September 16, 2015; The U.S. Census Bureau’s report on income, poverty and health insurance coverage, released today, reflects the continued uncertainty for U.S. families that has persisted since the Great Recession. Year-to-year changes in most trends were modest or not statistically significant—except in the case of health insurance coverage—but the longer-term trends are important. Specifically: […]
Topics of Expertise: Economic Inequality / Health Care
What Happens When Couples Marry after the First Baby? A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Kelly Musick, Cornell University and Katherine Michelmore, University of Michigan September 16, 2015 One of the consistent findings of sociological research in recent decades has been that couples who had a child before getting […]
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce
Gender Revolution and the Restabilization of Family Life A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Frances Goldscheider, College Park Professor of Family Science, University of Maryland August 26 is Women’s Equality Day. Established in 1971, the day commemorates passage of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote. […]
Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Division of Labor in Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family
Dating Partners Don’t Always Prefer “Their Own Kind”: Some Multiracial Daters Get Bonus Points in the Dating Game A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Celeste Curington, University of Massachusetts-Amherst, Ken-Hou Lin, University of Texas at Austin, and Jennifer Lundquist, University of Massachusetts Amherst July 1, 2015 Despite growing approval of […]
Topics of Expertise: Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Singles & Dating
Remarriage in the United States: If at first they don’t succeed, do most Americans “try, try again”? A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Wendy Manning, Bowling Green State University June 2, 2015 Wedding season is here again, and for many couples that is literally true. In 2013, 40 percent of […]
Topics of Expertise: Step-Families
The Origin of Gender Inequalities in Dual-Earner, College Educated Couples: The Division of Labor at the Transition to Parenthood A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Jill Yavorsky, Claire Kamp Dush, and Sarah Schoppe-Sullivan, The Ohio State University May 7, 2015 In a dramatic […]
The Continuing “Gender Revolution” in Housework and Care: Evidence from Long-term Time-use Trends A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Oriel Sullivan (University of Oxford), Jonathan Gershuny (University of Oxford) and John Robinson (University of Maryland) May 7, 2015 As women entered the paid […]
Topics of Expertise: Work & FamilyThe Complexities of Interpreting Changing Household Patterns A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Liana C. Sayer, University of Maryland May 7, 2015 Introduction. Despite substantial increases in married mothers’ employment and the expressed desire of the majority of women and men to share […]
First comes love, then comes…housework? A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Housework, Gender, and Parenthood by Arielle Kuperberg, Assistant Professor of Sociology, University of North Carolina at Greensboro. May 7, 2015 Does marriage lead women to take on a larger share of housework? In the 1950s and 1960s, […]
Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families
A Review of National Crime Victim Victimization Findings on Rape and Sexual Assault A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by CCF intern Jessica L. Wheeler. There are two major sources for national data on rape and sexual assault: the Bureau of Justice Statistics’ National Crime Victimization […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & MisconductSexual Assault on Campus A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by Elizabeth Armstrong, Professor of Sociology and Organizational Studies, University of Michigan, elarmstr@umich.edu, and Jamie Budnick, Sociology Doctoral Candidate, University of Michigan, jalobu@umich.edu. April 20, 2015 Recent scandals about sexual assaults on college campuses have provoked […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & MisconductTHE TRICKY BUSINESS OF SORTING OUT SEXUAL ASSAULT: AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CCF SYMPOSIUM ON INTIMATE VIOLENCE by Stephanie Coontz , Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families, and Faculty Member in History, The Evergreen State College; coontzs@msn.com April 20, 2015 Violent crime has been falling Many people do not realize that violent […]
Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Gender & Sexuality / Sexual Abuse & MisconductInterpersonal Violence and the Great Crime Drop A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by Samuel Walker, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, University of Nebraska at Omaha, samwalker@unomaha.edu, 402-554-3590 (o); 402-556-4674 (cell). April 20, 2015 Drowned out by the shocking stories in the popular media […]
Topics of Expertise: Family Counseling, Therapy & Parenting InterventionWomen Not Enrolled in Four-Year Universities and Colleges Have Higher Risk of Sexual Assault A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families Online Symposium on Intimate Partner Violence by Jennifer Barber, Professor of Sociology, University of Michigan, jebarber@umich.edu, 723/764-8633, and Yasamin Kusunoki, Assistant Research Scientist, Institute for Social Research, University of Michigan, and Jamie […]
Topics of Expertise: Sexual Abuse & Misconduct
AMERICA’S FRAGMENTED CHILD CARE AND EARLY EDUCATION SYSTEM A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Sara Gable, Associate Professor of Child Development, University of Missouri, Columbia, gables@missouri.edu; 573.882.4628. Our Youngest Learners: Who Are They and Where Are They Learning? Every year since 1971, the National Association for the Education of […]
