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U.S. Marriage Rate Lowest in Over a Century
The U.S. marriage rate is at a record low. In 2011, there were just 31.1 marriages per 1,000 unmarried women (15 years and older), the lowest recorded marriage rate in 120 years. From 1890-1970, the marriage rate was characterized by undulating fluctuations, with peaks in 1920 and 1950. Since 1970, the marriage rate has declined precipitously, falling by almost 60%. For more information on changing U.S. trends in marriage, see the most recent Family Profile, Marriage: More Than a Century of Change.
Change in Marriage Rate in the U.S., 1890-2011
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Note: Data for Alaska and Hawaii begin in 1959 and 1960, respectively.
Sources: The 1890-1960 data come from the National Vital Statistics "100 Years of Marriage and Divorce Statistics United States, 1867-1967" Report. The 1970, 1980, and 1990 data come from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention/National Center for Health Statistics. The 2000 data come from the National Center for Health Statistics, CDC and the U.S. Census Bureau, Decennial Census, 2000. The 2011 data come from the U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011.
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NCFMR/BGSU Research Affiliate Part of Team to Receive Three-Year Grant
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Ray Swisher (center), Jorge Chavez, and Danielle Kuhl
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Congratulations to Ray Swisher, NCFMR/BGSU Research Affiliate & Associate Professor, Jorge Chavez, Professor, and Danielle Kuhl, Assistant Professor, for garnering an NIH R15 grant to explore the relationship between neighborhood change and violence in adolescence and early adulthood.
Brown and Lin Earn 2012 IPUMS Research Award  | |
Susan Brown (l)
and I-Fen Lin
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Drs. Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin's research, Unmarried Boomers Confront Old Age: A National Portrait, published in The Gerontologist, earned the duo the 2012 IPUMS Research Award. This prestigious award honors outstanding research, which uses the IPUMS-USA/CPS, IPUMS-International, or IHIS data to explore economic, social, or demographic processes. Their research on the changing union contexts among aging Boomers contributes widely to basic research, public policy, and social commentary. |
What's New at the NCFMR...
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Family Profiles Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families.
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.
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Tera Hurt
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Published in Journal of Family Issues
- Kristin Turney & Christopher Wildeman
If you have written a paper addressing a family issue that aligns with our mission statement and would like for us to consider adding it to the NCFMR Working Paper Series, we welcome submissions for consideration and possible inclusion. You may electronically submit your working papers to ncfmr@bgsu.edu.
Fathers & Fathering in Contemporary Contexts Executive Report and Summary
The executive report summarizes the goals of the conference, describes key findings from the sessions, and outlines directions for future research. The summary provides key findings and implications taken from the conference.
For a full list of NCFMR in the News items and for media links to each item, visit NCFMR in the News.
- Marriage Rate May be Low, but More Weddings Predicted
- Gray Divorces Rising as More Baby Boomers Opt to End Marriages
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- Center for Family and Demographic
 Research - Princeton-Brookings The Future of Children Spring 2013 Journal
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July 2013
Research Funding Available -- Office of Planning, Research, and Evaluation (OPRE)
- Early Care and Education Research Scholars: Child Care Research Scholars
- Child Care Research Partnerships Grants
- Center for Research on Hispanic Children & Families
Link to OPRE through NCFR
ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
Second SessionDates: July 22 - August 16
August 2013
American Sociological Association (ASA) Pre-Convention Courses
- Introduction to Social Network Analysis
- Qualitative Comparative Analysis (OCA) and Fuzzy Sets
- Connecting Micro and Macro Ethnography
Date: August 9
American Sociological Association (ASA) 2013 Annual Meeting
Interrogating Inequality
Dates: August 10-13
Link to ASA
2014 Call for Submissions -- Society for Research on Adolescence (SRA)
Date Due: August 12
International Academy of Family Psychology Conference
Family Collaboration Against Global and Local Crisis
Dates: August 29-September 1
Link to International Academy of Family Psychology, Tokyo Conference
September 2013
Call for Nominations -- John Wiley & Sons Wiley Prize in Family Studies
The Alexis Walker AwardDate Due: September 1 Call for Abstracts -- International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR)
Date Due: September 10
Call for Manuscripts -- Family Science Review Society for Research in Human Development
Strategies for Advancing the Discipline of Family Science and Family Science Programs
Date Due: September 15 Call for Proposals -- NCFR Innovation Grants Program for 2013-2014
Date Due: September 16
Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report Member Magazine
Date Due: September 21
Link to NCFR
Call for Papers -- International Sociological Association (ISA)
Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology
Date Due: September 30
Link to ISA
Call for Applications -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Health & Society Scholars
Date Due: September 30
Link to RWJF
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NCFMR Web Links Home About Us For the Media Resources News Quick Links Contact Us 
NCFMR Team Co-Directors Dr. Susan L. Brown Dr. Wendy D. Manning Social Science Data Analysts Dr. Krista Payne Hsueh-Sheng Wu Technical Writer Lesley Wadsworth Graduate Research Assistants Larry Gibbs Bart Stykes National Advisory Committee Internal Advisory Committee BGSU Research Affiliates |
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The National Center for Family & Marriage Research, established in 2007 by the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) in the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, aims to improve our understanding of how family structure and marriage affect the health and well-being of families, adults, children, and communities and to inform policy development and programmatic responses.
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This project was supported with a grant from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation grant 5 UOI AE00000I-05. The opinions and conclusions expressed herein are solely those of the author(s) and should not be construed as representing the opinions or policy of any agency of the Federal government. |
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