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NCFMR Counting Couples, Counting Families 2011 Research Conference Attracts National Audience

Conference attendees view research posters during poster session.

• Read more...view conference papers, presentations, posters, and previous Counting Couples conference materials.

Cabrera and Fagan Receive NCFMR External Grants Award 

Fathers and Fathering

The NCFMR recently funded the research proposal of Natasha J. Cabrera, University of Maryland, and Jay Fagan, Temple University, titled Parenting and Coparenting. This is the fifth Fathers and Fathering external grant awarded this year. The proposals support innovative research that contributes to theoretical, conceptual, or methodological developments about fathers and fathering. 

• View Fathers and Fathering Grantees 

The following updates may be viewed on the NCFMR website.

Just Released Data Resources

Data Points

Tables and figures integrating family statistics from leading published studies.

• Religion and Spirituality   

Measures Snapshots on Incarceration  

We recently added bibliographies to our detailed summaries of incarceration measures available in large national data sets.

• The Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study
• National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent  Health (Add Health)
• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 (NLSY79)
• National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1997 (NLSY97)

Family Profiles

Original reports summarizing the latest statistics on U.S. Families.

• On the Road to Adulthood: Leaving the Parental Home (FP-11-02) 

Conference Posters

Posters written and designed by NCFMR staff, faculty, affiliates, and students for conferences, symposia, and annual meetings.

Counting Couples, Counting Families 2011 Research Conference  

To view a poster, click on the teal highlighted name.

• Sarah Burgoyne, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
• Casey Copen, National Center for Health Statistics
• Rachel H. Farr, University of Massachusetts Amherst 
• Paula Fomby and Joshue Goode, University of Colorado Denver
• Gary J. Gates and Michael D. Steinberger, University of California, Los Angeles
• Larry Gibbs, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
• Daphne Hernandez, Pennsylvania State University
• Kara Joyner, Grace Kao, and Kelly Balistreri, Bowling Green State University 
• Krista K. Payne, NCFMR Social Science Data Analyst
• Bart Stykes, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant
• Nicholas Zill, Consulting Psychologist, Columbia University  

NCFMR in the News

Co-Director Brown Finds Living Apart for Marrieds Over 50 is Likely to Increase

AARP Bulletin

• View Married but Living Apart

NCFMR Research Finds Many Seniors are Single and Available

SmartMoney

• View Online Dating: No Longer Just for Youngsters 

Payne Research Finds Women Leaving the Parental Home More Likely to "Boomerang" than Men 

Leaving the parental home is an important marker of adulthood. Research generated by NCFMR Social Science Data Analyst Krista K. Payne finds similar percentages of young men and young women (47% and 46%, respectively) leave the parental home and do not return by age 24. While women are more likely to" boomerang" (move out and return) (46% vs. 41%), men are more likely to have not yet moved out (12% vs. 9%). For more information on residential transitions during young adulthood (ages 18-24), view the latest NCFMR Family Profile, On the Road to Adulthood: Leaving the Parental Home.  

Upcoming Events

August 2011

NCFMR Pilot Data Conference

Married and Cohabiting Couples

Date: August 3-4

View Awardees 

Grants Available from Administration for Children and Families (ACF)

Healthy Marriage and Responsible Fatherhood

Date Due: August 28

Link to ACF Funding Opportunity Announcements 

September 2011

Call for Proposed Supplemental Modules

2012 National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS)

Date Due: September 15

For details, contact: 

http://www.nhats.org/scripts/moduleCall.htm

Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report

Winter 2011: LGBT Families

Date Due: September 21

Contact the editor to obtain submission guidelines nancygonzalez@ncfr.org 

October 2011

Call for Manuscripts -- Special Family Science Review Issue

Teaching about Families: Current Reflections on Our Journeys in Family Science Educators

Date Due: October 1

For more information, visit: http://www.ncfr.org/news/call-manuscripts-special-family-science-review-issue 

Call for Submissions -- Family Relations

Multi-Ethnicity and Multi-Ethnic Families

Date Due: October 1

Link to the NCFR Submit to FR webpage  

Call for Papers -- Eastern Sociological Society

Storied Lives: Culture, Structure, and Narrative

Date Due: October 15

Link to Eastern Sociological Society