Daniel L. Carlson portrait
  • Director of Graduate Studies, Family And Consumer Studies
  • Adjunct Associate Professor, Sociology Department
  • Associate Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
  • Assistant Professor, Family And Consumer Studies
801-587-5664

Publications

  • Daniel L. Carlson, Skye McPherson & Richard J. Petts (2024). Remote Work, Gender Ideologies, and Fathers’ Participation in Childcare during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Social Sciences. Published, 03/13/2024.
  • Daniel L. Carlson & Richard J Petts (2023). Executive Summary: The COVID-19 Pandemic and the Future of Gender Equality. Council on Contemporary Familes. Published, 11/14/2023.
    https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/2023...
  • Daniel L. Carlson & Melissa A. Milkie (2023). Work-Family Stressors, Gender, and Mental Health during Covid-19 and Beyond. Council on Contemporary Familes. Published, 11/14/2023.
    https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/2023...
  • Richard Petts & Daniel Carlson (2023). Managing a Household During a Pandemic: Cognitive Labor and Parents’ Well-Being. Society and Mental Health. Vol. 13. Published, 05/11/2023.
  • Richard Petts, Stefanie Andre, Daniel Carlson, Heejung Chung, Melissa Milkie, Chantal Remery, Casey Scheibling, Kevin Shafer & Mara Yerkes (2023). Fathers Stepping Up? A Cross-National Comparison of Fathers’ Domestic Labor and Parents’ Satisfaction With the Division of Domestic Labor During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Family Studies. Vol. 29. Published, 02/26/2023.
  • Daniel L. Carlson, Priya Fielding-Singh, Richard J. Petts & Kristi Williams (2022). Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Concerns About COVID Transmission and Mothers’ Employment During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Socius. 1-22. Published, 11/28/2022.
  • Daniel L. Carlson & Richard J Petts (2022). US Parents’ Domestic Labor During the First Year of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Population Research and Policy Review. Vol. 41, 2393-2418. Published, 08/13/2022.
  • Daniel L. Carlson (2022). Reconceptualizing the Gendered Division of Housework: Number of Shared Tasks and Partners’ Relationship Quality. Sex Roles. Vol. 86, 1-16. Published, 05/01/2022.
  • Daniel L. Carlson (2022). Mine and Yours, or Ours: Are All Egalitarian Relationships Equal?. Council on Contemporary Familes. Published, 04/25/2022.
    https://sites.utexas.edu/contemporaryfamilies/2022...
  • Daniel L. Carlson, Paul E. Bellair & Thomas L. McNulty (2022). Duration-Weighted Exposure to Neighborhood Disadvantage and Racial/Ethnic Differences in Adolescent Sexual Behavior. Journal of Health and Social Behavior. Vol. 63. Published, 03/01/2022.
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F00221465211046361
  • David Curtis, Thomas E. Fuller-Rowell, Daniel L. Carlson, Ming Wen & Michael R. Kramer (2021). Does a Rising Median Income Lift All Birth Weights? County Median Income Changes and Low Birth Weight Rates among Births to Black and White Mothers. The Millbank Quarterly. Published, 10/05/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/1468-0009.12532
  • Daniel L Carlson (2021). Book Review: All the Rage: Mothers, Fathers, and the Myth of Equal Partnership by Darcy Lockman. (pp. 710-711). Vol. 24. Men and Masculinities. Published, 10/01/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1097184X20984221
  • Daniel L. Carlson, Richard J Petts & Joanna R Pepin (2021). US Parents’ Divisions of Domestic Labor during the Early Days of the COVID-19 Pandemic. Sociological Inquiry. Published, 09/26/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1111/soin.12459
  • Petts, Richard, Carlson, Daniel L. & Knoester, Chris (2021). Fathers’ Time Off Work After the Birth of a Child and Relationship Dissolution among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged U.S. Couples. Sociological Focus. Vol. 54, 201-222. Published, 06/23/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1080/00380237.2021.1921641
  • Carlson, Daniel L. (2021). Time Availability: Assessing Causal Ordering in Paid and Unpaid Labor. Journal of Comparative Family Studies. Published, 06/01/2021.
    https://www.utpjournals.press/doi/abs/10.3138/jcfs...
  • Daniel L. Carlson, Richard J Petts & Joanna R Pepin (2021). Flexplace Work and Fathers’ Time in Housework and Childcare. Men and Masculinities. Vol. 24, 547-570. Published, 05/07/2021.
    https://doi.org/10.1177%2F1097184X211014929
  • Daniel L Carlson, Richard J Petts & Joanna R Pepin (2021). To Keep Women in the Workforce, Men Need to Do More at Home. Harvard Business Review. Published, 04/20/2021.
    https://hbr.org/2021/04/to-keep-women-in-the-workf...
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Petts, Richard & Pepin, Joanna (2020). A Gendered Pandemic: Childcare, Homeschooling, and Parents’ Employment During COVID-19. Gender, Work, and Organization. Published, 12/23/2020.
    https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/g...
  • Petts, Richard, Carlson, Daniel L. & Knoester, Chris (2020). If I [Take] Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Relationship Stability. Journal of Social Policy. Vol. 49, 829-849. Published, 10/01/2020.
    https://doi.org/10.1017/S0047279419000928
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Miller, Amanda J & Rudd, Stephanie (2020). Division of Housework, Communication, and Couples’ Relationship Satisfaction. Socius. Published, 06/01/2020.
    https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/237802312...
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Petts, Richard & Pepin, Joanna (2020). Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home. Council on Contemporary Families. Published, 05/20/2020.
    https://contemporaryfamilies.org/covid-couples-div...
  • Carlson, Daniel L. & Coontz, Stephanie (2020). National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?. Council on Contemporary Families. Published, 01/23/2020.
    https://contemporaryfamilies.org/national-spouses-...
  • Carlson, Daniel L. & Soller, Brian (2019). Sharing is More Fun for Everyone? Gender Attitudes, Sexual Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Frequency. Journal of Marriage and Family. Vol. 81, 24-41. Published, 02/01/2019.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Miller, Amanda J & Sassler, Sharon (2018). Stalled for Whom?: Change in the Division of Particular Housework Tasks and Their Consequences for Mid- to Low Income Couples. Socius. Vol. 4, 1-17. Published, 04/01/2018.
  • Carlson DL & Kail BL (2018). Socioeconomic variation in the association of marriage with depressive symptoms. Social science research. Vol. 71, 85-97. Published, 03/01/2018.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. & Amanda J. Miller (2017). “Are you having enough sex? Wrong question”. CNN. Published, 05/26/2017.
    https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/26/opinions/four-sex-m...
  • Carlson D. & Lynch J. (2017). Purchases, Penalties, and Power: The Relationship Between Earnings and Housework. (pp. 199-224). Vol. 79, Journal of Marriage and Family. Published, 02/01/2017.
  • Carlson D., Miller A., Sassler S. & Hanson S. (2016). The Gendered Division of Housework and Couples' Sexual Relationships: A Reexamination. (pp. 975-995). Vol. 78, Journal of Marriage and Family. Published, 08/01/2016.
  • Carlson D. (2016). Challenges and transformations: childbearing and changes in teens’ educational aspirations and expectations. (pp. 705-724). Vol. 19, Journal of Youth Studies. Published, 05/27/2016.
  • Miller A. & Carlson D. (2016). Great Expectations? Working- and Middle-Class Cohabitors' Expected and Actual Divisions of Housework. (pp. 346-363). Vol. 78, Journal of Marriage and Family. Published, 04/01/2016.
  • Carlson D., Hanson S. & Fitzroy A. (2016). The Division of Child Care, Sexual Intimacy, and Relationship Quality in Couples. (pp. 442-466). Vol. 30, Gender and Society. Published, 01/01/2016.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “The Roles of Paid and Unpaid Labor in the Production of Gender Inequality in Families” NCFR Report Magazine. National Council on Family Relations. Washington, DC. Published, 04/30/2015.
  • Carlson D. (2015). Do differences in expectations and preferences explain racial/ethnic variation in family formation outcomes?. (pp. 1-15). Vol. 25, Advances in Life Course Research. Published, 01/01/2015.
  • Carlson DL, McNulty TL, Bellair PE & Watts S (2014). Neighborhoods and racial/ethnic disparities in adolescent sexual risk behavior. Journal of youth and adolescence. Vol. 43, 1536-49. Published, 08/01/2014.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Stressful Life Events.” In Encyclopedia of Quality of Life Research, edited by A. C. Michalos. New York: Springer.. Published, 06/01/2014.
  • Carlson D., Lennox Kail B., Lynch J. & Dreher M. (2014). The Affordable Care Act, Dependent Health Insurance Coverage, and Young Adults' Health. (pp. 191-209). Vol. 84, Sociological Inquiry. Published, 01/01/2014.
  • Carlson DL & Lynch JL (2013). Housework: Cause and consequence of gender ideology?. Social science research. Vol. 42, 1505-18. Published, 10/01/2013.
  • Carlson D. (2012). Deviations From Desired Age at Marriage: Mental Health Differences Across Marital Status. (pp. 743-758). Vol. 74, Journal of Marriage and Family. Published, 08/01/2012.
  • Carlson D. & Knoester C. (2011). Family structure and the intergenerational transmission of gender ideology. (pp. 709-734). Vol. 32, Journal of Family Issues. Published, 06/01/2011.
  • Carlson DL (2011). Explaining the curvilinear relationship between age at first birth and depression among women. Social science & medicine (1982). Vol. 72, 494-503. Published, 02/01/2011.
  • Carlson D. & Williams K. (2011). Parenthood, Life Course Expectations, and Mental Health. (pp. 20-40). Vol. 1, Society and Mental Health. Published, 01/01/2011.
  • Williams, Kristi, Adrianne Frech, and Daniel L. Carlson. “Marital Status and Mental Health.” Pp. 306 - 320 in A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health: Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems, 2nd ed., edited by T. N. Brown and T. L. Scheid. New York: Cambridge University Press. Published, 09/07/2010.

Presentations

  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Engaging in Public Scholarship: Increasing the visibility and impact of your research.” Brigham Young University, December. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 10/06/2023.
  • Petts, Richard J., and Daniel L. Carlson. “Gender Disparities in Paid and Unpaid Work During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/18/2023.
  • Petts, Richard J., and Daniel L. Carlson. “Trajectories of U.S. Parents’ Divisions of Domestic Labor Throughout the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association of America, Philadelphia, PA, August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/05/2023.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Changes in US Parents' Divisions of Labor During the COVID-19 Pandemic and The Future of Gender Equality and Family Well-being.” Keynote Address for Utah Council of Family Relations Annual Conference, Utah Valley University, March. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/31/2023.
  • Meet the Author Book Panel for Sarah Damaske's "The Tolls of Uncertainty" American Sociological Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles CA. Panel, Presented, 08/06/2022.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Priya Fielding-Singh, Richard J. Petts, and Kristi Williams. "Fear and Lack of Options: The Effects of School/care Availability, Remote Work Access, and Worry about Virus Transmission on Mothers' Employment during the COVID-19 Pandemic" Presented at Work-Family Research Network Conference, New York. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/23/2022.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Richard J. Petts. “Change in US Parents Division of Domestic Labor Over the Course of the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Atlanta, GA, April. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/09/2022.
  • Changes in US Parents Divisions of Domestic Labor During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Brigham Young University, December. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 12/03/2021.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin. “Flexplace Work and Fathers’ Time in Housework and Childcare” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association of America, Virtual Meeting, August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/14/2021.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin. “Parents’ Divisions of Domestic Labor during the COVID-19 Pandemic” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Virtual Meeting, May. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/08/2021.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Richard Petts, and Joanna Pepin. “If You Have Time to Lean, You Have Time to Clean: Predictors of Change in Domestic Labor During COVID-19” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Virtual Meeting, May. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/08/2021.
  • Richard J. Petts, Daniel L. Carlson, and Joanna Pepin. “A Gendered Pandemic: Childcare, Homeschooling, and Parents’ Employment During COVID-19” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Virtual Meeting, May. Conference Paper, Presented, 05/07/2021.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Workplace Supports, Domestic Labor, and Labor Force Participation During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Covid-19 and Families, Annual Symposium, Center for Family and Demographic Research, Bowling Green State University, April. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/15/2021.
    https://www.ncfr.org/events/covid-19-and-families
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Richard J. Petts. “Work Supports, Domestic Labor, and Labor Force Attachment During COVID-19 Pandemic.” Boston College Center for Work and Family Distinguished Speaker Series. Online, February. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/24/2021.
    https://events.bc.edu/event/bccwf_distinguished_sp...
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “US Parents Parenting and Housework During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” Presented at the COVID and Families Symposium, Sponsored by Consortium for Family and Health Research, University of Utah, Online, January. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 01/08/2021.
    https://cfahr.utah.edu/activities/past-activities....
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Are All Egalitarian Relationships Created Equal? Routine Housework Task Sharing and Relationship Quality in Egalitarian Couples” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY, August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/10/2019.
  • Petts, Richard, Daniel L. Carlson, and Chris Knoester “If I (take) Leave, Will You Stay? Paternity Leave and Couples’ Relationship Stability” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Austin, TX, April. Poster, Presented, 04/20/2019.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Amanda J. Miller, and Stephanie Rudd. “All About Equity? Domestic Division of Labor, Teamwork, and Relationship Satisfaction.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Austin, TX, April. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/19/2019.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Amanda J. Miller, and Sharon Sassler. “Has the Gender Revolution Stalled? A Decomposition Analysis of Change in the Division of Household Labor” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, Denver, CO. April. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/14/2018.
  • “Has the Gender Revolution Stalled? Change in the Composition and Consequences of Low to Mid Income Couples' Divisions of Labor from 1992 to 2006” Presented at the Sociology Seminar Series, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, March. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/30/2018.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Amanda J. Miller, and Sharon Sassler. “Stalled for Whom?: Change in Housework and Its Consequences for Mid- to Low-Income Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/13/2017.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Soller, Brian. “Gender Conventions, Sexual Self-Efficacy, and Sexual Frequency” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/13/2017.
  • Miller, Amanda J., Daniel L. Carlson, and Sharon Sassler. “His Career, Her Job, Their Future: Cohabitors’ Orientations toward Paid Work” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Montreal, Quebec, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/12/2017.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., and Ben Lennox Kail. “Socioeconomic Variation in the Association of Marriage with Depressive Symptoms.” Poster presented at the National Council on Family Relations Annual Conference, Minneapolis, MN. November. Poster, Presented, 11/04/2016.
  • “Shifting Consequences of the Division of Household Labor.” Presented at the Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference, Austin, TX. March. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/04/2016.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Jamie Lynch. “Purchases, Penalties, and Power: The Relationship between Housework and Earnings.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/22/2015.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Sarah Hanson, and Andrea Fitzroy. “The Division of Childcare and Sexual Intimacy in Low to Moderate Income Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Chicago, IL. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/21/2015.
  • “Gender Equality in the 21st Century and its Consequences for Couples” Presented at TEDx GeorgiaStateU, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. April. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 04/07/2015.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmvX3MBYRAg&featur...
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Sarah Hanson, and Andrea Fitzroy. “The Division of Childcare and Sexual Intimacy in Low to Moderate Income Couples.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Southern Sociological Society, New Orleans, LA. March. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/28/2015.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Amanda Miller, Sharon Sassler, and Sarah Hanson. “The Gendered Division of Routine Housework and Couples’ Sexual Relationships: A Re-examination.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/10/2014.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Do Differences in Family Formation Intentions Explain Race/Ethnic Variation in Family Formation Outcomes?” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/09/2014.
  • “Earnings and Housework: A Nonrecursive Test of Autonomy and Human Capital Theory” Presented at the Marion T. Loftin Lecture Series, Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/07/2014.
  • Carlson, Daniel L., Ben Lennox Kail, Jamie Lynch, and Marlaina Dreher. “The Impact of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act on Young Adults’ Health.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/19/2013.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Jamie Lynch. “Housework: Cause or Consequence of Gender Ideology.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of Southern Sociological Society, Atlanta, GA. April. Conference Paper, Presented, 04/13/2013.
  • Miller, Amanda J. and Daniel L. Carlson. “Great Expectations: Actual and Ideal Division of Labor in Cohabiting Unions.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. April 2013. Poster, Presented, 04/13/2013.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Amanda J. Miller. “The Sexual Division of Labor, Gender Ideology, and the Mental Health of Women in Marital and Cohabiting Unions.” Poster presented at the Annual Meeting of the Population Association of America, New Orleans, LA. April. Poster, Presented, 04/06/2013.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Jamie Lynch. “Housework: Cause or Consequence of Gender Ideology.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Sociological Society, Chicago, IL. March. Conference Paper, Presented, 03/23/2013.
  • Miller, Amanda J. and Daniel L. Carlson. “Great Expectations: Actual and Ideal Division of Labor in Cohabiting Unions.” Presented to Gender, Race, and Class Working Group, University of Indiana, Bloomington, IN. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 02/05/2013.
  • Miller, Amanda J. and Daniel L. Carlson. “Great Expectations: Actual and Ideal Division of Labor in Cohabiting Unions.” Paper presented at Oklahoma Council on Family Relations Annual Meeting, University of Central Oklahoma, Edmond, OK . Conference Paper, Presented, 04/07/2012.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Explaining the Curvilinear Relationship between Age at First Birth and Depression among Women.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Atlanta, GA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/21/2010.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Kristi Williams. “Well, What Did You Expect?: Parenthood, Life Course Expectations, and Mental Health.” Paper presented at XII International Stress Conference, Portsmouth, NH. Conference Paper, Presented, 06/12/2010.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Chris Knoester. “The Influence of Family Structure on Parent-Child Gender Ideology Similarity.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/17/2009.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Jamie Lynch. “Action or Reaction: Housework Allocation in Marital Households.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, San Francisco, CA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/16/2009.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “Childlessness, First Birth Timing, and Non-Marital Childbirth: The Relationship between Life Course Expectations and Mental Health.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, Boston, MA. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/09/2008.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. and Jamie Lynch. “Behavior and the Attitudinal Correlates of within Sex Gender Variation.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. August. Conference Paper, Accepted, 08/27/2007.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “The Stress of Marital Non-events.” Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Sociological Association, New York, NY. August. Conference Paper, Presented, 08/25/2007.
  • Carlson, Daniel L. “The Stress of Marital Non-Events.” Presented at Initiative in Population Research, Population and Health Inequality Working Group Meeting, The Ohio State University. March. Invited Talk/Keynote, Presented, 03/23/2007.