News and Notes -- April 2021

Volume 4 | April 2021

The National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR) was established in 2007 to help improve our understanding of how family structure is linked to the health and well-being of children, adults, families, and communities and to inform policy development and programmatic responses.

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First Marriage and Divorce in the U.S.

Both first marriage and first divorce rates have declined in the U.S. since 2008. After reaching a low of 43.1 in 2013, the first marriage rate rose to 45.3 in 2014 and hovered above 45 through 2017, falling to 43.4 by 2019. In 2018, the first divorce rate reached a 10-year low of 14.9 divorces per 1,000 women in a first marriage, with no change in 2019. First marriages still outnumbered first divorces in 2019, with 1,648,830 women entering a first marriage and 741,163 experiencing a first divorce.

Check out our new Family Profiles on marriage and divorce rates...

First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2019 (FP-21-09)
First Divorce Rate in the U.S., 2019 (FP-21-10)

First Marriage Rate for Never-Married Women 18 and Older, 2008-2019

Source: NCFMR analyses of U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-yr. est., 2019

First Divorce Rate for Women 18 and Older, 2008-2019

Source: NCFMR analyses of American Community Survey 1-year estimates (IPUMS USA University of Minnesota, www.ipums.org), 2009 & 2019

Family Profiles

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families. These profiles examine topics related to the NCFMR's core research themes.

First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2019

FP-21-09

First Divorce Rate in the U.S., 2019

FP-21-10

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NCFMR In the News

NCFMR research topics are wide-ranging and diverse. Our research projects that have garnered national media attention this past month are listed below.

News 5 Cleveland

In-Depth: Local couple has advice after studies show COVID-19 marital stress

13 ABC WTVG

Census 2020: The Midwest's population problem

BG Independent News

Burden of pandemic parenting fell disproportionally onto mothers, researcher reports

EIN Presswire

All’s Fair in Love and COVID: Marriage and Divorce in a Pandemic

Newswise

Married same-sex couples more likely to raise kids over cohabiting ones, according to new BGSU research

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Fast Facts on American Families

NCFMR's Fast Facts collection provides descriptive one-page summaries of our most recent statistics by topic area.

Just in time for Mother's Day!...

Fast Facts on Mothers

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Lin receives BGSU research award

Congratulations to Professor I-Fen Lin who has been honored with the Olscamp Research Award. This award is presented to faculty members who have achieved outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments during the previous three-year period.

Dr. Susan L. Brown, chair of sociology, said Lin had achieved “phenomenal” research productivity over the past three years, and that Lin's leadership in the field and the national recognition she has received are apparent.

Guzzo awarded R03 grant on fertility

Congratulations to Professor Karen Benjamin Guzzo who was recently awarded an R03 grant titled "Consistency of Retrospectively Reported Individual Fertility Data Across Time," sponsored by the NIH Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development.

Guzzo's research investigates fertility and the untested assumption that mothers and fathers are consistent in how they report about past fertility. Her data include the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) and the Toledo Adolescent Relationships Study (TARS).

Just Released

Books

Ajay Chaudry, Taryn Morrissey, Christina Weiland, & Hirokazu Yoshikawa, Russell Sage Foundation

Cradle to Kindergarten: A New Plan to Combat Inequality, 2nd Edition

Jay Fagan & Jessica Pearson, (Eds), Routledge

New Research on Parenting Programs for Low-Income Fathers

Stuart Hall (Eds. Paul Gilroy,Ruth Wilson Gilmore), Duke University Press

Selected Writings on Race and Difference

Gladys J Hildreth Clfe, Page Publishing, Inc.

Leaving No One Behind: How Education Moved an African American Family from the Fields of Poverty to Living the American Dream

Reports and Briefs

Center for Developing Child, Harvard University

Three Principles to Improve Outcomes for Children and Families

Child Trends

National Conference of State Legislatures

Early Childhood Policy

National Council on Family Relations

Transforming Child Welfare: Prioritizing Prevention, Racial Equity, and Advancing Child and Family Well-Being

Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (OPRE)

Promoting Sustainability of Child Care Programs during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Multimedia

Center on the Developing Child

Stress and Resilience: How Toxic Stress Affects Us, and What We Can Do About It

Calendar of Events

May

Call for Letters of Inquiry (LOIs) -- Russell Sage Foundation

LOIs Due: May 4

RSF

Call for Applications -- William T. Grant Foundation

Applications Due: May 5

William T. Grant Foundation

Population Association of America (PAA) 2021 Virtual Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting Dates: May 5-8

PAA

Call for Proposals -- 10CEA Virtual Conference, The Society for the Study of Emerging Adulthood (SSEA)

Well-Being During Emerging Adulthood: Challenges & Opportunities

Proposals Due: May 19

Conference Dates: November 4-6

SSEA

7th Annual Workshop on Formal Demography -- Berkeley Population Center

COVID-19 and Formal Demography

Workshop Dates: May 24-28

Berkeley Population Center

Call for Proposals -- Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR)

Life Course Analysis: Theoretical Perspectives, Methodological Innovations, and Empirical Applications

Proposals Due: May 31

Conference Dates: October 26-27

MPIDR

June

74th Annual Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Program -- Survey Research Center at the Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan

2021 Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques Diversity Fellowship Webinar

Program Dates: June 7- July 30

University of Michigan

PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) Data User Training Workshop (All Virtual) -- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research), University of Michigan

First Four-Week Session: June 21-July 16

ICPSR Summer Program

Fragile Families Summer Data Workshop -- Columbia Population Research Center (CPRC)

Workshop Dates: June 14-18

CPRC

Time Use Data for Health and Well Being Conference -- Maryland Population Research Center (MPRC)

Conference Dates: June 23-25

MPRC

Call for Applications -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)

Visiting Scholar Program

Applications Due: June 24

RSF

July

PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics) Data User Training Workshop (All Virtual) -- ICPSR (Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research), University of Michigan

Second Four-Week Session: July 19-August 13

ICPSR Summer Program

August

2021 ASA Virtual Annual Meeting -- American Sociological Association (ASA)

Emancipatory Sociology: Rising to the Du Boisian Challenge

Annual Meeting Dates: August 6-10

ASA