| A | B |
| Blumstein & Schartz | studied household issues of same-sex couples |
| Dutton & Aron | studied the relationship between danger and sexual arousal |
| Andrew Cherlin | noted lack of norms regarding remarriage |
| Lauer & Lauer | factors associated with successful marriages |
| Kathleen Gerson | identified reasons why couples choose to be child-free |
| Arlie Hochschild | Identified the second shift |
| Melvin Kohn | studied social class differences in child-rearing |
| Lillian Rubin | found that women's satisfaction increased after last child moved out |
| Diana Russell | studied incest victims |
| Bob Suzuki | identified distinctive characteristics of Asian American families |