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News and Notes
Winter 2017
Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.

In 2015, there were about two marriages for every divorce in the United States (marriage-to-divorce ratio). As shown in the NCFMR profile, Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2015 (FP-17-01), the ratio ranges from a high of 3.9 (Hawaii) to a low of 1.4 (Wyoming).

 

New at the NCFMR

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal of providing the latest analysis of U.S. families. 
  • Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2015
Resources by Topic
The NCFMR supports innovative research on families and produces many data products by topic using a wide range of data resources. We recently added two new topics to our compilation.
A full list of national news items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News. 
Marriage & divorce remain popular topics for analysis
Top 5 Family Profiles of 2016

NCFMR Family Profiles focus on the latest trends in American families. Our five most popular profiles of 2016 are listed below.


  1. FP-16-21
    Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2015
     
  2. FP-16-22
    Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2015
  3. FP-16-01
    Divorce Timing and Economic Well-being
  4. FP-16-18
    First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2014
  5. FP-16-12
    Attitudes towards Marital Infidelity

 

  
Manning Begins Term as President Elect of PAA

Wendy Manning's term as President Elect of the Population Association of America commenced January 1. Her key duties include organizing the 2018 annual meeting and delivering the 2018 Presidential Address.


Just Released

Books

Briefs and Reports

Data

January 2017


Call for Applications -- 2017 ICPSR Research Paper Competitions
Date Due: January 31
Link to ICPSR

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

Call for Papers -- Russell Sage Foundation
Early Career Behavioral Economics Conference (ECBE)
Date Due: January 31
Conference Dates: June 16 - 17
Link to RSF


February 2017


Call for Proposals -- 2017 Groves Conference on Marriage and Family
Post-Racial No More: Race, Realities and Resources of Ethnic Minority Families and Social Movements
Date Due: February 1
Conference Dates: June 4 - 9
Link to Groves

Call for Papers -- Submissions for Special Issue of the Journal of Family Theory & Review (JFTR)
Military/Veteran-Connected Families: Advances in Theory & Methodology
Date Due: February 1
Link to NCFR

Call for Submissions -- Panel Study of Income Dynamics Annual User Conference 2017
PSID's 50th Anniversary
Date Due: February 6
Conference Dates: September 14 - 15
Link to PSID

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Webinar
What Family Law Professionals Need to Know About Self-Represented Litigants
Date: February 8
Link to AFCC

Call for Papers -- American Psychological Association
Advances in Methods and Measurement in Family Psychology
Date Due: February 10
Link to APA

Call for Nominations -- IPUMS Research Awards
Date Due: February 13
Link to University of Minnesota, Minnesota Population Center

Call for Submissions -- 18th European Association of Developmental Psychology (EADP)
Developmental Psychology
Date Due: February 13
Conference Dates: August 29 - September 1
Link to EADP

Call for Applications -- Russell Sage Foundation
Summer Institute in Social-Science Genomics
Date Due: February 13
Conference Dates: June 11 - 23
Link to RSF

Call for Articles -- NCFR Summer 2017 Family Focus
Sleep 

Date Due:
February 15
Link to NCFR Report Magazine

Travel Award Applications -- Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA)
Emerging Adults as Change-Makers Around the World
Date Due: February 15
Conference Dates: November 2 - 4
Link to SSEA

Call for Applications -- Russell Sage Foundation
Summer Institute in Computational Social Science
Date Due: February 17
Conference Dates: June 18 - July 1
Link to RSF


March


Call for Proposals -- SSEA 2017
Emerging Adults as Change-Makers Around the World
Date Due: March 1
Link to SSEA

Call for Proposals -- 2017 NCFR Annual Conference
Families as Catalysts: Shaping Neurons, Neighborhoods, and Nations
Date Due: March 1
Conference Dates: November 15 - 17
Link to NCFR 

Association of Family and Conciliation Courts (AFCC) Annual Conference
Turning the Kaleidoscope of Family Conflict into a Prism of Harmony
Early Bird Deadline: March 6
Conference Dates: May 31 - June 3
Link to AFCC

Center for Family & Demographic Research (CFDR) Spring Symposium
Boomers to Millennials: Generational Divides Across the Lifecourse
Date: March 16


NCFMR Web Links

NCFMR Team

















Co-directors
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
Lydia Anderson
Kasey Eickmeyer
Paul Hemez
Huijing Wu

BGSU Research Affiliates

 
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