Teaching areas:
Family Policy, International Comparisons of Policy, Research Methods
Effects of social policy, economic conditions
and culture on family structure and well-being.
Publications:
Butler, A. C. (2005). Gender differences in the prevalence of same-sex partnering;
1988-2002. Social Forces, 84, 421-449.
Butler, A. C. (2002). Welfare, premarital childbearing, and the role of normative
climate: 1968-1994. Journal of Marriage and Family, 64, 295-313.
Butler, A. C. and Kuraeva, L. G. (2001). Russian family policy in transition:
Implications for families and professionals. Social Service Review,
75, 195-224.
Butler, A. C. (2000). Trends in same-gender sexual partnering, 1988-1998.
Journal of Sex Research, 37, 333-343.
Butler, A. C. (1996). The effect of welfare benefit levels on poverty among
single-parent families. Social Problems, 43, 94-115.
Butler A. C. (1995). The impact of social welfare policies on self-initiative
and family structure: The case of Poland. Social Service Review,
69, 1-31.
Butler, A. C. (1993). The impact of the one-year residency requirement on
students preferring part-time study. Journal of Social Work Education,
29, 212-223.
Butler, A. C. (1993). The causes of declining economic well-being among
women who had children as teenagers. Institute for Research on Poverty
Discussion Paper no. 1000-93, Madison WI: University of Wisconsin.
Butler, A. C. (1992). The changing economic consequences of teenage childbearing.
Social Service Review, 66, 1-31.
Butler, A. C. (1992). The attractions of private practice. Journal of
Social Work Education, 28, 47-60.
Butler, A. C. (1990). The effect of welfare guarantees on children's educational
attainment. Social Science Research, 18, 175-203.
Butler, A. C. (1990). A reevaluation of social work students' career interests.
Journal of Social Work Education, 26, 45-56.
