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Half of U.S. Children Live in Nuclear Families
In 2009, almost two-thirds (64.5%) of children lived with married parents. Although children living in married parent families may experience a wide range of family and household living arrangements, including residing with biological and stepparents, full, half or step siblings, or other related or unrelated household members. The traditional nuclear family consists of two married parents who are both biologically related to all children in the family, and no one else is living in their home. In other words, the child is only living with his or her married biological parents and full siblings. In 2009, half (50.8%) of children in the U.S. were living in a traditional nuclear family. We have witnessed a relatively modest 12% decline over a 13 year period. In 1996, 56% of children were in traditional nuclear families. Children's Living Arrangements
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Source: 2008 Panel of the Survey of Income and Program Participation (SIPP) Wave II Topical Module.
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Brown Appointed Chair of BGSU Sociology Department Congratulations to Dr. Susan L. Brown, NCFMR Co-Director and BGSU Sociology Professor, who was recently appointed Chair of the BGSU Department of Sociology. Brown replaces Dr. Gary Lee who stepped down after 17 years as Chair. |
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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.
Most Read Articles in June 2013
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Susan L. Brown & I-Fen Lin
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 [email protected].
Family Complexity, Poverty, and Public Policy
The Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP) and National Center for Family & Marriage Research co-organized a multidisciplinary research and policy conference, which took place on July 11 and 12, 2013. The first day of the conference focused on what is known, incorporating information on the ways complexity is linked to poverty and inequality. Commissioned papers were presented by experts in demography, economics, sociology, psychology, family studies, and social work and will be included in The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science. The second day of the conference focused on the relationship between family complexity and social policies affecting families with children.
You may view a webinar and PowerPoint slides, "The Implications of Complex Families for Poverty Policy," which were presented by Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer in September 2012.
For a full list of NCFMR in the News items and for media links to each item, visit NCFMR in the News.
- With Age Comes Wisdom?
- Smell the Coffee: 'Normal' Family No Longer the Norm
- Marriage: More Than a Century Of Change
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Center for Family and Demographic Research (CFDR)
- Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) HealthView Data Library HealthLandscape
- Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics
- Routledge
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August 2013
2013 American Psychological Association (APA) Annual Convention
Dates: July 31-August 4
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 1
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 -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Innovation Grants Program
Date Due: September 16
Call for Applications -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Health & Society Scholars
Date Due: September 20
Link to RWJF
Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report Member Magazine
Aging
Date Due: September 21
Link to NCFR
Call for Papers -- Population Association of America (PAA)
Date Due: September 27
Call for Papers -- International Sociological Association (ISA) Facing an Unequal World: Challenges for Global Sociology Date Due: September 30 Link to ISA October 2013
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood 6th Biennial Conference (SSEA)
Emerging Adulthood
Dates: October 9-11
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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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