Marriage and Divorce Data Compass - Published Research

Journal Articles

Westrick-Payne, K. K., Manning, W. D., & Carlson, L. (2022). Pandemic shortfall in Marriages and divorces in the United States. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 8, 1-3. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/23780231221090192

Manning, W. D. & Payne, K. K. (2021). Marriage and divorce during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A case study of five states. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World, 7, 1-3. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231211006976

Manning, W. D., Payne, K. K., & Stykes, J. B. (2017). Counting Marriages in the United States: The Value of County-level Administrative Data. Statistical Journal of the IAOS, 33(3), 719-725. DOI: 10.3233/SJI-160338

Glass, J., & Levchak, P. (2014). "Red States, Blue States, and Divorce: Understanding Regional Variation in Divorce Rates." American Journal of Sociology, 1002-1046, doi:10.1086/674703Stable http://www.jstor.org/journal/amerjsoci

Glass, J. (2014). "Red states, blue states, and divorce: Understanding the impact of conservative Protestantism on regional variation in divorce rates." Council on Contemporary Families, The University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center. https://contemporaryfamilies.org/impact-of-conservative-protestantism-on-regional-divorce-rates/

Briefs/Reports

Westrick-Payne, K. K., Manning, W. D. (2022).  Marriage, divorce, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S. Family Profiles, FP-22-12. Bowling Green, OH: National Center for Family & Marriage Research. https://doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-22-12

Payne, K. K. & Manning, W. D. (2020). The geography of marriage and divorce: Rates by quartile for the U.S. Family Profiles, FP-20-08. Bowling Green, OH: National Center for Family & Marriage Research. https://doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr/fp-20-08

Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L., Payne, K. K., & Wu, H. S. (2014). Healthy Marriage Initiative Spending and U.S. Marriage & Divorce Rates, A State-level Analysis. Family Profiles, FP-14-02. Bowling Green, OH: National Center for Family & Marriage Research. https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/FP-14-02_HMIInitiative.pdf

Working Papers

Westrick-Payne, K. K. (2022, February 8). A Profile of National and State-level Marriage Rates in the U.S., 1880-2018: A Research Note. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/4ecq7

Westrick-Payne, K. K., Manning, W. D., Carlson, L. (2021, December 15). Pandemic Shortfall in Marriages and Divorces in the U.S. https://doi.org/10.31235/osf.io/9tqvy

Payne, K. K. & Manning, W. D. “The Geography of Marriage & Divorce in the U.S.: Correlates & Spatial Variation.” In progress.

Paper/ Poster Presentations

Westrick-Payne, K. K. (2022). “A Profile of National and State-level Marriage Rates in the U.S., 1880-2019: A Research Note.” Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA.

Westrick-Payne, K. K., Manning, W. D., Carlson, L. (2022). “A Research Note on Marriage and Divorce During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A State-level Analysis.” Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA.

Westrick-Payne, K. K. & Carlson, L. (2022). “Is it the Economy? State-level Adjusted Divorce Rates in the United States.” Population Association of America (Poster Presentation), Atlanta, GA.

Payne, K. K. & Manning, W. D. (2018). “The Geography of Marriage & Divorce in the U.S.: Correlates & Spatial Variation” Population Association of America (Poster Presentation, Award Recipient), Denver, CO.

Manning, W. D., Payne, K. K., Zugarek, G., & Stykes, B. (2016). The Shifting Geography of Divorce Rates Across Counties and States, 2000-2010” Population Association of America (Poster Presentation, Award Recipient), Washington, DC.

Manning, W. D., Payne, K. K., & Stykes, B. (2015). “Counting Marriages: Comparisons of 2010 Marriage Rates Across Counties and States.” Population Association of America, San Diego, CA.