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Trends in Mothers' Relationship Status: 30 Years of Change
Consistent with McLanahan's (2004) "diverging destinies," the figure below illustrates that from 1980 to 2010, more educated mothers remained overwhelmingly married, whereas among moderately- and less-educated mothers, the shares declined.
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Mothers' Relationship Status by Educational Attainment
Source: Current Population Survey, March Supplement (IPUMS) Family Profile
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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.
- Sylvia Niehuis, Alan Reifman, & Kyung-Hee Lee
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Published in Journal of Family Issues, (in press). Disillusionment in Cohabiting and Married Couples: A National Study. First published online on August 12, 2013 as doi: 10.1177/0192513X13498594 http://jfi.sagepub.com
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.
 NCFMR Survey of Criminal Justice Experience Key recommendations from this report center on the inclusion of (1) multiple indicators of and timing of involvement with the criminal justice system; and (2) conditions of confinement (e.g., probation, jail, prison, detention) as both may contribute to our understanding of the ramifications of incarceration.
For a full list of NCFMR in the News items and for media links to each item, visit NCFMR in the News.
- How Parents Can Adjust to an Empty Nest, Avoid 'Gray Divorce' (WP-13-03) (FP-13-13) (Research Poster)
- Most Americans Don't Want to Live Near Relatives
- Old Brides with Fancy Gowns, Garter Belts, DJs
- Maternal Multipartnered Fertility and Adolescent Well-being (WP-13-04)
- Marriage: More Than a Century of Change (FP-13-13)
NCFMR Welcomes New and Returning Graduate Research Assistants (GRA)
Esther Lamidi joins the NCFMR this fall, while Bart Stykes returns after working summer semester. Both are sociology doctoral students and will help the NCFMR staff build on its extensive collection of Data Resources.
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 Annie E. Casey Foundation Publication Measures Child Well-Being - Alan J. Hawkins
- David Card & Steven Raphael
- Lisa M. Hooper, Luciano L'Abate, Laura G. Sweeney, Giovanna Gianesini, & Peter J. Jankowski
- Maria E. Enchautegui
- Paul C. Rosenblatt and Elizabeth Wieling
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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) Fall International Conference, Las Vegas
Date Due: September 10
Call for Abstracts -- International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) Fall International Conference, New Orleans
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
Early Bird Registration -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference
Date Due: September 19
Call for Applications -- Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF)
Health & Society Scholars
Date Due: September 20
Link to RWJF
NCFR Webinar -- Using the FLE Framework
Date: September 26
Population Association of American (PAA) 2014 Call for Papers
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
International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) Fall International Conference, Las Vegas
Dates: October 7-8
Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood 6th Biennial Conference (SSEA)
Call for Applications -- Center for Family Resilience (CFR) Undergraduate Award
International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) Fall International Conference, New Orleans
Dates: October 14-15
Link to IOSSBRCall for Papers -- Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN)
Changing Work and Family Relationships in a Global Economy
Date Due: October 18
Call for Submissions -- Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
Strengthening Connections among Child and Family Research, Policy, Practice
Date Due: October 30
Funding Opportunity -- National Institutes of Health
NIMHD Social, Behavioral, Health Services, and Policy Research on Minority Health and Health Disparities (R01)Date Due: November 19
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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 Esther Lamidi 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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