Linda J. Waite
Professor
B.A. Michigan State University, 1969
M.A. University of Michigan, 1970
Ph.D. University of Michigan, 1976
Office: NORC 363
Phone: 773-256-6333
Email: l-waite@uchicago.edu
CV: Curriculum Vita
Linda Waite is the Lucy Flower Professor in Urban Sociology.
Waite's current research interests include social demography, aging, the family, health, working families, the link between biology, psychology and the social world.Waite's current research focus on the National Social Life, Health, and Aging Project (NSHAP), a study which has at its core a national survey of older adults first interviewed in 2005 and 2006. A second interview is planned for NSHAP respondents and their partners in 2010.
Centers:
Director, Center on Aging at N.O.R.C.; Co-Director, MD/PhD Program in Medicine, the Social Sciences, and Aging; Member, Scientific Advisory Board, eHarmony Labs.
Research Interests
Gender, Family and Feminist Theory; Health and Medicine; and Populations
Selected Publications
Lee, Yun Suk and Linda J. Waite. 2010. “How Appreciated do Wives Feel for the Housework They Do?” forthcoming. Social Science Quarterly.
Hughes, Mary Elizabeth and Linda J. Waite. 2009. “Marital Biography and Health at Midlife.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 50(3): 344-358.
Waite, Linda J. 2009. “The Changing Family and Aging Populations.” Population and Development Review, 35(2):341-346.
Waite, Linda J., Edward O. Laumann, Aniruddha Das, L. Philip Schumm. Forthcoming. “Sexuality: Measures of Partnerships, Practices, Attitudes, and Problems in the National Social Life, Health and Aging Study.” Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Special Issue.
Cornwell, Erin York and Linda J. Waite. Forthcoming. “Measuring Social Isolation among Older Adults Using Multiple Indicators from the NSHAP Study.” Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. Special Issue.
Cornwell, Erin York and Linda J. Waite. 2009. “Social Disconnectedness, Perceived Isolation, and Health among Older Adults.” Journal of Health and Social Behavior. 50:31-48.
Waite, Linda J., Edward O. Laumann, and Aniruddha Das. 2009. “Sexual Activity, Later Age.” Pp. 3:362-366 in D. Carr, R. Crosnoe, M.E. Hughes, and A. Pienta (Eds.), Encyclopedia of the Life Course and Human Development. Farmington Hills, MI:Gage.
Waite, Linda J., Ye Luo, and Alisa Lewin. 2009. “Marital Happiness and Marital Stability: Consequences for Psychological Well-Being.” Social Science Research. 38:201-212.
Hawkley, Louise C., Mary Elizabeth Hughes, Linda J. Waite, Christopher M. Masi, Ronald A. Thisted, John T. Cacioppo. 2008. “From Social Structural Factors to Perceptions of Relationship Quality and Loneliness: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study.” Journals of Gerontology: Social Sciences. 63B (6):S375-S384.
Laumann, Edward O., Linda J. Waite, and Aniruddha Das. 2008. "Sexual Dysfunction among Older Adults: Prevalence and Risk Factors from a Nationally Representative U.S. Probability Sample of Men and Women 57 to 85 Years of Age." Journal of Sexual Medicine 5(10):2300-2312.
Laumann, Edward O., Sara Leitsch, and Linda J. Waite. 2008. “Elder Mistreatment in the U.S.: Prevalence Estimates from a Nationally-Representative Study.” Journals of Gerontology:Social Sciences. 63B(4):S248-S254.
Waite, Linda J. and Melissa Kenney Howe. 2008. “The Family.” Pp. 309-340 in James Q. Wilson and Peter H. Schuck (Eds.), Understanding America. New York: PublicAffairs.
Cacioppo, John T., Louise C. Hawkley, Ariel Kalil, M.E. Hughes, Linda Waite, and Ronald A. Thisted. 2008. “Happiness and the Invisible Threads of Social Connection: The Chicago Health, Aging, and Social Relations Study.” Pp. 195-219 in M. Eid and R. Larsen (Eds.), The Science of Subjective Well-Being. New York:Guilford.
Lindau, Stacy Tessler, Philip Schumm, Edward O. Laumann, Wendy Levinson, Colm A. O'Muircheartaigh, and Linda J. Waite. 2007. “A National Study of Sexuality and Health Among Older Adults in the U.S.” New England Journal of Medicine. 357(8):762-774.
Hughes, Mary Elizabeth, Linda J. Waite, Tracey La Pierre, and Ye Luo. 2007. “All in the Family: The Impact of Caring for Grandchildren on Grandparents' Health.” Journal of Gerontology: Social Science. 62:S108-S119.
