Yu Xie

Yu Xie

Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison
M.A., M.S., University of Wisconsin, Madison
B.S., Shanghai University of Technology

Dr. Yu Xie is the Otis Dudley Duncan Professor of Sociology and a research professor in the Population Studies Center and Survey Research Center at the University of Michigan. He is the PI for the Measuring Developmental Idealism and Family Life pilot study in China. Dr. Xie also studies social stratification and social mobility, with research on factors related to recruitment into scientific professions. His other research interests include statistical methods and demographic techniques. He teaches courses on methods and statistics.

Curriculum Vitae

Research Profile at the Population Studies Center












© 2008
Developmental Idealism Studies
Population Studies Center
University of Michigan

Recent Events

The Developmental Idealism Studies Group presented their paper on "Processes and Methods for Creating Questions and Protocols for an International Study of Ideas about Development and Family Life" at 3MC, Berlin, June 2008.

Book Award

Arland Thornton's book Reading History Sideways wins the William J. Goode Book Award of the ASA Section on the Sociology of the Family.

New Data Collection

Developmental Idealism questionnaire supplements added to May and November 2007 Surveys of Consumer Attitudes.

Reading History Sideways

The method of reading history sideways is described and critiqued by Arland Thornton.


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