Krista Westrick-Payne

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Krista Westrick-Payne

  • Position: Assistant Director, National Center for Family & Marriage Research
  • Phone: 419-372-3115
  • Email: kristaw@bgsu.edu

Curriculum Vitae

Ph.D., Bowling Green State University, 2012

Recent Publications:

Julian, C. A., Manning, W. D., Westrick-Payne, K. K., & Carlson, L. (Forthcoming). Pre-pandemic and pandemic marriages among same-sex and different-sex couples. Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221135968

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. https://doi.org/10.1177/23780231221090192.

Manning, W. D., Westrick-Payne, K. K., & Gates, G. J. (2022). Cohabitation and marriage among same-sex couples in the 2019 ACS and CPS: A research note. Demography, 59(5), 1595-1605. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-10181474.

Manning, W. D. & Payne, K. K. (2021). Measuring Marriage and Cohabitation: Assessing Same-Sex Relationship Status in the Current Population Survey. Demography, 58(3), 811-820. https://doi.org/10.1215/00703370-9162213.

Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L., & Payne, K. K. (2021). Does cohabitation compensate for marriage decline? Contexts, 20(2), 68-69. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F15365042211012076 

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

Hemez, R., Guzzo, K. B., Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L., & Payne, K. K. ( 2020). Visualizing 20 Years of Racial-Ethnic Variation in Women’s Ages at Sexual Initiation and Family Formation. Socius, 6, 1-3. doi: 10.1177/2378023120944044

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

Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Payne, K. K. (2017) Relationship Quality among Cohabiting versus Married Couples. Journal of Family Issues, 38, 1730-1753. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0192513X15622236

Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Payne, K. K. (September 2015). Family Structure and Children's Economic Well-Being: Incorporating Same-Sex Cohabiting Mother Families. Population Research and Policy Review, Online First' (September 2015). DOI: 10.1007/s11113-015-9375-8

Manning, W. D., Brown, S. L. & Payne, K. K. (2014). Two Decades of Stability and Change in Age at First Union Formation. Journal of Marriage and Family, 76, 247-260. DOI:10.1111/jomf.12090

Reports and Briefs:

Payne, K. K. & Manning, W. D. (2020). The geography of marriage & divorce: Rates by quartile for the U.S. (FP-20-08). National Center for Family & Marriage Research.

Payne, K. K. (2019). Children’s family structure, 2019 (FP-19-25). National Center for Family & Marriage Research.

Payne, K. K. (2019). Median Age at First Marriage: Geographic Variation, 2017 (FP-19-07). National Center for Family & Marriage Research.

Payne, K. K. (2019). Median Age at First Marriage, 2017 (FP-19-06). National Center for Family & Marriage Research.

Payne, K. K. (2019). Young Adults in the Parental Home, 2007 & 2018 (FP-19-04). National Center for Family & Marriage Research.

Updated: 02/22/2024 11:21AM