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  • New CCF Fact Sheet Documents Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

    Youngmin Yi and colleagues find that the households of unauthorized immigrants are more complex and experience more instability than other Latino families.

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  • CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

    JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected.

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  • New CCF Brief by Jill Yavorsky Documents Hiring-related Gender Discrimination

    Yavorsky shows that men as well as women experience gender discrimination when they apply for jobs.

    male and female nurses
  • "The divorce fairness issue that Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos don't have to worry about"

    CCF Expert Philip Cohen discusses the consequences of divorce for “regular people” in his new opinion piece for CNN.

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  • CCF Experts featured in "Here are 10 things studies taught us about the family in 2018"

    According to The Deseret News, CCF experts Stephanie Coontz, Daniel Carlson, and David Cotter played a big role in shaping what we learned about the family in 2018.

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  • New CCF Brief Examines Changes in Cohabitation From 1956 to Present

    Kuperberg finds that cohabitation is no longer a countercultural trend, but instead is an unremarkable practice, and often a strategy for the financially insecure.

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  • 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.

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  • New CCF Fact Sheet Documents Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

    family

    Youngmin Yi and colleagues find that the households of unauthorized immigrants are more complex and experience more instability than other Latino families.

  • CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

    couple phones

    JSTOR looks beyond the hype to examine what the “sex recession” is and whether we should be concerned about it. Several CCF experts weighed in on why the fear of a “sex recession” is misdirected.

  • New CCF Brief by Jill Yavorsky Documents Hiring-related Gender Discrimination

    male and female nurses

    Yavorsky shows that men as well as women experience gender discrimination when they apply for jobs.

  • "The divorce fairness issue that Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos don't have to worry about"

    Divorce

    CCF Expert Philip Cohen discusses the consequences of divorce for “regular people” in his new opinion piece for CNN.

  • CCF Experts featured in "Here are 10 things studies taught us about the family in 2018"

    holding hands

    According to The Deseret News, CCF experts Stephanie Coontz, Daniel Carlson, and David Cotter played a big role in shaping what we learned about the family in 2018.

  • New CCF Brief Examines Changes in Cohabitation From 1956 to Present

    Kuperberg_Cohab_Fig 1

    Kuperberg finds that cohabitation is no longer a countercultural trend, but instead is an unremarkable practice, and often a strategy for the financially insecure.

  • CCF Presents Online Symposium: Gender Matters

    brick wall

    Gender matters, now more than ever, because it structures every aspect of life. And we benefit from knowing how it matters.

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    February 17, 2019

Featured CCF Member

Robert Emery

Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

Robert Emery, Ph.D. is Professor of Psychology and Director of the Center for Children, Families, and the Law at the University of Virginia. His research focuses on family relationships and children’s mental health, including parental conflict, divorce, mediation, child custody, family violence, and associated legal and policy issues. He has authored over 125 scientific publications, […]

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Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Family Law / Loss & Resiliency within Families / Marriage & Divorce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Step-Families
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Recent Postings

Steve Mintz’s Weekly Briefing

  • CCF’s Weekly Media Roundup by Steve Mintz, February 18, 2019

    February 18, 2019

Economic Inequality

  • New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

    January 16, 2019
  • Community College Students Want to Use More Effective Birth Control Methods But Can’t Always Get What They Want

    May 16, 2018
  • Is Dropping out of High School More Likely after Stressful Life Events?

    May 16, 2018

Gender & Sexuality

  • New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

    January 16, 2019
  • Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    January 16, 2019
  • Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    January 16, 2019

Work & Family

  • Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    January 16, 2019
  • Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    January 16, 2019
  • The Parenthood “Happiness Penalty”: The Effects of Social Policies in 22 Countries

    May 15, 2018

Health & Illness

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

    June 19, 2018
  • The Impact of the Zika Epidemic on Women’s Reproductive Intentions and Behaviors in Brazil

    May 16, 2018
  • What are the Effects of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Depression and Thoughts of Death on Their Children’s Level of Parental Connectedness?

    May 16, 2018

Public Policy

  • New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

    January 16, 2019
  • Hiring-related Discrimination: Sexist Beliefs and Expectations Hurt both Women’s and Men’s Career Options

    January 16, 2019
  • Three Q: Per Coontz, Equality Is an agenda for all working people, not just feminists.

    January 16, 2019

Aging

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

    June 19, 2018
  • Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

    May 16, 2018
  • For a Limited Time Only: Josh Coleman is ‘On the Air’ with ‘Knowledge@Wharton’

    March 29, 2016

Race, Ethnicity & Culture

  • Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

    February 7, 2019
  • Parenting Patterns, Racial Discrimination, and African American Adolescents’ Psychological and Academic Outcomes

    May 16, 2018
  • Black Deaths Matter: A Conceptual Framework for Understanding Racial Disparities in Relationship Loss and Health

    May 16, 2018

Singles & Dating

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

    April 20, 2018
  • The Date’s not Dead after all: New Findings on Hooking Up, Dating and Romantic Relationships in College

    February 10, 2016
  • Renowned expert on the meaning of marriage, Stephanie Coontz, opines for the WP

    February 10, 2016

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