In her Op-Ed for NBC News, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the origins of gendered wedding traditions and possible implications for marital satisfaction. Coontz writes, “couples looking for happiness in the years after their wedding day might consider updating old ceremonies, or crafting new ones, that reinforce their commitment to […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
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. This researched was published last year in Demography and finds that married and cohabiting mothers do more housework than single moms. “Being in a partnership appears to […]
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. For example, Daniel Carlson explains how the amount of sex is not strongly linked to how satisfied you are with […]
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
In a new opinion piece for CNN, CCF Expert Philip Cohen reflects on the divorce of Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos and sheds light on the burden divorce places on regular people. Cohen says: “We don’t need to worry about the Bezoses. But we should worry about two things: First, no one should be able to […]
According to The Deseret News, CCF experts played a big role in shaping what we learned about the family in 2018 (“Here are 10 things studies taught us about the family in 2018”). CCF Director of Public Education, Stephanie Coontz, wrote a piece for The New York Times that informed the (shrinking) role of marriage in the […]
In her piece for Harvard Business Review, CCF Director of Research and Public Education, Stephanie Coontz, writes about a pernicious form of nostalgia – a collective nostalgia that involves people identifying more closely with their own group and judging members of other groups more negatively. Coontz writes, “When such nostalgia gets politicized, it can lead […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
New research by CCF Board Member, Arielle Kuperberg, published with CCF Member Alicia Walker in the Archives of Sexual Behavior examines heterosexual college students who hook up with same-sex partners. This research, featured in Marie Claire, finds that 1 in 4 women and 1 in 8.5 men in college whose most recent hookup was with a […]
Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / Singles & Dating / Transition - Adolescents to AdulthoodNew research by CCF members Daniel Carlson and David Cotter is featured in the Deseret News. Carlson and Cotter presented two new reports to CCF about gender differences in household work and attitudes about gender equality.
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Feminism & Families / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family LifeIn an opinion piece for the New York Times, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz writes about the importance of cultivating “the skills of successful singlehood.” These skills are just as important for people who are married as for people who will never marry. According to Coontz, “Marriage can provide a bounty of […]
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage
The third week of September is Unmarried and Single Americans week. In a new opinion piece for CNN, CCF Director of Research Stephanie Coontz reflects on the changes in perceptions, trends, and outcomes related to unmarried Americans. Citing research from Bella DePaula, Coontz says that unmarried and single people lead happy and health lives. “We […]
In a letter to The Wall Street Journal, Ivanka Trump defended the Trump administration’s proposed family leave program, stating that it is not an “entitlement” program, but an “investment” in working families. In a new opinion piece for CNN, CCF Director of Research Stephanie Coontz takes a look at Ivanka Trump’s claims and concludes that, […]
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / TANF & Public Assistance
CCF President Barbara Risman weighs in on recent findings that millennials want more traditional gender roles at home in a recent article in the GoodCall. Despite these findings, Risman says that millennials are not more conservative than previous generations when it comes to roles in a family. “There are no traditionalists, as defined as people […]
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Feminism & Families
CCF members Daniel Carlson and Amanda Miller respond to new research on declining sexual frequency among American couples. In their Op-ed, they debunk four common myths about couples’ sex lives, highlighting important factors that predict sexual frequency and relationship satisfaction. Read the Op-ed on CNN here.
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
Michelle Janning’s recent release, The Stuff of Family Life, offers a timely look at how modern society and technology shapes our relationships and our lives. Like an archaeologist studying ancient civilizations through the things they left behind, Janning excavates contemporary life through our houses and possessions, from childhood stuffed animals and security blankets to retirement […]
Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life
AUSTIN, Texas — Black Americans are more likely than whites to experience the loss of a parent during childhood and to be exposed to multiple close family member deaths by mid-life, according to a study at the Population Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin. These losses are likely to be damaging to […]
Topics of Expertise: African American Families
