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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 […]

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

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    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
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    The Frontlines of Welfare Reform: Why Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs Succeed or Fail

    Posted on August 21, 2016 in Online Symposia
    Experts: Jennifer Randles

    The Frontlines of Welfare Reform: Why Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood Programs Succeed or Fail  A briefing paper prepared for the Council on Contemporary Families by Jennifer Randles, Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University, Fresno “Marriage is the foundation of a successful society.” “Promotion of responsible fatherhood and motherhood is integral to successful child rearing […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Marriage & Divorce / Parenthood: Motherhood/Fatherhood / TANF & Public Assistance
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    Stephanie Coontz cited in SCOTUS decision

    Posted on October 29, 2015 in CCF News, Members In The News
    Experts: Stephanie Coontz

    CCF Research Director Stephanie Coontz is cited in the SCOTUS decision legalizing same-sex marriage, June 26, 2015. Check out this related story in the Seattle Times.    

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    Topics of Expertise: History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / Marriage & Divorce
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    Was the War on Poverty a failure? Or are anti-poverty efforts simply swimming against a stronger tide?

    Posted on January 6, 2014 in Brief Reports


    This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s declaration of an “unconditional war on poverty.” Yet this month also marks over a quarter century since President Ronald Reagan’s 1988 announcement that the war on poverty was over, and that poverty had won. In this report, University of Maryland sociologist Philip Cohen examines the many early victories, as well as the setbacks in the War on Poverty.

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / TANF & Public Assistance
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    50th Anniversary of the War on Poverty: Have we snatched defeat from the jaws of victory?

    Posted on January 6, 2014 in Online Symposia, Press Releases


    This month marks the 50th anniversary of President Lyndon B. Johnson’s declaration of an “unconditional war on poverty.” Yet this month also marks over a quarter century since President Ronald Reagan’s 1988 announcement that the war on poverty was over, and that poverty had won. To mark the anniversaries of these very different points in the government’s role in poverty reduction, two researchers from the Council on Contemporary Families assess where we have come from and where we stand today.

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    Topics of Expertise: Child Welfare / Economic Inequality / Marriage & Divorce / TANF & Public Assistance
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    New Jersey’s Historic ‘Civil Union’ Opportunity

    Posted on October 1, 2011 in Opinion Pieces


    The New Jersey Supreme Court has given the state Legislature a historic opportunity, and I don’t mean the chance to allow same-sex couples to marry. The Legislature has the chance to enact civil unions for all couples – same-sex and different-sex. New Zealand does it. So does the Netherlands, under the name “registered partnership.” Maine and the District of Columbia recognize “domestic partnerships” for both straight and gay couples, although both give domestic partners fewer rights than those accorded married couples. Even New Jersey’s current domestic partnership law allows different-sex couples to register – but only if both partners are over 62, presumably a nod to the impact of remarriage on certain pension and retirement benefits.

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    Topics of Expertise: LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Marriage & 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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    The Steady Rise of Non-Traditional Romantic Unions

    Posted on March 8, 2007 in Brief Reports
    Experts: Michael Rosenfeld

    By Michael J. Rosenfeld Professor of Sociology Stanford University mrosenfe@stanford.edu, 415.205.1892 Prior to 1970, the overwhelming majority of all couples were same-race married couples. Couples who lived together outside of marriage, whether heterosexual or same-sex, were practically invisible. Inter-racial marriages were extremely rare. In fact, until 1967, many states in the US had laws against interracial […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Biracial/ Multicultural Children and Interracial/ Multicultural Families / Gender & Sexuality / History & Trends on Gender, Marriage & Family Life / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Marriage & Divorce / Race, Ethnicity & Culture / Singles & Dating
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    Will Providing Marriage Rights To Same-Sex Couples Undermine Heterosexual Marriage? Evidence From Scandinavia

    Posted on May 1, 2004 in Brief Reports
    Experts: M. V. Lee Badgett

    By M. V. Lee Badgett Professor of Economics University of Massachusetts, Amherst As a way to understand what might happen, some writers have looked to the experience of those Scandinavian countries that pioneered giving a marriage-like status to gay and lesbian couples. Denmark adopted such a law in 1989, Norway in 1993, Sweden in 1994, […]

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    Topics of Expertise: Gender & Sexuality / LGBTQ Partnering & Families / Marriage & Divorce
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    EXPERTS

    Michele Adams

    Associate Professor of Sociology, Tulane University

    Constance Ahrons

    Professor Emerita, University of Southern California

    M. V. Lee Badgett

    Professor of Economics, School of Public Policy UMass Amherst; Williams Institute UCLA

    Daniel Carlson

    Assistant Professor of Family, Health, and Policy in the Department of Family and Consumer Studies at the University of Utah

    Deborah Carr

    Professor of Sociology, Boston University

    Andrew Cherlin

    Professor of Sociology and Public Policy, Johns Hopkins University

    Stephanie Coontz

    Director of Research and Public Education, Council on Contemporary Families; Professor, The Evergreen State College

    Carolyn Cowan

    Professor Emerita, University of California, Berkeley

    Philip Cowan

    Professor of Psychology, Emeritus, University of California, Berkeley

    Rebecca Davis

    Associate Professor of History, University of Delaware

    Robert Emery

    Professor of Psychology, University of Virginia

    Katherine Gallagher Robbins

    Director of Family Policy, Center for American Progress

    Lawrence Ganong

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

    Jennifer Glass

    Professor of Sociology , University of Texas, Austin

    Natalie Hengstebeck

    Postdoctoral Fellow, Scholars Strategy Network, Duke University

    Rosanna Hertz

    1919 Reunion Professor of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies, Wellesley College

    Ricci Levy

    President and CEO, Woodhull Freedom Foundation

    Linda McClain

    Robert Kent Professor of Law, Boston University School of Law

    Abigail Ocobock

    Assistant Professor, University of Notre Dame

    Elizabeth Peters

    Director, Center on Labor, Human Services, and Population, Urban Institute

    Jennifer Randles

    Assistant Professor of Sociology, California State University-Fresno

    Barbara Risman

    Professor of Sociology, University of Illinois at Chicago

    Michael Rosenfeld

    Professor of Sociology, Stanford University

    Luke Russell

    Assistant Professor, Illinois State University

    Virginia Rutter

    Professor of Sociology, Framingham State University

    Sharon Sassler

    Professor, Cornell University

    Betsey Stevenson

    Associate Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Susan Stewart

    Professor of Sociology, Iowa State University

    Kristi Williams

    Professor, Department of Sociology, The Ohio State University

    Justin Wolfers

    Professor of Economics and Public Policy, University of Michigan

    Nicholas Wolfinger

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

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