News and Notes

September 2014

Marriage Rate Remains at 40-Year Low

In 2013, nearly 2.2 million women married, representing 3.1% of unmarried women aged 15 and older. This percentage corresponds to a marriage rate of 31 women per 1,000 unmarried women 15 years and older, a continuation of a 40-year low observed in 2011. The latest NCFMR profile examines state variation in women's marriage rate highlighting changes over the past two years. For more information, please see the new Family Profile:

Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2013.

Marriage Rate in the U.S., 1970-2013

Sources:

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 Census Bureau, Census 2000. The 2008, 2011, and 2013 data come from the Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2008, 2011 and 2013.

Benjamin Guzzo Receives NIH Grant Award

BGSU Associate Sociology Professor Karen Benjamin Guzzo, with her colleagues Sarah Hayford (Arizona State) and Jennifer Barber and Yasamin Kusunoki (both University of Michigan)

received an R01 grant award from The Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Center for Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) for their project Distal Determinants of Disparities in Unintended Fertility. Benjamin Guzzo and her colleagues are examining the factors that contribute to race-ethnic variation in unintended fertility. The research team is looking at differences in attitudes, knowledge, and motivation across groups, how these factors contribute to behaviors linked to unintended childbearing, and ultimately how to better target interventions.

Rinelli McClain Top 3 Finalist for Best Research Article by New Professional

Congratulations to BGSU PhD Lauren (Rinelli) McClain (Assistant Professor of Sociology at Western Kentucky University and former NCFMR Graduate Research Fellow) and Al DeMaris! Their 2013 Fathering article, A better deal for cohabiting fathers? Union status differences in father involvement, was selected as a Top 3 finalist for the 2013 "Best Research Article by a New Professional" award for research advancing scholarship on men by the NCFR Men in Families Focus Group.

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.

Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2013 (FP-14-15)

NCFMR in the News

A full list of NCFMR in the News items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News.

Why Less Educated Women Struggle in the U.S. Labor Market -- And How We Can Help More of Them Opt In

Scholars Strategy Network

Marriage rates are down...way down

GOPUSA

Grandparenting isn't what it used to be

Deseret News

newswise

Just Released

Briefs

Child Trends

Knowing the Numbers: Accessing and Using Welfare Data

Rand Corporation

What to Do About Dementia? Policy Options for Crucial Long-Term Care

Data

U.S. Census Bureau

Reports

Bureau of Labor Statistics

National Longitudinal Surveys

World Health Organization (WHO)

Preventing suicide: A global imperative

Publications

Administration for Children & Families

Strengthening Families Curriculum Resource Guide

Calendar of Events

October

Honors Student Recognition Program -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Applications Due: October 1
Link to NCFR

Mid-Atlantic Council on Family Relations 2014 Conference
Mental Health Parity: Implications for Family Policy
Date: October 2
Link to NCFR

Call for Papers -- European Scientific Institute (ESI) 2nd Global Multidisciplinary e-Conference 2014

Date Due: October 10

Link to ESI

International Organization of Social Science and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR)

Las Vegas Fall Conference

Dates: October 13 - 14

San Antonio Fall Conference

Call for Abstracts Date Due: October 15

Conference Dates: November 3 - 4

Link to IOSSBR

22nd Annual Symposium on Family Issues -- Population Research Institute @ Penn State

Gender and Couple Relationships

Dates: October 13 - 14
Link to Population Research Institute

Public Policies and the Lives of Mothers -- Mom-mentum (formally the National Association of Mothers' Centers)
Date: October 15
Link to Mothers' Center of Greater Toledo

Call for Papers -- Eastern Sociological Society
Crossing Borders
Date Due: October 15
Link to Eastern Sociological Society

Call for Studies -- Mathematica Policy Research
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Evidence Review
Date Due: October 24
Link to HHS

November

Free Webinar Series -- The University of Minnesota Extension and North Dakota Extension
Youth Development Brown Bag Webinar Series
Dates: November 12, January 14, March 11, & May 13
Link to U of M Extension

2014 NCFR Annual Conference
Dates: November 19 - 22
Link to NCFR Conference Blog

International Organization of Social Science and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) San Antonio Fall Conference
Dates: November 3 - 4
Link to IOSSBR

December

Call for Applications -- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
2015-2017 Cohort David E. Bell Postdoctoral Fellowship Program
Date Due: December 1
Link to Harvard School of Public Health

Call for Papers -- Special Issue on Working with Military Families
Contemporary Family Therapy: An International Journal
Date Due: December 1
Link to Springer

Summit on Military-to-Civilian Transition
Service Member to Civilian: A National Summit on Improving Transitions
Dates: December 1 - 3
Link to The University of Alabama