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Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce

Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce

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    Are Individuals Who Marry at an Older Age Too Set in Their Ways to Make Their Marriages Work?

    Posted on January 29, 2009 in Brief Reports


    Research on marriage trends suggests a U- shaped pattern of marital stability: marriages contracted in the early to mid twenties had lower divorce rates than those taking place before or after those ages. Do the patterns of the 1960s hold today? If they do, the present trend towards increasingly older ages at entry into marriage would be expected to be accompanied by higher levels of marital instability. This study examines this question, with particular focus on the case of women.

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    Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce
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    How Should We Think About the Taxpayer Consequences of Divorce?

    Posted on April 15, 2008 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Betsey Stevenson / Justin Wolfers

      A new report, “The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing: First-Ever Estimates for the Nation and all 50 States”, raises the question of how much divorce costs taxpayers. This is an intriguing question, but unfortunately this report falls short on providing the answer. In the worst traditions of “advocacy science” the authors pick […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Economic Inequality / Fertility,Reproduction & Sexual Health / Gender & Sexuality / Marriage & Divorce / TANF & Public Assistance
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    Understanding Low-Income Unmarried Couples with Children

    Posted on October 20, 2007 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Paula England

      Why do so many low-income couples postpone marriage but fail to postpone childbearing? Which couples eventually do marry? Why do the rest of the couples break up? How would knowing the answers to these questions affect public policy? A new briefing report by the Council on Contemporary Families offers an advance look at the […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Cohabitation, Committed Relationships & Marriage / Couples Conflict, Separation & Divorce / Transition - Couples to Parenting
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    The Impact of Divorce on Children’s Behavior Problems

    Posted on July 21, 2007 in Brief Reports


    This paper summarizes the argument and findings of a longer and more technical paper that won the 2007 Graduate Student Paper Award in Social Demography from the Section on Population of the American Sociological Association. Many research studies have shown that, on average, children of divorce have more behavior problems than children growing up in […]

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    Tricky Business of Estimating Divorce

    Posted on November 15, 2006 in Brief Reports


    In a research brief from the Council on Contemporary Families, University of Chicago’s Patrick Heuveline explains how divorce rates get calculated. If you ever report on divorce rates, this article will give you confidence in how you interpret them, and will show you the key questions to ask your sources when they are reporting on divorce statistics.

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    EXPERTS

    Constance Ahrons

    Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

    Anne Bernstein

    Professor, The Wright Institute

    Dawn O. Braithwaite

    Willa Cather Professor & Chair of Communication Studies, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

    Kelly Campbell

    Professor of Psychology, California State University, San Bernardino

    Deborah Carr

    Professor of Sociology, Boston University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Marilyn Coleman

    Curators' Professor Emerita of Human Development and Family Studies, University of Missouri

    Joshua Coleman

    Psychologist

    Carolyn Cowan

    Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Robert Emery

    Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

    Paula England

    Silver Professor of Sociology, New York University

    Paul Florsheim

    Professor, Community & Behavioral Health Promotion, School of Public Health, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee

    Frank Furstenberg

    Professor of Sociology, Emeritus, University of Pennsylvania

    Connie Gager

    Associate Professor, Department of Family Science & Human Development, Montclair State University

    Susan Gamache

    Psychologist & Marriage and Family Therapist

    Lawrence Ganong

    PhD Professor and Co-Chair of the College of Environmental Science, University of Missouri

    Pilar Gonalons-Pons

    Assistant Professor, University of Pennsylvania

    Natalie Hengstebeck

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

    Jacqueline Hudak

    Clinical Director, Perelman School of Medicine, Dept of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania

    Clare Huntington

    Professor and Associate Dean for Research, Fordham Law School

    Arielle Kuperberg

    Associate Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Christina Paxman

    Assistant Professor of Communication and Department Coordinator, Minot State University

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Luke Russell

    Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Liana Sayer

    Professor of Sociology, Maryland Population Research Center

    Judith Siegel

    Professor, Silver School of Social Work, New York University

    Pamela J. Smock

    Professor, Department of Sociology & Population Studies Center, University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

    Vikki Stark

    Director of Sedona Counselling Centre of Montreal, Psychotherapist, Author, Divorce Recovery Expert

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    David Trimble

    Clinical Assistant Professor of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical School; Center for Multicultural Training in Psychology, Boston Medical Center; American Family Therapy Academy; Boston Center for Culturally Affirming Practices

    Nicholas Wolfinger

    Professor of Family & Consumer Studies and Adjunct Professor of Sociology, University of Utah

    Robert Wright

    CEO, Wright Foundation

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