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October 2016
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Data Reveals Uptick in Marriage Rate

The first marriage rate (defined as the number of first marriages per 1,000 unmarried women 15 and over) declined from 49.8 in 2008 to 45.3 in 2014. Despite the overall decline, the first marriage rate showed an uptick from 2013, when the first marriage rate was 43.1. The first marriage rate in 2014 was the highest that it has been since 2010. Check out the full profile, First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2014 (FP-16-18).


First Marriage Rate for Women 18 and Older, 2008-2014
Source: American Community Survey, 1-yr estimates, 2008-2014

New at the NCFMR

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal of providing the latest analysis of U.S. families. 
  • First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2014
  • First Divorce Rate in the U.S., 2014
  • Cohabitation in Middle and Later life
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A full list of NCFMR news items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News.  
  • The negative effects of divorce on older women
  • The Gray Gender Gap: Older Women Are Likelier to Go It Alone
  • Memo to divorcing boomers: Watch your assets

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November 2016

Call for Manuscripts -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) 2017 Family Focus
'Doing Family' from a Distance
General Topic Due: November 1
Submissions Due: November 15
Link to NCFR 

Call for Proposals -- Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID)
Small Grants for Research Using PSID Data
Date Due: November 1
Link to PSID

2016 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Annual Conference

Dates: November 2 - 5 
Call for Papers -- Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics
Special Journal Issue on Family Ethics
Date Due: November 7
Link to Nordic Journal of Applied Ethics

Call for Proposals -- 36th Annual Oklahoma Council on Family Relations (OKCFR) Conference
The Business of Building Healthy Families
Date Due: November 11
Conference Date: April 7
 
Call for Papers -- Texas Council on Family Relations (TXCFR) 2017 Conference
Promoting Healthy Families: Financial Literacy
Conference Papers Due: November 15
Student Research Papers Due: December 15
Conference Dates: March 23 - 24 
Call for Papers -- Resilience Research Centre
Pathways to Resilience IV: Global South Perspectives
Date Due: November 15
Conference Dates: June 14 - 16, 2017

24th Annual Parenting Awareness Michigan (PAM) Conference for East Lansing, MI

Date: November 18
Call for Manuscripts -- Journal of Social Sciences (JSS)
Special Issue on Urbanization and Poverty Reduction
Date Due: November 30
Link to JSS

National Institutes of Health (NIH) Webinars
8 Ways to Successfully Navigate NIH Peer Review and Get an R01 Grant
NIH Peer Review Briefing for Basic Research Applicants and Reviewers
Register by: November 30
Link to NIH

Call for Proposals -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)
Computational Social Science
Date Due: November 30

December 2016


Call for Papers - Special Issue: J ournal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work
Intergenerational Relationships and Well-Being of East Asian Older Adults in Migrant Families
Date Due: December 1
Special Issue Call for Papers -- Journal of Family Theory & Review
Family Theory: Past, Present, Future
Date Due: December 1
Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Webinar
Challenging Issues in Parenting Coordination
Date: December 14
Link to AFCC

Call for Applications -- The Society for Research in Child Development (SRCD)
SRCD Fellowship Class, 2017-2018
Date Due: December 15
Link to SRCD

Call for Proposals -- Southeastern Council on Family Relations 2017 Conference
Research in the Wild: Application of Family and Social Science Research
Date Due: December 15
Conference Dates: March 16 - 18, 2017
Link to SECFR

Call for Papers -- Childlessness (Routledge, 2018)
The Joys of Otherhood? Feminist perspectives on voluntary and involuntary childlessness
Date Due: December 18 (All day)
Link to nataliesappleton.com

Call for Manuscripts -- Journal of Social Sciences (JSS)
Special Issue on Unemployment and Employment
Date Due: December 29
Call for Applications -- Society for Applied Anthropology
Research Award for Students in Applied Social, Behavioral Sciences
Date Due: December 31
January 2017

2017 Population and Public Policy Conference -- Hobby School of Public Affairs 
Dates: January 6 - 8 
Call for Papers -- Journal of Family Theory & Review
Revisioning Family Theories: Centering Race & Ethnicity
Date Due: January 15 
Link to NCFR

Call for Proposals -- 2017 Family Science Association Conference
The Scholarship of Teaching and Learning in Family Science
Date Due: January 15
Conference Dates: June 12 - 13
Link to Family Science Association

Call for Papers -- Contemporary Perspectives in Family Research
Dating, Mating, and Coupling
Date Due: January 31
Link to CPFR 


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