News and Notes

October 2013

Welcome

The National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), established in 2007 at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), welcomes you to our monthly electronic newsletter News and Notes.

News and Notes aims to inform you about the activities of the NCFMR. We will update you on current research findings and trends, announce training opportunities, and provide registration details for upcoming conferences and workshops.

Living Alone in the U.S., 2011

NCFMR research finds one-person households in the U.S. are currently the second most common household type after married-couple households, representing a 108% increase between 1960 and 2012. A variety of factors contribute to this increase including:

longer life expectancies,
better financial security,
increasing divorce rates among middle-aged to older adults, and
rise in the median age of first marriage and first birth.

Percentage Living Alone by Marital Status, 2011

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2011

Family Profile

Living Alone in the U.S., 2011 (FP-13-18)

What's New at the NCFMR...

Family Profiles

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

Living Alone in the U.S., 2011 (FP-13-18)

NCFMR in the News

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

Marriage As a "Luxury Good": The Class Divide in Who Gets Married and Divorced

Today

Saving Your Retirement From a Divorce

Forbes

What Do You Call the Person You Are Probably Never Going to Marry?: Your fiance
- Slate

Just Released

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Beyond the Numbers: Long-term Employment Over Men's Careers

Barbara Nicholson and Lysa Parker

Attached at the Heart: Eight Proven Parenting Principles for Raising Connected and Compassionate Children

Urban Institute

Kids Share 2013: Federal Expenditures on Children in 2012 and Future Projections

Wendy Wang

Parents' Time with Kids More Rewarding Than Paid Work -- and More Exhausting

Upcoming Events

November 2013

2013 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference
Well-being of Children and Youth in Families and Communities
Dates: November 6-9

Link to NCFR
Link to NCFR Build Your Schedule

Link to register for the "Online NCFR" virtual conference

Fellowships Available -- Centers for Disease Control (CDC) Foundation
Date Due: November 8
Link to NCFR

Writing & Designing NIH Proposals Workshop -- The Grant Training Center (GTC)
Writing Winning Grants for NIH
Dates: November 12-13

Link to GTC

Writing & Designing NSF Proposals Workshop -- The Grant Training Center (GTC)
Writing Winning Grants for NSF
Date: November 14

Link to GTC

Call for Papers -- National Research Center on Grandparents Raising Grandchildren

GrandFamilies: The Contemporary Journal of Research, Practice and Policy
Date Due: November 15

Link to NCFR

Call for Abstracts -- European Population Conference (EPC) 2014
Transitions: Opportunities and Threats
Date Due: November 15

Link to EPC 2014

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

Link to NIH

Association for the Study of the Middle East and Africa (ASMEA) Sixth Annual Conference
Tides of Change: Looking Back and Forging Ahead in the Middle East & Africa
Dates: November 21-23

Link to ASMEA

December 2013

Calls for Special Issues/Sections -- Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
The Motivational Foundations of Prosocial Behavior: A Developmental Perspective
Date Due: December 1

Link to SRCD

Minnesota Council on Family Relations (MCFR) Fall Conference
Promoting Civility
Date: December 6

Link to MCFR

Call for Applications -- Population Association of America
Science and Technology Fellowship Program of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Date Due: December 15

Link to AAAS

January 2014

Call for Papers -- Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC)
Perspectives on Time Use in the U.S.
Date Due: January 15

Link to MPRC Conference Call for Papers
Link to MPRC Workshop Call for Applications

Call for Papers -- Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
Family and Health: Evolving Needs, Responsibilities, and Experiences
Date Due: January 20

Link to NCFR

NCFMR Web Links

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

This project is supported with assistance from Bowling Green State University. From 2007 to 2013 support was also provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation. 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 state or federal government.

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