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CCF's Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times
Read her thoughts in NYT’s “Stay-at-Home Parents Work Hard. Should They Be Paid?”
New Online Symposium From CCF!
New CCF Brief Report Shows Hiring-Related Gender Discrimination is Hardly a Thing of the Past
Author Jill Yavorsky finds that men and women applying for jobs largely associated with the opposite-sex often face discrimination
CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:
Some for better and some definitely for worse.
Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day
The Population Reference Bureau released a report on time use patterns of married, cohabiting and single mothers based on research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin. Pepin finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms.
CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award
Offered by the Southern Sociological Society, this award honors a record of excellence as a scholar and lecturer. Congratulations, Barbara!
CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award
Offered by the Population Association of America, this award honors a record of sustained research contributions to the study of gender and demography. Congratulations, Jennifer!
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.

CCF's Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times
Read her thoughts in NYT’s “Stay-at-Home Parents Work Hard. Should They Be Paid?”
New Online Symposium From CCF!
New CCF Brief Report Shows Hiring-Related Gender Discrimination is Hardly a Thing of the Past
Author Jill Yavorsky finds that men and women applying for jobs largely associated with the opposite-sex often face discrimination
CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:
Some for better and some definitely for worse.
Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day
The Population Reference Bureau released a report on time use patterns of married, cohabiting and single mothers based on research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin. Pepin finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms.
CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award
Offered by the Southern Sociological Society, this award honors a record of excellence as a scholar and lecturer. Congratulations, Barbara!
CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award
Offered by the Population Association of America, this award honors a record of sustained research contributions to the study of gender and demography. Congratulations, Jennifer!
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.

Featured CCF Member

Jessica Calarco

Assistant Professor of Sociology, Indiana University

Jessica Calarco is an Assistant Professor of Sociology at Indiana University and the author of Negotiating Opportunities: How the Middle Class Secures Advantages in School (Oxford 2018). Her research focuses on children, families, and inequalities. Past projects have linked social class differences in parenting to social class differences in children’s experiences and outcomes in school. […]

Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Children / Economic Inequality / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Transition - Couples to Parenting

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CCF's Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

New Online Symposium From CCF!

New CCF Brief Report Shows Hiring-Related Gender Discrimination is Hardly a Thing of the Past

CCF's Stephanie Coontz Writes About the History of Wedding Traditions for NBC News:

Research by CCF Member Joanna Pepin Featured in PRB Report for Mother's Day

CCF's President, Barbara Risman, Wins the 2019 Distinguished Lectureship Award

CCF's Executive Director, Jennifer Glass, wins the 2019 Harriet B. Presser Award

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

Featured CCF Member

Recent Postings

CCF’s Media Roundup – October 4, 2019

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

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?

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

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

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

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

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

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?

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz on Paying Stay-at-Home Parents in The New York Times

New from CCF: Even Gender Inequality is Unequal

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

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’

Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

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’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