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New MAST Center Brief on Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability

Posted on June 2, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Karen Guzzo

The Marriage Strengthening Research & Dissemination Center (MAST) recently released a new research brief, “Trends in Relationship Formation and Stability in the United States: Dating, Cohabitation, Marriage, and Divorce.” Co-authored by CCF expert Dr. Karen Benjamin Guzzo, the brief is the first in a series aiming to provide an overview of the current state of […]

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home

Posted on May 20, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Joanna Pepin / Richard Petts

Men and Women Agree: During the COVID-19 Pandemic Men Are Doing More at Home. They Differ Over How Much, but in Most Households the Division of Housework and Childcare Has Become More Equal A briefing paper prepared by Daniel L. Carlson (University of Utah), Richard J. Petts (Ball State University), and Joanna R. Pepin (University […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / Work & Family

Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis

Posted on May 4, 2020 in Brief Reports, CCF News

Experts: Amanda Miller / Sharon Sassler

Challenges Facing Cohabiting Couples Differ from those of Married Couples in this Crisis A briefing paper prepared by Amanda Miller, University of Indianapolis, and Sharon Sassler, Cornell University, for the Council on Contemporary Families. Much has been written about the challenges couples face as they adjust to “shelter in place” policies triggered by the coronavirus. […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Domestic Violence & Child Abuse / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / Public Policy / Trauma and Disaster

CCF’s Kristi Williams on WHYY Philadelphia

Posted on February 25, 2020 in Members In The News

Experts: Kristi Williams

Listen here to see what CCF President of the Board Kristi Williams had to say about romantic love and the modern American marriage on WHYY Philadelphia’s “Solitude and the creative life”. Link: https://whyy.org/episodes/solitude-and-the-creative-life/

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Singles & Dating

CCF’s Stephanie Coontz for The New York Times: What Can Different-Sex Couples Learn From Same-Sex Couples?

Posted on February 18, 2020 in CCF News, Members In The News

Experts: Amanda Miller / Daniel Carlson / Debra Umberson / Joanna Pepin / Kristi Williams / Sharon Sassler / Stephanie Coontz / Virginia Rutter

Five years after marriage equality, CCF Director of Research and Public Education Stephanie Coontz asks: What can different-sex couples learn from same-sex couples? Featuring research by CCF experts Joanna Pepin, Dan Carlson, Virginia Rutter, Amanda Miller, Deb Umberson, Kristi Williams, Sharon Sassler and many more, Coontz highlights the role of gender expectations in shaping marital dynamics […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Division of Labor in Families / Family Caregiving (for Adults, Children, and Disabilities) / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure?

Posted on January 23, 2020 in Fact Sheets

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

National Spouses Day Is This Sunday…. Feeling Any Pressure? A Fact Sheet on Prospects for Marriage in Contemporary America Prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Daniel L. Carlson, University of Utah, and Stephanie Coontz, The Evergreen State College — January 26 is National Spouses Day, and Valentine’s Day is just around the corner. […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Singles & Dating

Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants

Posted on February 7, 2019 in Fact Sheets

A fact sheet prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Youngmin Yi, Ph.D. Candidate in Sociology, Cornell University. February 6, 2019 Household Instability and Complexity among Undocumented Immigrants In the absence of clear pathways to citizenship, undocumented Mexican and Central American immigrants who came to the United States as children, commonly known as […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Immigrant, Mixed Status & Transnational Families / Latino Families

CCF Experts Weigh in on the “Sex Recession”

Posted on January 23, 2019 in Members In The News

Experts: Daniel Carlson / Stephanie Coontz

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

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

Posted on June 19, 2018 in Brief Reports

Experts: Debra Umberson

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Mieke Beth Thomeer, Rachel Donnelly, Corinne Reczek, and Debra Umberson Introduction End-of-life planning enhances the quality of later-life caregiving, health, and death. Ideally, informal planning—conversation with loved ones about future care and end-of-life preferences—and formal planning—wills, […]

Topics of Expertise: Aging / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families

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

Posted on May 15, 2018 in Brief Reports

A Research Brief Prepared for the University of Texas at Austin Population Research Center Research Brief Series Kelly Raley Introduction Today, nearly two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation, but even as living together has increasingly become part of the marriage process, fewer cohabitating couples get married and an increasing proportion break up within […]

Topics of Expertise: Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life

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