Bowling Green State University
 
CFDR and NCFMR Sponsor 2014 Spring Symposium 
Same-Sex Couples: Frontiers in Measurement and Analysis 
     
Three distinguished scholars presented at the Same-Sex Couples: Frontiers in Measurement and Analysis symposium on the campus of Bowling Green State University March 26. The following guest speakers discussed their research findings and reflected on the challenges and opportunities related to new research on same-sex couples.

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  • Esther Rothblum, Professor of Women's Studies, San Diego State University
    • Challenges and Opportunities in Studying the Longest "Legal" Same-Sex Couples in North America 
  • Debra Umberson, Centennial Professor in Liberal Arts and Professor of Sociology, University of Texas at Austin
    • Marital Dynamics and Health: Gay, Lesbian and Heterosexual Couples 
  • Gary J. Gates, Williams Distinguished Scholar at The Williams Institute, UCLA School of Law
    • Measuring Same-Sex Couples in US Census Bureau Data: Challenges and Solutions

You may view the Webcasts that are available on the CFDR and NCFMR websites. 

 
Two Decades of Stability and Change in Age at First Union

Over the past two decades, the median age of women's first marriage and first cohabitation has diverged. While the age at first marriage has increased by three years, the median age of women's first cohabitation has remained relatively stable. This stability in age at cohabitation is evident despite a near doubling in the proportion of women who report ever cohabiting, increasing from 33% in the mid-80s to 63% in the late-2000s. For more information, see the latest publication by NCFMR Co-Directors and research staff Manning, Brown, and Payne, "Two Decades of Stability and Change in Age at First Union," in the
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Family Profiles
Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal of providing the latest analysis of U.S. families.

  • FP-14-05
    • Trends in Births to Single and Cohabiting Mothers, 1980-2009
  • FP-14-04 
    • Trends in Motherhood Before First Marriage  
  • FP-14-03 
    • Demographic Profile of Same-Sex Couple Households with Minor Children, 2012 
  • FP-14-02 
    • Healthy Marriage Initiative Spending and U.S. Marriage & Divorce Rates, a State-level Analysis

Question Crosswalks
Spreadsheets catalogue measures of sexual behavior, identity, and coresidence to identify and research same-sex individuals and households across large national data sets.

Working Papers 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.
  • WP-10-02 
    • Tera R. Hurt. First published in October 2010. Toward a Deeper Understanding of the Meaning of Marriage Among Black Men.
      • Hurt, T.R. Black men and the decision to marry. (in press). Marriage & Family Review.
      • Hurt, T.R., McElroy, S.E., Sheats, K.J., Landor, A., & Bryant, C.M. (2013). Married Black men's opinions as to why Black women are disproportionately single. Personal Relationships, 21(1), 88-109.
      • Hurt, T.R. (2013). Toward a deeper understanding of the meaning of marriage among Black men. Journal of Family Issues, 34(7), 859-884. doi: 10.1177/0192513X12451737

 

NCFMR in the News 

 A full list of NCFMR in the News items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News. 
  • The New York Times 
    • Opponents of Same-Sex Marriage Take Bad-for-Children Argument to Court
  • Chicago Tribune 
    • Attachment Theory Connects Just as Well for Married Couple
 
Just Released

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  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Calendar of Events

April 2014

Utah Council on Family Relations 2014 Conference
Transitions in Family Life
Date: April 4
Link to NCFR

Call for Applications -- Training Institute for Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health (TIDIRH)
Date Due: April 6
Link to TIDIRH

Call for Applications -- Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC)
Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop 2014
Date Due: April 6 (extended deadline)
Link to CPRC

Call for Papers -- Aging and Society: Fourth Interdisciplinary Conference
Diversity in Aging
Date Due: April 8
Link to Aging & Society

IOSSBR 2014 Spring International Conference
Dates: April 10-11
Link to IOSSBR Atlantic City Conference

Request for Applications -- Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research (ICPSR) Scholarships
Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
Date Due: April 15 (extended deadline)
Link to ICPSR

Writing & Designing NSF Proposals Workshop
Date: April 14
Link to Grant Training Center (GTC)

Northwest Council on Family Relations 2014 Spring Conference
Families and Health
Dates: April 24 & 25
Link to NCFR

Call for Applications -- Regulating Intimacy Graduate Symposium
Beyond Sex
Date Due: April 30
Link to Regulating Intimacy

Population Association of America (PAA) 2014 Annual Meeting
Dates: April 30 - May 3
Link to PAA
Link to Preliminary Program
Link to BGSU Presenters at the PAA


May 2014

Call for Papers -- Special Issue of the Journal Psychology and Sexual Orientation and Gender Diversity
Resilience in Minority Stress of Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals and Transgender People
Date Due: May 1
Link to American Psychological Association


June 2014

12th Global Conference on Ageing
Health, Security and Community
Dates: June 10 - 13
Link to International Federation on Ageing

Fragile Families (FF) Summer Data Workshop 2014
Dates: June 11 - 13
Link to FF

Call for Papers -- 5th International Conference on New Horizons in Education INTE 2014
Dates Due...
Proposal & Abstract: June 13
Full Article: June 16
Registration Fee: June 16
Link to INTE

2014 Education and STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) -- Hawaii University International Conferences
Dates:- June 16 - 18
Link to Hawaii University International Conferences

Summit on Working Families -- Hosted by the White House, U.S. Department of Labor, and Center for American Progress
Date: June 23
Link to Center for American Progress

International Conference on New Horizons in Education (INTE)
Dates: June 25 - 27
Link to INTE

2014 Add Health Users Conference
Dates: June 26 & 27
Link to Carolina Population Center
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Codirectors
Dr. Susan L. Brown
Dr. Wendy D. Manning

Social Science Data Analysts
Dr. Krista K. Payne
Hsueh-Sheng Wu

Technical Writer
Lesley Wadsworth

Graduate Research Assistants
Esther Lamidi
Bart Stykes

Internal Advisory Committee

BGSU Research Affiliates
 
National Center of Family and Marriage Research