Achievement. Pp. 309-
341 in W. H. Sewell, R. M. Hauser & D. L. Featherman (Eds.), Schooling and Achievement in
American Society. New York: Academic Press. An abridged version of this paper appears in R.
Ziegler (Ed.), 2. Internationale Arbeitstagung: Anwendung Mathematischer Verfahran zur
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Analyses des Statuszuweisungsprozesses. Institut für Soziologie der Christian Albrechts-
Universität, Kiel, West Germany, 1975.
5. D.F. Alwin & D.J. Jackson. 1981. Applications of Simultaneous Factor Analysis to Issues of
Factorial Invariance. Pp. 249-279 in D. J. Jackson & E. F. Borgatta (Eds.), Factor Analysis and
Measurement in Sociological Research. Studies in International Sociology. London: Sage.
6. D.F. Alwin & D.J. Jackson. 1982. Adult Values for Children: An Application of Factor Analysis
to Ranked Preference Data. Pp. 311-329 in R. M. Hauser, D. Mechanic, A. O. Haller & T. S.
Hauser (Eds.), Social Structure and Behavior: Papers in Honor of William H. Sewell. New
York: Academic Press.
7. D.F. Alwin & D.J. Jackson. 1982. The Statistical Analysis of Kohn's Measures of Parental
Values. Pp. 197-223 in K. G. Jöreskog & H. Wold (Eds.), Systems Under Indirect Observation:
Causality, Structure and Prediction. Amsterdam: North-Holland.
8. D.F. Alwin. 1985. The Analysis of Experimental Data Using Structural Equation Models. Pp.
82-88 in H. M. Blalock, Jr. (Ed.), Causal Models in Panel and Experimental Designs. New
York: Aldine.
9. D.F. Alwin. 1987. Possibilities and Prospects for Anonymized Public Use Samples: National
Data Resources in the Social Sciences. Pp 12-25 in Nutzung von anonymisierten Einzelangaben
aus Daten der amtlichen Statistik: Bedingungen und Moglichkeiten. Band 5 der Schriftenreihe
Forum der Bundesstatistik herausgegeben vom Statistischen Bundesamt. Herausgeber:
Statistisches Bundesamt, Wiesbaden. Verlag: W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart und Mainz.
10. D.F. Alwin. 1988. Structural Equation Models in Research on Human Development and Aging.
Pp. 71-170 in T.W. Schaie & others (Eds.), Methodological Advances in Aging Research.
Springer-Verlag.
11. D.F. Alwin. 1988. Measurement and the Scaling of Coefficients in Structural Equation Models.
Pp. 15-45 in J. S. Long (Ed.), Common Problems in Quantitative Social Research. Beverly
Hills: Sage Publications.
12. D.F. Alwin. 1989. Social Stratification, Conditions of Work and Parental Socialization Values.
Pp. 327-346 in N. Eisenberg, J. Reykowski & E. Staub (Eds.), Social and Moral Values:
Individual and Societal Perspectives. New York: Erlbaum.
13. D.F. Alwin. 1990. From Causal Theory to Causal Modeling: Issues of Conceptualization and
Measurement in Social Science. Pp. 61-86 in J. J. Hox & J. DeJong-Gierveld (Eds.),
Operationalization and Research Strategy. Amsterdam: Swets & Zeitlinger B.V.
14. D.F. Alwin. 1990. The Role of Government in the Lives of Children: A Comparison of Survey
Data from Five Countries. Pp. 83-104 in J.W. Becker, J.A. Davis, P. Ester & P. P. Mohler
(Eds.), Attitudes to Inequality and the Role of Government. Rijswijk, Netherlands: Sociaal en
Cultureel Planbureau.
15. D.F. Alwin. 1992. Factor Analysis. Pp. 621-638 in E. F. Borgatta & M. L. Borgatta (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
16. D.F. Alwin. 1992. Equity Theory. Pp. 563-575 in E. F. Borgatta & M. L. Borgatta (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Sociology. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
17. R. L. Cohen & D.F. Alwin. 1993. The Bennington Women of the 1930s: Political Attitudes
Over the Life Course. Pp. 117-139 in K. Hulbert & D. Schuster (Eds.), Women's Lives Through
Time: Educated American Women of the Twentieth Century. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass.
18. J. Scott, M. Braun & D.F. Alwin. 1993. The Family Way. Pp. 23-47 in R. Jowell, L. Brook & L.
Dowds (Eds.), British Social Attitudes: Special International Report. Aldershot: Gower.
19. D.F. Alwin. 1993. Socio-Political Attitude Development in Adulthood: The Role of
Generational and Life-Cycle Factors. Pp. 61-93 in D. Krebs & P. Schmidt (Eds.), New
Directions in Attitude Measurement. Berlin: de Gryter.
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20. D.F. Alwin. 1993. Aging, Cohorts, and Social Change: An Examination of the Generational
Replacement Model of Social Change. Pp. 53-95 in H.A. Becker (Ed.), Dynamics of Cohort and
Generations Research. Amsterdam: Thesis Publishers.
21. D.F. Alwin, M. Braun, J. Harkness & J. Scott. 1994. Measurement in Multi-National Surveys.
Pp. 26-39 in I. Borg & P. Mohler (Eds.) Trends and Perspectives in Empirical Social Research.
Berlin & New York: Walter de Gruyter.
22. D.F. Alwin. 1994. Cohorts, Family Change and Intergenerational Solidarity. Pp. 149-174 in H.
A. Becker & P. Hermkens (Eds.), Solidarity of Generations: Demographic, Economic, and
Social Change, and Its Consequences. Amsterdam: Thesis.
23. D.F. Alwin & T. Carson. 1994. Cohorts, Economic Change, and Perceptions of Material Well-
Being. Pp. 351-383 in H. A. Becker & P. Hermkens (Eds.), Solidarity of Generations:
Demographic, Economic, and Social Change, and Its Consequences. Amsterdam: Thesis.
24. M. Braun, D.F. Alwin & J. Scott. 1994. Wandel der Einstellungen zur Rolle der Frau in
Deutschland und den Vereinigten Staaten. (Sex-Role Attitude Change in Germany and the
United States). In M. Braun & P. Mohler (Eds.). Blickpunkt Gesellschaft 3. Opladen:
Westdeutscher Verlag.
25. D.F. Alwin. 1994. Aging, Personality and Social Change: The Stability of Individual
Differences Over the Adult Life-Span. Pp. 135-185 in D.L. Featherman, R.M. Lerner & M.
Perlmuter (Eds.), Life-Span Development and Behavior. Vol. 12. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence
Erlbaum Associates, Inc.
26. D.F. Alwin. 1995. Parental Shaping of Gender in Child-Rearing. Pp. 17-32 in J. Hox & Others
(Eds.), Advances in Family Research. Amsterdam: Thesis.
27. R.T. Campbell & D.F. Alwin. 1995. Quantitative Approaches: Toward an Integrated Science of
Aging and Human Development. In R.H. Binstock & L.K. George (Eds.), Handbook of Aging
and the Social Sciences. New York: Academic Press.
28. D.F. Alwin. 1995. Taking Time Seriously: Social Change, Social Structure and Human Lives.
In P. Moen, G.H. Elder, Jr. & K. Lüscher (Eds.), Linking Lives and Contexts: Perspectives on
the Ecology of Human Development. Washington, D.C.: American Psychological Association.
29. D.F. Alwin. 1995. Quantitative Methods in Social Psychology. Pp. 650-680 in K. Cook, G. Fine
& J. House (Eds.), Sociological Perspectives on Social Psychology. New York: Allyn & Bacon.
30. D.F. Alwin, G. Gornev & L. Khakhulina. 1995. Comparative Referential Structures, System
Legitimacy, and Justice Sentiments: An International Comparison. Pp. 109-130 in J. Kluegel, D.
Mason & B. Wegener (Eds.), Social Justice and Political Change. New York & Berlin: de
Gruyter.
31. D.F. Alwin. 1996. Parental Socialization in Historical Perspective. Pp. 105-67 in C. Ryff & M.
M. Seltzer (Eds.), The Parental Experience at Midlife. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
32. D.F. Alwin & J. Scott. 1996. Attitude Change -- Its Measurement and Interpretation using
Longitudinal Surveys. Pp. 75-106 in B. Taylor & K. Thomson (Eds.),Understanding Change in
Social Attitudes. Aldershot, England: Dartmouth.
33. D.F. Alwin. 1997. Aging, Social Change and Conservatism: Linking Aging and Social Change
in the Study of Political Identities. Pp.164-190 in M. Hardy (Ed.), Conceptual and
Methodological Issues in the Study of Aging and Social Change. Beverly Hills CA: Sage.
34. J. Scott, M. Braun & D.F. Alwin. 1998. Partner, Parent, Worker, Family and Gender Roles. Pp.
19-37 in R. Jowell, J. Curtice, A. Park, L. Brook, K. Thomson & C. Bryson (Eds.), British and
European Social Attitudes: How Britain Differs--The 15th Report. Brookfield VT: Ashgate
Publishing Ltd.
35. J. Scott & D.F. Alwin. 1998. Retrospective vs. Prospective Measurement of Life Histories in
Longitudinal Research. In J.Z. Geile & G. H. Elder, Jr. (Eds.), Crafting Life Studies:
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Intersection of Personal and Social History. Thousand Oaks CA: Sage Publications.
36. D.F. Alwin. 1999. Aging and Errors of Measurement. Pp. 365-385 in N. Schwarz, S. Sudman,
B. Knauper & D. Park (Eds.), Cognition, Aging and Self-Reports. Philadelphia PA: Taylor &
Francis.
37. D.F. Alwin. 2000. Factor Analysis. Pp. 905-922 in E.F. Borgatta & R.L. Montgomery (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2nd edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
38. D.F. Alwin. 2000. Social Justice. Pp. 2695-2711 in E.F. Borgatta & R.L. Montgomery (Eds.),
Encyclopedia of Sociology. 2nd edition. New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
39. D.F. Alwin. 2001. Parental Values, Beliefs, and Behavior: A Review and Promulga for
Research into the New Century. Pp. 97-139 in S.L. Hofferth and T.J. Owens (Eds.), Children at
the Millenium: Where Have We Come From, Where are We Going? New York: Elsevier
Science Ltd.
40. D.F. Alwin & R.T. Campbell. 2001. Quantitative Approaches: Longitudinal Methods in the
Study of Human Development and Aging. Pp. 22-43 in R.H. Binstock & L.C. George (Eds.),
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. 5th Edition. New York: Academic Press.
41. D.F. Alwin. 2002. The Age- Period-Cohort Model, In D.A. Eckard (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Aging.
New York: Macmillan Publishing Co.
42. D.F. Alwin. 2003. Parenting Practices, Pp. 142-157 in J. Scott, M. Richards & J. Treas (Eds.),
Blackwell Companion to the Sociology of Families. Oxford, UK: Blackwell Publishers.
43. D.F. Alwin & R.J. McCammon. 2003 Generations, Cohorts, and Social Change. Pp. 2-49 in J.T.
Mortimer & M. Shanahan (Eds.), Handbook of the Life Course. New York: Plenum Publishing
Co.
44. D.F. Alwin. 2004. Reliability, In K. Kempf-Leonard (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Social
Measurement, NewYork: Academic Press.
45. D.F. Alwin. 2004. Developments in the Study of Family and Life Course. Pp. 271-280 in J.S.
House, F.T. Juster, R.L. Kahn, H. Schuman & E. Singer (Eds.), Telescope on Society: Survey
Research and Social Science. Ann Arbor, MI: University of Michigan Press.
46. R.M. Groves, E. Singer, J.M. Lepkowski, S.G. Heeringa, & D.F. Alwin. 2004. Survey
Methodology. Pp. 21-64 in J.S. House, F.T. Juster, R.L. Kahn, H. Schuman & E. Singer (Eds.),
Telescope on Society: Survey Research and Social Science. Ann Arbor, MI: University of
Michigan Press.
47. D.F. Alwin. 2005. Attitudes, Beliefs and Childbearing. Pp. 115-126 in A. Booth 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 Inc., Publishers.
48. D.F. Alwin, S.M. Hofer & R.J. McCammon. 2006. Modeling the Effects of Time: Integrating
Demographic and Developmental Perspectives. In R.H. Binstock and L.K. George (Eds.),
Handbook of Aging and the Social Sciences. Sixth Edition. San Diego CA: Elsevier Inc.
49. D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon & S.M. Hofer. 2006. Studying Baby Boom Cohorts within a
Demographic and Developmental Context: Conceptual and Methodological Issues. In S.K.
Whitbourne and S.L. Willis (Eds.), The Baby Boomers at Midlife: Contemporary Perspectives
on Middle Age, Mahwah, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc., Publishers.
50. .D.F. Alwin & S.M. Hofer. 2008. Challenges to Interdisciplinary Research. Chapter 1in S.M.
Hofer and D.F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Aging—Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
51. D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, L.A. Wray & W.L. Rodgers. 2008. Population Processes and
Cognitive Aging Research. Chapter 4 in S.M. Hofer and D.F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of
Cognitive Aging—Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
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52. D.F. Alwin. 2008. Social Structure and Cognitive Aging. Chapter 26 in S.M. Hofer and D.F.
Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Aging—Interdisciplinary Perspectives. Thousand Oaks,
CA: Sage Publications.
53. S.M. Hofer & D.F. Alwin. 2008. The Future of Cognitive Aging Research. Chapter 40 in S.M.
Hofer and D.F. Alwin (Eds.), Handbook of Cognitive Aging—Interdisciplinary Perspectives.
Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
54. R.F. Belli, D.F. Alwin, & F.P. Stafford. 2009. The Application of Calendar and Time-Diary
Methods in the Collection of Life Course Data. In R.F. Belli, F.P. Stafford, and D.F. Alwin
(Eds.) Calendar and Time Diary Methods in Life Course Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage
Publications.
55. D.F. Alwin. 2009. Assessing the Reliability and Validity of Time-line and Event History Data.
In R.F. Belli, F.P. Stafford, and D.F. Alwin (Eds.). Calendar and Time Diary Methods in Life
Course Research. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
56. D.F. Alwin. 2009. Cognition, Aging and Social Structure. International Handbook of Social
Gerontology, Chris Phillipson and Dale Dannefer (Eds.), London, UK: Sage Publications
International. Forthcoming.
57. D.F. Alwin & J.L. Felson. 2009. Religion and Child-rearing. In. R.A. Hummer and C.G. Ellison
(Eds.), Religion, Families, and Health in the United States: New Directions in Population-based
Research. New Brunswick NJ: Rutgers University Press, New Brunswick NJ. Forthcoming.
58. D.F. Alwin. 2009. History, Cohorts, and Cognitive Aging. In H.B. Bosworth and C. Hertzog
(Eds.), Aging and Cognition: Research Methodologies and Empirical Advances. Washington,
D.C.: American Psychological Association. Forthcoming.
59. D.F. Alwin. 2009. The Reliability of Survey Data. In J. Wright and P.V. Marsden (Eds.),
Handbook of Survey Research. 2 nd edition. New York: Academic Press. Forthcoming.
60. D.F. Alwin. 2009. Who’s Talking About My Generation? In M. Silverstein and R. Giarrusso
(Eds.), From Generation to Generation: Continuity and Discontinuity in Aging Families.
Baltimore MD: Johns Hopkins University Press. Forthcoming.
Notes & Comments (listed chronologically)
1. D.F. Alwin. 1987. Update on the General Social Survey. ASA Footnotes 15 (November): 10.
2. D.F. Alwin. 1987. The General Social Survey: Update on a National Data Resource for the
Social Sciences. ICPSR Bulletin, Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research
(December).
3. D.F. Alwin. 1988. The General Social Survey: A National Data Resource for the Social
Sciences. Political Science and Politics 21: 90-94.
4. D.F. Alwin. 1989. William H. Sewell: Recipient of the 1988 Cooley-Mead Award. Social
Psychology Quarterly.
5. D.F. Alwin. 2000. My Cousin, My Self. Missing Links 5:38 (Sept. 20, 2000).
Reprinted in Origins--Magazine of the
Buckinghamshire Family History Society. Vol. 4, No. 4, pp. 162-163. December, 2000.
6. D.F. Alwin. 2000. On Sacred Ground: Exploring Goshenhoppen Churches. Journal of the Berks
County Genealogical Society, Winter, 2000, pp. 14-19.
7. D.F. Alwin. 2004. Matters of Life and Death. Rootsweb Review 6:50 (Dec. 10, 2003).
8. D.F. Alwin. 2004. Developments in Data Sharing in the Social and Behavioral Sciences. ASA
Footnotes, vol. 32, no. 3, page 5 (March). Reprinted in ICPSR Bulletin (Sept., 2004)
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Unpublished Papers/Reports
1. D.F. Alwin. 1988. Schools, Adolescent Sexuality and Achievement Expectations. In A.
Thornton, D.F. Alwin, D. Camburn, M. Studer & M. Weinstein, Family and Institutional
Factors in Adolescent Sexuality. Final Report to the Office of Adolescent Pregnancy Programs.
2. J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin. 1989. Response Strategies for Coping with the Cognitive
Demands of Attitude Measures in Surveys. Survey Research Center, Institute for Social
Research. University of Michigan.
3. D.F. Alwin & J. Scott. 1992. Rooms, Relatives, and Relationships: Household Density and
Parental Mental Health. ESRC Research Centre on Micro-Social Change. University of Essex,
England.
4. D.F. Alwin. 1999. Number of Children and the Dilution of Parental Resources. Survey Research
Center, Institute for Social Research. University of Michigan.
Book Reviews
1. Chad Gordon, Looking Ahead: Self-Conceptions, Race and Family as Determinants of
Adolescent Orientations to Achievement. American Journal of Sociology 82: 245-49, 1976.
2. Seymour Sudman & Norman Bradburn, Response Effects in Surveys: A Review and Synthesis.
Sociology and Social Research 60: 479-82, 1976.
3. Hubert M. Blalock, Jr., Measurement in the Social Sciences: Theories and Strategies.
Contemporary Sociology 5:361-64, 1976.
4. Christopher J. Hurn, The Limits and Possibilities of Schooling. Contemporary Sociology 8: 258-
259, 1979.
5. Mark S. Levine, Canonical Analysis and Factor Comparison. Contemporary Sociology 9: 562-
563, 1980.
6. Peter H. Rossi & Steven L. Nock, Measuring Social Judgements: The Factorial Survey
Approach. Social Forces 63: 598-599, 1981.
7. James Kluegel & Eliot Smith, Beliefs About Inequality: Americans' Views of What is and What
Ought to be. Contemporary Sociology 12: 206-208, 1987.
8. Stanley Lieberson, Making It Count: The Improvement of Social Research and Theory. Journal
of the American Statistical Association, March, pp. 276-77, 1988.
9. Hans-J. Hippler, Norbert Schwarz & Seymour Sudman (Eds.), Social Information Processing
and Survey Methodology. Contemporary Sociology 18: 649-51, 1989.
10. Judith Blake, Family Size and Achievement. Science, July, 245:199-200, 1989.
11. Clark Glymour, Richard Scheines, Peter Spirtes & Kevin Kelly, Discovering Causal Structure:
Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy of Science, and Statistical Modeling. Journal of Official
Statistics 5: 299-311, 1989.
12. Melvin L. Kohn & Kazimierz M. Slomczynski. Social Structure and Self-Direction: A
Comparative Analysis of the United States and Poland (Basil Blackwell). Contemporary
Sociology 22: 58-61, 1993.
13. Alice S. Rossi & Peter H. Rossi. Of Human Bonding: Parent -Child Relations Across the Life
Course (Aldine de Gruyter). American Journal of Sociology 99:542-545, 1993.
14. Katherine Brown Rosier. Sociological Studies of Children and Youth (Oxford, UK).
Contemporary Sociology 34:553-554, 2005.
15. William V. D’Antonio, James D. Davidson, Dean R. Hoge, and Mary L. Gautier. American
Catholics Today—New Realities of Their Faith and Their Church (New York: Rowman &
Littlefield Publishers). Contemporary Sociology.
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Organizer, Presider & Discussant
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
2008 Chair, Program Committee. Section on Aging and the Life Course. Annual Meetings of the
American Sociological Association. Boston MA, August.
2007 Presider. Regular Session on the Life Course. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. New York NY, August.
2005 Co-organizer and host. International Conference on the Future of Cognitive Aging Research.
Pennsylvania State University. University Park PA. May.
2005 Organizer & Chair. Milestones in Research on Aging and Life Course. Section on Aging and
Life Course. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Philadelphia.
August.
2004 Modeling Developmental Processes in Ecological Context. Conference sponsored by the
Merrill Advanced Studies Center, the National Science Foundation, and the Society of
Multivariate Experimental Psychology (SMEP). Tempe, Arizona. March.
2004 Discussant. Health Inequalities Across the Life Course. Conference sponsored by the
Gerontology Center, Penn State University, and the National Institute on Aging. University
Park PA. June.
2003 Discussant. Symposium on Federal Data for Aging-Related Research. Annual Meetings of the
Gerontological Society of America. San Diego CA. November.
2002 Co-organizer (with Ellen Idler). Roundtable Presentations. Section on the Sociology of Aging
and Life Course. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Chicago IL.
1998 Organizer & Chair. Family Contexts of Children and Adolescents. Section on the Sociology of
Children. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco CA.
August.
1997 Organizer & Chair. Regular Session on Social Psychology: Social Psychology: Bridging
Theory and Data. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Toronto.
August.
1996 Co-organizer (with Jeylan Mortimer) & Chair. Thematic Session on Social Change and Human
Biographies: Opportunities and Constraints. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. New York. August.
1996 Discussant. Sociological Contributions to the American Studies Curriculum, Mini-conference,
British Association for American Studies. Leeds University. Leeds, England. April.
1993 Organizer & Chair. The Integration of Methods in Social Psychology. Section on Social
Psychology. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Miami Beach FL.
August.
1993 Organizer & Chair. Applications of Social Psychology to the Study of Social Change. Section
on Social Psychology. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Miami
Beach FL. August.
1993 Presider, Session on Social Justice. Conference on Three Years of Change in Poland.
University of Warsaw. Poland. March.
1992 Co-Organizer (with Bernd Wegener) & Chair. Special Session on Cross-National Survey
Research. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Pittsburgh PA. August.
1992 Invited Panelist. Structure and Process in Aging Research. Annual Meetings of the
Gerontological Society of America. Washington DC. November.
1992 Invited Panelist. Conceptualizing Structure in Social Psychology. Mini-Conference. Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association. Pittsburgh PA. August.
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1992 Discussant, Conference on Social and Political Change in the New Russia organized by the
Center for Political Studies, Institute for Social Research. Ann Arbor MI. March.
1990 Organizer. Political Attitudes and Behavior Across the Life-Span. Annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association. Washington DC. August.
1989 Discussant. Session on New Measurement and Analysis Techniques in Survey Research.
Annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. St. Petersburg FL.
May.
1989 Organizer & Chair. Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey
Data. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Association. St. Louis MO. April.
1989 Discussant. Session on Perceptions of Justice in East and West. International Studies
Association. London, England. March.
1988 Award Presentation. Cooley-Mead Award for Lifetime Contributions to Social Psychology.
Presented to William H. Sewell. Section on Social Psychology. Annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association. Atlanta GA. August.
1982 Organizer. Measurement and the Modeling of Quality of Life. Research Committee on Logic
& Methodology. Tenth World Congress of Sociology. Mexico City, Mexico. July.
1981 Organizer & Chair. Methodology--Issues in the Analysis of Change. Section on Methodology.
Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Toronto, Ontario. September.
1979 Organizer. Social Context and Individual Behavior. Annual meetings of the American
Sociological Association. Boston MA. September.
1977 Organizer & Chair. Advances in Quantitative Models and Methods. Methodology Section.
Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Chicago IL. September.
1975 Invited Panelist. Contextual Effects in Education. Annual meetings of the American
Educational Research Association. Washington DC. March.
1974 Discussant. Session on Small Group Research. Annual meetings of the Pacific Sociological
Association. San Jose, CA. April.
Invited Presentations, Lectures and Colloquia
2009 Invited Presentation. Is Aging Kinder to the Better Educated. Indiana University. March.
2008 Invited Presentation. The Future of Cognitive Aging. Purdue University. December.
2008 Invited Presentation. Varieties of the Life Course. University of Minnesota. March.
2006 Invited Presentation. Mortality Selection and Cohort Differences in Patterns of Cognitive
Aging. Center on Aging and the Life Course, Purdue University. March.
2005 Invited Presentation. Varieties of Life Course: Theory, Concepts and Human Lives. Seminar on
Life Course, Health and Aging, Center for Population Health and Aging, Pennsylvania State
University, University Park PA. September.
2005 Opening Presentation (with Scott Hofer). Integrating Demographic and Developmental
Perspectives in Cognitive Aging Research. International Conference on the Future of Cognitive
Aging Research. Pennsylvania State University. University Park PA. May.
2005 Invited Presentation (with Ryan McCammon, Linda Wray and Willard Rodgers). Demographic
Issues in the Future of Cognitive Aging Research. International Conference on the Future of
Cognitive Aging Research. Pennsylvania State University. University Park PA. May.
2004 Invited Presentation. A Life-Span Developmental Perspective on Social Status, Health and
Aging. Schiefelbusch Life-Span Institute, University of Kansas, Lawrence KS, October.
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2004 Invited Presentation. Identities, Beliefs and Behavior: Religion and Parental Orientations to
Children. Religion, Family Life and Health in the United States: Social Demographic
Perspectives. Conference sponsored by the Population Research Center, University of Texas—
Austin. Austin TX, April.
2004 Invited Presentation. Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives in Research on
Cognitive Aging. Gerontology Center Colloquium Series. Pennsylvania State University,
University Park PA, January.
2004 Invited Presentation. Integrating Demographic and Developmental Perspectives in Research on
Cognitive Aging. Gerontology Center Colloquium Series. Pennsylvania State University,
University Park PA, January.
2003 Invited Presentation. What Determines Intellectual Functioning in Adulthood? Population
Research Institute Colloquium Series. Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA,
November.
2003 Invited Presentation. Attitudes, Beliefs and Childbearing. National Symposium on Family
Issues. Creating the Next Generation: Social, Economic, and Psychological Processes
Underlying Fertility. Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, October.
2003 Invited Presentation. Populations, Cohorts and Processes of Cognitive Aging. Symposium on
The Dynamic Processes of Ageing, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia,
September.
2003 Invited Presentation. Socioeconomic Status and Health. Symposium on Health Disparities,
Pennsylvania State University, University Park PA, May.
2000 Invited Presentation. Cold Fusion in the Social Sciences: The Link Between IQ and Job
Complexity. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Washington DC.
August.
1999 Invited Presentation. Social Psychological Approaches to Social Inequality. Annual meetings
of the American Sociological Association. Chicago IL. August.
1998 Invited Paper. Aging, Cohorts and Political Change. Session on Demography of Aging and the
Life Course. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco CA.
August.
1997 Invited Paper. The Political Impact of the Baby Boom: Are There Persistent Generational
Differences in Political Beliefs and Behavior? Annual meetings of the Gerontological Society
of America. Cincinnati OH. November.
1997 Invited Paper. Are Americans Becoming More Liberal? Results from the NES and GSS
Surveys. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Toronto. August.
1997 Invited Presentation. The Stability of Attitudes and Beliefs Over the Life-Span. NIAsponsored
Workshop on Cognitive Factors in Aging. Stanford University. Palo Alto CA. July.
1997 Invited Paper. Aging and Errors of Measurement Reliability: Implications for the Study of
Life-Span Development. NIA-supported Conference on Cognition, Aging and Survey
Measurement. Ann Arbor MI. February.
1996 Fulbright Lectures. a) Family Change in Europe and America, b) Generations and Political
Change, c) Perceptions of Social Justice in Eastern & Western Europe. Lectures supported by
the Eccles Center of the British Library and the UK Fulbright Commission. Ostrava University.
Ostrava, Czech Republic. April.
1996 Colloquium. The Study of Individual Differences Across the Life-Span. Social Statistics
Research Unit, City University. London, England. March.
1996 Colloquium. The Identification Problem in Cohort Analysis Using Replicated Cross-Sectional
Surveys to Study Aging and Cohort Effects. Nuffield College, Oxford University. Oxford,
England. February.
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1996 Colloquium. The Study of Social and Individual Change Using Longitudinal Surveys. Centre
for the Study of Micro-Social Change, University of Essex. Colchester, England. January.
1995 Invited Paper. Traits, States & Society: Linking Aging & Social Change in the Study of
Political Identities. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. August.
1994 Invited Paper. From Child-Bearing to Child-Rearing: What Do We Want From Our Children?
National Research Council/National Academy of Sciences Workshop on Expanding
Frameworks for Fertility Research. Woods Hole, MA. September.
1994 Invited Paper. Child-Rearing Goals and Child Discipline: Risks and Risk-Taking Among Ten
to Fifteen Year Olds. Public World of Childhood Project Workshop on Children Harmed and
Harmful. University of Chicago. September.
1994 Invited Lectures. Questionnaire Design and the Reliability of Measurement. Series of Lectures
given to the Essex Summer School in Quantitative Analysis. University of Essex. Colchester,
England. August.
1994 Colloquium, Sex-Role Attitude Change in Comparative Perspective. Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center. University of Southern California. Los Angeles CA. February.
1993 Invited Paper. Taking Time Seriously: Studying Social Change, Social Structure and Human
Lives. Symposium held in honor of Urie Bronfenbrenner organized by the Cornell University
Life Course Institute, the College of Human Ecology, and the Research Directorate of the
American Psychological Association. Cornell University. Ithaca NY. September.
1993 Plenary Speaker. Generations, Family Change, and Intergenerational Solidarity. Conference on
Solidarity of Generations? Demographic, Economic & Social Change, and Their Consequences.
Department of Sociology, University of Utrecht. The Netherlands. April.
1992 Invited Lecture. Cohort Replacement, the Family & Social Change. University of Heidelberg,
Germany. December.
1992 Colloquium. An Investigation of the Generational Replacement Theory of Social Change.
Population Studies Center and College of Human Development. Pennsylvania State University.
College Station PA. April.
1991 Plenary Speaker. Aging, Cohorts & History: An Examination of the Generational Replacement
Model of Social Change. Verenigde Spaarbank (VSB) Masterclass on Dynamics of Cohort and
Generations Research held in celebration of the 355th anniversary of the University of Utrecht.
The Netherlands. December.
1990 Colloquium. Attitude Change Over the Life-Span. Institute on Aging. Kansas State
University. Manhattan KS. March.
1990 Colloquium. Aging, Personality and Social Change. Ethel Percy Andrus Gerontology Center.
University of Southern California. Los Angeles CA. February.
1989 Colloquium. Attitude Persistence and Change Over the Life-Span. Department of Sociology.
University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana. December.
1989 Invited Lecture, Studying Social Change Through the Replication of Sample Surveys. Research
Institute of the Faculty of Sociology, Political Science & Journalism. Edvard Kardelj
University. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. October.
1989 Colloquium. Aging, Cohorts and the Stability of Political Orientations over the Life-Span.
Carolina Consortium for Human Development. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill NC.
February.
1989 Colloquium. Changes in Parental Child-Rearing Values. Institute for Research in the Social
Sciences. University of North Carolina. Chapel Hill NC. February.
1988 Colloquium. The Reliability of Survey Data. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Washington DC.
December.
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1988 Invited Paper. The Application of Structural Equation Models in Comparative Sociological
Survey Research. International Symposium on Methodological Aspects of Empirical Research
in Sociology organized by the Institute for Sociology, the USSR Academy of Sciences.
Moscow, Russia. October.
1988 Invited Paper. From Theory to Causal Modeling: Conceptualization and Measurement in Social
Science. International Symposium on Operationalization and Research Strategy. University of
Amsterdam. The Netherlands. September.
1988 Plenary Speaker. The Concept of Reliability and Its Estimation in Surveys. International
Conference on Social Science Methodology sponsored by the Research Committee on Logic &
Methodology of the International Sociological Association. Dubrovnik, Yugoslavia. June.
1988 Invited Lecture. Changing Aspects of Religious Orientations in American Society.
Distinguished Visiting Scholars Series. University of Notre Dame. South Bend IN. April.
1986 Invited Presentation. Possibilities and Prospects for Anonymized Public Use Samples: National
Data Resources in the Social Sciences. Symposium on Conditions and Possibilities of Using
Anonymized Microdata for Material of Official Statistics sponsored by Statistiches Bundesamt
(Wiesbaden) and Arbeitsgemeinschaft Sozialwissenschaftlicher Insitut (Bonn). Wiesbaden,
Germany. March.
1984 Invited Paper. Education, Occupation and Parental Values. Polish-American Conference on
Social and Moral Values: Development, Organization & Change. Zaborow, Poland.
November.
1984 Invited Paper. Structural Equation Models in Research on Human Development and Aging.
Workshop Co-sponsored by the Human Development and Aging Review Group and the
Behavioral Sciences Research Program of the National Instituted on Aging. Bethesda MD.
June.
1979 Invited Paper. The Statistical Analysis of Ipsative Measures. Conference on Systems Under
Indirect Observation: Causality, Structure & Prediction. Carigny, Switzerland. October.
1979 Invited Paper. The Use of Sample Surveys in the Social Sciences. (With S. Stephens) Annual
meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Houston TX.
February.
1976 Invited Presentation. Structural Equation Models of Contextual Effects. Conference on
Methodology for Aggregating Data in Educational Research. Stanford University, Palo Alto
CA. October.
1975 Invited Paper. High School Context and Achievement. (With R.M. Hauser and W.H. Sewell).
Conference on Mathematical Approaches to the Analysis of Status Attainment Processes. Bad
Homberg, West Germany. April.
1973 Invited Paper. High School Effects on Educational Attainment. (With R.M. Hauser and W.H.
Sewell). Conference organized by the American College Testing Program Research Institute.
Madison WI. April.
1972 Invited Paper. College Effects on Educational and Socio-economic Achievements. Conference
organized by the American College Testing Program Research Institute. Iowa City IA.
October.
Submitted Paper/Poster Presentations
2008 D.F. Alwin, L.A. Wray, & W.L. Rodgers. Cumulative Advantage and Cognitive Change: Is
Aging Kinder to the Better Educated? Annual Meetings of the American Sociological
Association, Boston MA, August.
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2008 D.F. Alwin, P.A. Tufiş, & K.S. Lee. Religion and Secular Change in Gender Beliefs in the U.S.-
-1977 to 2006. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Boston MA,
August.
2008 K.S. Lee, P.A. Tufiş, & D.F. Alwin. Gender in the 1990s: Change in Beliefs about Gender in
the U.S. Annual Meetings of the Population Association of America.
2007 K.S. Lee, P.A. Tufiş, & D.F. Alwin. Gender Beliefs in Japan: An Examination of Change from
1994 to 2002. Paper presentation. Regular Session on Public Opinion, Annual Meetings of the
American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August.
2007 D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, L.A. Wray, P.A. Tufiş, & W.L. Rodgers. Sex Differences in
Cognitive Aging: Results from the Health and Retirement Study. Paper presentation. Regular
Session on the Life Course, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association, New
York, NY, August.
2007 E. Jaspers, M. Lubbers, & D.F. Alwin. Attitudes around Homosexuals: Contact Effects from a
Life Course Perspective. Roundtable presentation. Annual Meetings of the American
Sociological Association, New York, NY, August.
2006 D.F. Alwin, K.S. Lee & P.A. Tufiş. Beliefs about Women’s Labor in the Reunified Germany,
1991 to 2004. Paper presentation. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association,
Montreal, Quebec, August.
2006 D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon & J.L. Felson. Reliability Estimation for Survey Measures of
Categoric Latent Variables. Paper presentation, Regular Session on Methodology. Annual
Meetings of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, August.
2005 D.F. Alwin & L.A. Wray. Social Inequalities and Metabolic Disorders. Paper presentation,
Regular Session on Health and Well-Being: Culture, Inequality and Identity. Annual meetings
of the American Sociological Association, Philadelphia PA, August.
2004 D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, L.A. Wray, W.R. Rodgers, and P. Tufiş. Sex Differences in
Patterns of Cognitive Aging. Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America.
Washington DC, November.
2004 D.F. Alwin and L.A. Wray. Socioeconomic Risk Factors and Metabolic Disorders: Evidence
from the Health and Retirement Study. Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of
America. Washington DC, November.
2004 D.F. Alwin, J.L. Felson, E.T. Walker & P. Tufiş, Religious Identities, Beliefs and Behavior in
Contemporary American Society. Paper presentation, Regular Session on Religion, Annual
Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco CA, August.
2004 L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin & Latrica E. Best, Effects of Socioeconomic Disparities and Health
Behaviors on Diabetes in Middle-Aged and Older Adults. Session on Socioeconomic and
Race/Ethnic Influences on the Life Course, Annual Meetings of the American Sociological
Association. San Francisco CA, August.
2004 D.F. Alwin & J.L. Felson, The Religious Factor Revisited: Religious Identities, Church
Attendance, and Adult Orientations to Children. Session on Religion and the Family, Annual
Meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco CA, August.
2004 D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, L.A. Wray & W.R. Rodgers, Cohort Differences in Patterns of
Cognitive Aging. Poster presentation, 10 th Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA, April.
2003 D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, W.R. Rodgers & L.A. Wray, The Consequences of Attrition for
Estimates of Parameters in Latent Growth Models of Cognitive Aging: Results from the Health
and Retirement Surveys. Paper presentation, Symposium on Modern Methods for the Study of
Cognitive Aging Phenomena. Paper presentation, Annual Meetings of the Gerontological
Society of America. San Diego CA. November.
2003 L.A. Wray and D.F. Alwin. SES, Health Risks, and Diabetes Prevalence and Incidence. Paper
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presentation, Symposium on Studies of Well-Being in the Second Half of Life: The Legacy of
Anna Regula Herzog. Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America. San Diego
CA. November.
2003 D.F. Alwin, J.L. Felson & E.T. Walker, Keeping the Faith: Examining the Implications of
Religious Socialization and Religious Change for the Development of Social Attitudes and
Beliefs. Session on Religion and the Life Course, Annual Meetings of the American
Sociological Association, Atlanta GA. August.
2003 L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon, Do Health Risks Mediate the SES-Health Link in
Middle-Aged and Older Adults? Roundtable Presentation, Annual Meetings of the American
Sociological Association, Atlanta GA. August.
2002 L.A. Wray, D.F. Alwin, R.J. McCammon & Tim Manning, Socioeconomic Position, Health
Risks, and Health Outcome Patterns: Differences by Age and Race-Ethnicity. Poster Session,
Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America. Boston, MA. November.
2001 D.F. Alwin, L.A. Wray & R.J. McCammon, Socioeconomic Position, Educational Resources,
and Health. Poster Session, Annual Meetings of the Gerontological Society of America.
Chicago IL. November.
2000 D.F. Alwin, L.A. Wray & R.J. McCammon, Aging, Sensory Function, and Cognitive Test
Performance: Recent Results from the AHEAD Study. Poster Session, Annual Meetings of the
Gerontological Society of America. Washington DC. November.
2000 L.A. Wray & D.F. Alwin, The Link Between Sensory and Cognitive Functioning in Middle-
Aged Adults. Poster Session, Eighth Cognitive Aging Conference. Atlanta, GA. April.
1999 D.F. Alwin & R.J. McCammon, Aging, Cohorts and Verbal Ability. Annual Meetings of the
American Sociological Association. Chicago, IL. August
1996 D.F. Alwin, J. Scott & M. Braun, Sex-Role Attitude Change in the United States: National
Trends and Cross-National Comparisons. Biannual meetings of the Research Committee on
Social Stratification of the International Sociological Association. Ann Arbor MI. August.
1995 J. Scott, M. Braun & D.F. Alwin, Family, Sexuality and Religion: A Cross-National
Comparison. Second Conference of the European Sociological Association. Budapest,
Hungary. August.
1994 D.F. Alwin, Sex Differences in Child-Rearing. Conference on Advances in Family Research.
Amsterdam, the Netherlands. December.
1994 D.F. Alwin, Social Structure, Social Change and Human Biographies: A Dynamic Perspective
on Social Structure and Personality. Research Committee on Personality and Social Structure.
XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany. July.
1994 D.F. Alwin, Life Cycles, Cohorts, and Perceptions of Economic Well-Being. Research
Committee on Social Stratification. XIII World Congress of Sociology, Bielefeld, Germany.
July.
1994 J. Scott, D.F. Alwin & M. Braun, Sex-Role Attitude Change in Britain, the United States and
Germany. Working Group on Social Indicators. XIII World Congress of Sociology. Bielefeld,
Germany. July.
1994 D.F. Alwin, The Reliability of Survey Data. International Conference on Survey Measurement
and Process Quality. Bristol, England. April.
1993 J. Scott & D.F. Alwin, The Reliability of Life-History Data: Implications for Integrating
Methods. Annual Meetings of the American Sociological Association. Miami Beach, FL.
August.
1993 D.F. Alwin & T. Carson, Cohorts, Economic Change, and Satisfaction with Material Well-
Being. Fourth International Conference on Social Justice. Trier, West Germany. July.
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1993 D.F. Alwin & Others. Comparative Referential Structures, System Legitimacy, and Justice
Sentiments: An International Comparison. Fourth International Conference on Social Justice.
Trier, West Germany. July
1993 D.F. Alwin, Gauging the Reliability of Attitude Reports in Public Opinion Surveys. Annual
Meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. St. Charles, IL. May.
1993 M. Braun, J. Scott & D.F. Alwin, Attitudes Towards Marriage and Divorce in Comparative
Perspective. Annual Meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. St.
Charles, IL. May.
1992 D.F. Alwin, L. Khakhulina, P. Hermkens, V. Antoncic & W. Arts, Comparative Referential
Structures, System Legitimacy, and Justice Sentiments: An International Comparison. Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association. Pittsburgh PA. August.
1992 M. Braun, J. Scott & D.F. Alwin, Economic Necessity or Self-Actualization? Attitudes Toward
Women s Labour-Force Participation in East and West Germany. First European Conference
on Sociology. Vienna, Austria. August.
1992 D.F. Alwin, The Application of Structural Equation Models in Comparative Research: Studying
Beliefs About Inequality in Six Nations. Conference on Social Science Methodology,
organized by the International Sociological Association Research Committee on Logic &
Methodology. Trento, Italy. June.
1991 D.F. Alwin, Information Transmission in the Survey Interview: Number of Response Categories
and the Reliability of Attitude Measurement. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. Cincinnati OH. August.
1990 D.F. Alwin, M. Braun & J. Scott, The Separation of Work and Family: Gender Differences in
Sex-Role Attitudes in Britain, Germany and the United States. XII World Congress of
Sociology. Madrid, Spain. July.
1989 D.F. Alwin, Distributive Justice in the United States: Expectations, Fulfillment and Morale.
Conference of Working Group on Perceptions of Justice in East and West. Dubrovnik,
Yugoslavia. October.
1989 D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick, The Reliability of Attitudinal Survey Data: The Impact of
Question and Respondent Attributes. Annual meetings of the American Association for Public
Opinion Research. St. Petersburg FL. May.
1989 D.F. Alwin, Problems in the Estimation and Interpretation of the Reliability of Survey Data.
Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Association. St. Louis MO. April.
1989 D.F. Alwin, Economic Need, Distributive Justice and Satisfaction with Material Well-Being.
Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Association. St. Louis MO. April.
1988 D.F. Alwin, “The Times They Are A Changin’”: Changes in Qualities Valued in Children in the
United States, 1964 to 1984. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.
Atlanta GA. August.
1988 D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick, Aging, Cohort Stability and Change in Political Orientations.
Annual meetings of the International Society for Political Psychology. Newark NJ. July.
1988 J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin, The Stability of Political Attitudes Across the Life-Span. Annual
meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. Toronto, Ontario. May.
1987 D.F. Alwin & R.L. Cohen, Persistence and Change in Socio-Political Orientations over the Life-
Span. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Chicago IL. August.
1987 J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin, Satisficing: A Strategy for Dealing with the Demands of Survey
Questions. Annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research.
Hershey PA. May.
1986 D.F. Alwin, Changes in Traits Desired in Children: Evidence from the Middletown Studies.
Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. New York NY. August.
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1986 J.A. Krosnick & D.F. Alwin, An Evaluation of a Cognitive Theory of Response Order Effects in
Survey Measurement. Annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion
Research. St. Petersburg FL. April.
1984 D.F. Alwin & J.A. Krosnick, The Measurement of Values: A Comparison of Ratings and
Rankings. Annual meetings of the American Association of Public Opinion Research. Delevan
WI. April.
1984 D.F. Alwin, P.E. Converse & S. Martin, Living Arrangements, Social Integration, and
Psychological Well-Being. Annual meetings of the Midwest Sociological Association.
Chicago IL. March.
1983 D.F. Alwin, P.E. Converse & S. Martin, Living Arrangements and Social Integration. Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association. Detroit MI. August.
1983 D.F. Alwin, Trends in Parental Socialization Values: Detroit, 1958-1983. Annual Meetings of
the American Sociological Association. Detroit MI. August.
1983 D.F. Alwin & N.J. Shepelak, Values and Economic Justice: Americans’ Perceptions of Income
Inequality. Annual meetings of the North-Central Sociological Association. Columbus OH.
March.
1982 D.F. Alwin, P.E. Converse & S. Martin, Age, Social Isolation, and Psychological Well-Being.
Founders Day Symposium, Institute for Social Research. Ann Arbor MI. March.
1982 A. Thornton, D.F. Alwin & D. Camburn, Changing Sex Role Attitudes: Insights from an
Intergenerational Panel Study. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association.
San Francisco CA. August.
1982 D. Reuman, D.F. Alwin & J. Veroff, Validity Implications of Random Measurement Error in
Thematic Apperceptive Measures of the Achievement Motive. Annual meetings of the
American Psychological Association. Washington DC. August.
1982 N.J. Shepelak & D.F. Alwin, The Human Response to Economic Inequity. Annual meetings of
the Eastern Sociological Association. Philadelphia PA. March.
1980 D.F. Alwin & D.J. Jackson, Adult Values for Children: An Application of a Common Factor
Model for Ranked Preference Data. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. New York NY. September.
1980 D.F. Alwin, N.J. Shepelak, L.S. Wolfarth & D.L. Morgan, Individual Responses to Inequity:
Evaluating Normative Conceptions of Justice. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. New York NY. September.
1979 D.L. Morgan & D.F. Alwin, Organizational Size and Individual Participation: The Case of
Schools. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. Boston MA. August.
1978 D.F. Alwin & D.J. Jackson, Measurement Error Models for Survey Data: Issues and
Applications. Annual meetings of the American Sociological Association. San Francisco CA.
August.
1978 D.F. Alwin, W.R. Morgan & L.J. Griffin, Social Origins, Parental Values and the
Intergenerational Transmission of Inequality. Annual meetings of the American Sociological
Association. San Francisco CA. August.
1978 J. Hagan, J.D. Hewitt & D.F. Alwin, Ceremonial Justice: Crime and Punishment in a Loosely
Coupled System. Annual meetings of the Society for the Study of Social Problems. San
Francisco.
1977 D.F. Alwin & L.B. Otto, The Analysis of Contextual Effects on Aspirations. Annual meetings
of the American Sociological Association. Chicago IL. August.
1976 D.J. Jackson & D.F. Alwin, Estimating Experimental Effects on Factors. Annual meetings of
the American Sociological Association. New York.
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1975 D.F. Alwin, Assessing School Effects: Some Identities. Annual meetings of the Pacific
Sociological Association. Victoria, British Columbia. April.
1974 R.M. Hauser, W.H. Sewell & D.F. Alwin, High School Effects on Achievement. Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association. Montreal, Quebec. August.
1973 D.F. Alwin, Differential Impact of Colleges on Social Achievements. Annual meetings of the
American Sociological Association. New York NY. August.
Workshops/Short Courses
2005 Problems in Measuring Change. Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University.
June.
2004 Longitudinal Methods in Research on Aging. ICPSR Summer Program, sponsored by the
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Ann Arbor MI. June.
2003 Longitudinal Methods in Research on Aging. ICPSR Summer Program, sponsored by the
National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging, Ann Arbor MI. June.
1991 Studying Stability & Change Using Longitudinal Data. Annual meetings of the American
Sociological Association. Cincinnati OH. August.
1989 Structural Equation Models and the Analysis of Covariance Structures. University of Delaware.
Newark DE. June.
1988 An Introduction to Structural Equation Models. California State University System. Fullerton
CA. March.
1983 LISREL Models. College of Human Ecology. Cornell University. Ithaca NY. September.
1983 Jöreskog-Type Models: Analysis of Covariance Structures.� (With Richard Campbell) Annual
meetings of the American Sociological Association. Detroit MI. August.
1983 Latent Variable Models for Response Errors in Survey Data: An Introduction to Linear
Structural Relations (LISREL). Annual meetings of the American Association of Public
Opinion Research. Buck Hill Falls, PA. April.
1980 Linear Structural Relations--LISREL. Annual meetings of the North Central Sociological
Association. Dayton OH. April.
1975 Problems in the Analysis of Experimental and Quasi-Experimental Data. Annual meetings of
the American Sociological Association. San Francisco. August.
Academic-Year Courses Taught—Dept. of Sociology, Penn State University
The Demography of the Life Course – 2003, 2004, 2006
Attitudes, Beliefs and Behavior – 2006, 2007
Academic-Year Courses Taught—Dept. of Sociology, University of Michigan
Sociology of Education (Sociology 458) -- 1979-1984
Practicum in Survey Research (Sociology 513) -- 1982, 1987, 1997
Socialization Across the Life-Span (Sociology 464) -- 1991, 1993, 1994, 1996
Introduction to the Detroit Area Study (Sociology 501) -- 1981, 1986, 1996
Proseminar in Social Psychology (Sociology 591)
Socialization--1984, 1987, 1991, 1993, 1994
Attitudes & Belief Systems--1996
Proseminar in Family & Kinship (Sociology 595)
Intergenerational Relations and Cohort Processes--1994
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Measurement & Causal Modeling (Sociology 619) -- 1987, 1993, 1994, 1996
University of Michigan Summer Courses Taught
2008 Assessing Measurement Errors in Surveys. SRC Summer Institute. July.
1997 Using Surveys Across Nations and Time. SRC Summer Institute. July.
1997 Longitudinal Survey Design & Analysis. (Co-taught with Glenn Firebaugh & Martha Hill)
SRC Summer Institute. June.
1996 Longitudinal Survey Design & Analysis. (Co-taught with Glenn Firebaugh & Martha Hill)
SRC Summer Institute. June.
1995 Longitudinal Survey Design & Analysis. (Co-taught with Glenn Firebaugh) SRC Summer
Institute. July.
1994 Longitudinal Survey Design and Analysis. (Co-taught with Jacqueline Scott & Glenn
Firebaugh) SRC Summer Institute. June.
1993 Analysis of Survey Data. SRC Summer Institute. June.
1992 Reliability and Validity of Survey Measurement. SRC Summer Institute. July.
1991 Longitudinal Survey Design and Analysis. (Co-taught with Richard Campbell & Christopher
Hertzog) SRC Summer Institute. July.
1990 Longitudinal Survey Data Analysis. SRC Summer Institute. August.
1990 Longitudinal Survey Design. (Co-taught with Richard Campbell) SRC Summer Institute. July.
1989 Introduction to Statistical Research Design. SRC Summer Institute. July.
1988 Longitudinal Survey Data Analysis. SRC Summer Institute. August.
1988 Longitudinal Survey Design. SRC Summer Institute. July.
1986 Advanced Topics in Survey Measurement. SRC Summer Institute. August.
1985 Study Designs in Survey Research. (Co-taught with Leslie Kish) SRC Summer Institute. July.
1984 Seminar in Measurement Issues. SRC Summer Institute. August.
1983 Advanced Topics in Survey Measurement. SRC Summer Institute & ICPSR Summer Program.
June.
1977 New Approaches to Confirmatory Factor Analysis. ICPSR Summer Program. August.
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