Council on Contemporary Families

CCF Presents Online Symposium: Gender Matters
Gender matters, now more than ever, because it structures every aspect of life. And we benefit from knowing how it matters.
Families Belong Together
A deluge of people who study and work with families, many of them among Council on Contemporary Families members, have joined scholars in other organizations to express concern and alarm about the family separation policy. We are sharing a statement on behalf of the 926 cosigning family scholars around the country.
CCF's Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups
They find that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8.5 men in college whose most recent hookup was with a same-sex partner identify as straight.
CCF Members Joanna Pepin and Fenaba Addo Quoted in The Atlantic
Pepin and Addo weigh in on why more married millennials are keeping separate bank accounts.
Recap of 2018 CCF Conference!
The 2018 CCF Conference “Conceiving American Families in the 21st Century: Reproductive Policies, Practices, and Technologies” was on March 2, 2018. Click here for access to slides and video recordings!

CCF Presents Online Symposium: Gender Matters
Gender matters, now more than ever, because it structures every aspect of life. And we benefit from knowing how it matters.
Families Belong Together
A deluge of people who study and work with families, many of them among Council on Contemporary Families members, have joined scholars in other organizations to express concern and alarm about the family separation policy. We are sharing a statement on behalf of the 926 cosigning family scholars around the country.
CCF's Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups
They find that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8.5 men in college whose most recent hookup was with a same-sex partner identify as straight.
CCF Members Joanna Pepin and Fenaba Addo Quoted in The Atlantic
Pepin and Addo weigh in on why more married millennials are keeping separate bank accounts.
Recap of 2018 CCF Conference!
The 2018 CCF Conference “Conceiving American Families in the 21st Century: Reproductive Policies, Practices, and Technologies” was on March 2, 2018. Click here for access to slides and video recordings!

Featured CCF Member

Sandra Hofferth

Professor, University of Maryland

Sandra L. Hofferth is Professor, Department of Family Science, School of Public Health, and Director, Maternal and Child Health Program. She is the former co-director of the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics and founding Director of its Child Development Supplement. Her research focuses on American children’s use of time; poverty, food insecurity, public assistance, […]

Topics of Expertise: Children / Health & Illness / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Transition - Adolescents to Adulthood / Work & Family

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CCF Presents Online Symposium: Gender Matters

Families Belong Together

CCF's Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups

CCF Members Joanna Pepin and Fenaba Addo Quoted in The Atlantic

Recap of 2018 CCF Conference!

Featured CCF Member

Recent Postings

CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, August 15, 2018

Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?

Cohabitating Couples With Lower Education Levels Marry Less. Is This Because They Do Not Want To?

Same-Sex Couples Devote More Attention to End-of-Life Plans than Heterosexual Couples

Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems

Perceptions of Shared Power, Gender Conformity, and Marital Quality in Same- and Different-Sex Marriages

The Parenthood “Happiness Penalty”: The Effects of Social Policies in 22 Countries

CCF BRIEF: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

CCF ADVISORY: On August 26, 2017, Women’s Equality Day Turns 44

Transgender Youth Allowed to Use Their Chosen Name Have Fewer Mental Health Problems

The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

What are the Effects of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children’s Level of Parental Connectedness?

Who Goes to Jail for Child Support Debt?

Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

The Impact of Information about Abortion Safety on Texas Voters’ Opinions about Restrictive Laws

Same-Sex Couples Devote More Attention to End-of-Life Plans than Heterosexual Couples

Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

For a Limited Time Only: Josh Coleman is ‘On the Air’ with ‘Knowledge@Wharton’

Parenting Patterns, Racial Discrimination, and African American Adolescents’ Psychological and Academic Outcomes

Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

CCF ADVISORY: Debra Umberson reports on African-Americans’ much greater exposure to the early death of close family members

CCF’s Kuperberg and Walker Publish New Research on College Hookups

The Date’s not Dead after all: New Findings on Hooking Up, Dating and Romantic Relationships in College

Renowned expert on the meaning of marriage, Stephanie Coontz, opines for the WP