Family Profiles

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families.    

• Public Assistance Participation Among U.S. Children in Poverty, 2010 (FP-13-02)   
• Coresident vs. Non-Coresident Young Adults, 2011 (FP-13-01) 
• Intentions and Planning Status of Births: 2000-2010 (FP-12-24) 

Working Paper Series    

A series of working papers written by faculty affiliates, researchers, and advanced graduate students examining family structure topics of interest to family scholars, policy makers, and practitioners.

 

• Kristin Turney & Christopher Wildeman 
• Redefining Relationships: Explaining the Countervailing Consequences of Paternal Incarceration for Parenting (WP-13-01) 
• Originally published as 
• Redefining Relationships: Countervailing Consequences of Paternal Incarceration for Parenting
  (WP-12-06) 

The Data Source

Documents describing newly released data sets of interest to the family research community. 

• Panel Study of Income Dynamics Supplemental: Transition  to Adulthood (PSID TA) (TDS-13-01) 

   

NCFMR in the News

For a full list of NCFMR in the News items and for media links to each item, visit the NCFMR in the News webpage.

February 2013

Call for Papers -- Ohio Association of Gerontology and Education (OAGE) 

Navigating Life's Changes

Date Due: February 1

Call for Applications -- Population Reference Bureau (PRB)

2013-2014 Policy Communication Fellows Board

Date Due: February 6 

Link to PRB 

Duvall Family Studies Conference -- University of South Florida (USF) 

Supporting Family Development

Dates: February 14-16 

Link to USF   

Call for Proposals -- Illinois Council on Family Relations (ILCFR) 

Family Well-being

3rd Annual Southeastern Council on Family Relations (SECFR) Conference

Making a Difference for Families in the Southeast

Dates: February 21-23

Link to SECFR 

March 2013

Request for Proposals -- The Society for the Study of Human Development (SSHD) 

Rethinking Developmental Science across the Life-span/Life-course: Theory, Methods, and Applications

Date Due: March 1

Request for Proposals -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)

The Politics of Inequality

Date Due: March 1
Link to RSF

Call for Papers -- The School of Human Sciences at Mississippi State University (MSS)

Journal of Human Sciences and Extension

Date Due: March 1

Request for Proposals -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference 

Well-being of Children and Youth in Families and Communities

Date Due: March 1

Link to NCFR   

Linking Gerontology and Geriatrics Conference -- Oklahoma State University    

Dates: March 7-8

Link to Oklahoma State University  

Center for Family and Demographic Research (CFDR) Spring Symposium

Faith and Families: Relational Spirituality & Cutting Edge Science

Date: March 12

Link to CFDR  

Call for Proposals -- Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM)

Date Due: March 15

Call for Applications -- RAND Summer Institute

Demography, Economics, Psychology, and Epidemiology of Aging

Date Due: March 22 

2013 Seminar of the International Sociological Association (ISA) Research Committee on Family Research 

Demographic and Institutional Change in Global Families

Dates: March 28-30 

Link to ISA  

April 2013

Population Association of America (PAA) Annual Meeting

Dates: April 11-13 

Link to PAA 

New Worlds of Adoption 2013 Conference

Contact Between Adoptive and Birth Families: What Works?

Dates: April 11-12

Illinois Council on Family Relations (ILCFR) 2013 Conference 

Call for Applications -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)

Feminism and Family Studies Awards

Date Due: April 15

Link to NCFR