Publications

If you have problems accessing any of these publications, please contact me.

Peer-reviewed Journal Articles


Tanaka, E., Sironi, M., & Di Gessa, G. (2025). Partnership Quality and Mental Health Among Older Adults in England Amid the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Applied Gerontology. 

DOI | PDF |


McLean, E., Sironi, M., Dube, A., Slaymaker, E., Crampin, A. C., & Sear, R. (2024). Transitions to adulthood in men and women in rural Malawi in the 21st century using sequence analysis: Some evidence of delay. Demographic Research, 51, 459-500. 

DOI | PDF |


Rotondi, V., Allegra, M., Kashyap, R., Barban, N., Sironi, M., & Reverberi, C. (2024). Enduring maternal brain changes and their role in mediating motherhood’s impact on well-being. Scientific Reports, 14(1), 16608.

DOI |


Barbuscia A., Sironi M. (2023), Do couples who use fertility treatments divorce more? Evidence from the US National Survey of Family Growth. Demographic Research, 49, 601-634.

DOI | PDF |


Sironi, M. (2022). The Role of Fertility and Partnership History in Later-life Cognition. Ageing International, 48, 794-815. 

DOI |


Sironi M., Kashyap R., (2021). Internet Access and Partnership Formation in the United States. Population Studies, 76:3, 427-445.  DOI | PDF |


Sironi M., Fricke J. (2021). Sexual Orientation and Health Behaviors Among College Students in Italy”. Genus, 77, 26. 

DOI |


Pesando, L. M., Barban, N., Sironi, M., & Furstenberg, F. F. (2021). A Sequence‐Analysis Approach to the Study of the Transition to Adulthood in Low‐and Middle‐Income Countries. Population and Development Review, 47(3): 719-747. 

DOI | PDF |


Chan, T. W., Henderson, M., Sironi, M., & Kawalerowicz, J. (2020). Understanding the social and cultural bases of Brexit. The British Journal of Sociology, 71(5), 830-851. 

DOI | PDF |


Fricke J., Sironi M. (2020), “Sexual fluidity and BMI, obesity, and physical activity”. Social Science and Medicine - Population Health, 11. 

DOI | PDF


Sironi M., Ploubidis G., Grundy E. (2020), Fertility History and Biomarkers: Evidence from the 1958 National Child Development Study, Demography, 57(2):529–558. 

DOI | PDF |


Sironi M., Billari F. C. (2020), Age at leaving home and its impact on employment outcomes in the United States, Population Space and Place, 26(4). 

DOI | PDF |


Di Giulio P., Impicciatore R., Sironi M. (2019), The changing patterns of cohabitation: A sequence analysis approach. Demographic Research, 40, 1211-1248. 

DOI | PDF |


Sironi M. (2019), Fertility histories and chronic conditions later in life in Europe. European Journal of Ageing, 16, 259–272 (2019). 

DOI |


Sironi M. (2017), "Economic Conditions of Young Adults Before and After the Great Recession". Journal of Family and Economic Issues, 39, 103–116 (2018). 

DOI |


Fricke J., Sironi M. (2017), “Dimensions of sexual orientation and sleep disturbance among young adults”. Preventive Medicine Reports, 8: 18-24. 

DOI | PDF |


Sironi M., Barban N., Impicciatore R. (2015), “Parental Social Class and the Transition to Adulthood in Italy and the United States”. Advances in Life Course Research, 26, 89-104. 

DOI | PDF |


Aassve A., Mencarini L., Sironi M. (2015), “Institutional change, happiness and fertility”, European Sociological Review, 31(6), 749-765. 

DOI | PDF |


Aassve A., Sironi M., Bassi V. (2013), “Explaining attitudes towards demographic behavior”, European Sociological Review, 29(2): 316-333. 

DOI | PDF |


Sironi M., Furstenberg F. (2012), “Trends in Economic Independence of Young Adults in the United States: 1973-2007”, Population and Development Review, 38(4) 609-630. 

DOI | PDF |


Sironi M. (2012), “Education and Mental Health in Europe: School Attainment as a Mean to Fight Depression”, International Journal of Mental Health, 41(3) 79-105

DOI |


Aassve A., Goisis A., Sironi M.. (2012), “Happiness and Childbearing across Europe”, Social Indicator Research, 108:65-86. 

DOI |


Mencarini L., Sironi M. (2012), “Happiness, Housework and Gender Inequality in Europe" European Sociological Review, 28(2): 203-219. 

DOI | PDF |

Under Review


Sironi M., Zilanawala, A., Chanfreau, J., and Palma, M., “Living Arrangements and Relationship Happiness in England during COVID-19” – under review (Journal of Happiness Studies)


Work in Progress


Sironi M., Ploubidis G., “Postponement of Childbearing and Mental Health Outcomes: Evidence from the British Birth Cohorts” 


Sironi M., Chanfreau, J., Zilanawala, A., “Lonely Times? Living Alone and Loneliness in the United Kingdom”


Ghislandi S., Sironi M., Torrini I., "Better Together: The Effect of Living Alone on Health and the Role of Loneliness"


Bolano D., Sironi M., Serra C., "The Role of Psychological Distress in Adolescence in Family and Economic Outcomes in Early Adulthood: A Longitudinal Perspective from the UK"


Rutigliano R. Barbuscia A., Bolano D., Sironi M., "Changing family trajectories and their impact on men’s and women’s mental health. The case of 1958 and 1970 British cohorts"


Tafuro S., Sironi M., "Social Interactions with Friends and Loneliness in Early Adolescence in the UK"


Ferrari G., Sironi M., Vitali A., "Determinants of union dissolution among same-sex and different-sex couples. Evidence from France"


Book Chapters


Zilanawala, A., Chanfreau, J., Sironi M., and Palma, M. (2020) “Household composition, couples’ relationship quality, and social support during lockdown”, Initial findings from the COVID-19 Survey in Five National Longitudinal Studies. London: UCL Centre for Longitudinal Studies. 

PDF |


Barban N., Sironi M. (2018), “Sequence analysis as a tool for family demography”, In: Robert Schoen, Analytical Family Demography, Springer: Chapter 5, pp. 101-123.

DOI |


Sironi M. (2015), “Transition to Adulthood”, In: James D. Wright, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences, 2nd edition, Vol 24. Oxford: Elsevier. pp. 571–575. 

DOI |

Books


Sironi M. (2010), “A Century of Transitions to Adulthood in Europe: A Comparative Analysis”, VDM Verlag Dr. Müller, ISBN: 9783639243109 

Other Publications


Impicciatore R., Di Giulio P., Sironi M. (2014), “The Changing Meaning of Cohabitation in Europe and North America. Signs of Convergence?”, article on Neodemos


Sironi M. (2008), “Matrimonio? Non subito, grazie”. [Marriage? Not too soon], article on Neodemos