Andrew J. Cherlin (9 September 1948) is an American sociologist, focusing in economic disparities, currently atJohns Hopkins University and an Elected Fellow of theAmerican Academy of Political and Social Science.^[1][2][3]

Cherlin argued in 2004 that marriage has evolved from a "marker of conformity" to a "marker of prestige"^[4] and introduced the term "capstone model of marriage".^[5]

• Cherlin, Andrew J. (2004)."The Deinstitutionalization of American Marriage".Journal of Marriage and Family.66 (4):848–861.
• Hawkins, Alan J.; Carroll, Jason S.; Jones, Anne Marie Wright; James, Spencer L. (2022).State of Our Unions 2022: Capstones vs. Cornerstones: Is Marrying Later Always Better?(PDF) (Report). National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia, the Wheatley Institution, and the School of Family Life at Brigham Young University.

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