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News and Notes

May 2012 

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Welcome

The National Center for Family & Marriage Research (NCFMR), established in 2007 at Bowling Green State University (BGSU), welcomes you to News and Notes, our monthly electronic newsletter. News and Notes aims to keep you informed about the activities of the NCFMR. We will also announce funding and research opportunities, provide registration details for conferences and workshops, and keep you updated on current research findings.

 

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NCFMR 2012 Research Conference  

Convenes in Washington, DC
Fathers & Fathering in Contemporary Contexts

More than 120 esteemed scholars, researchers, data providers, and policy experts gathered for NCFMR's 2012 research conference. Bar Graph Expert panels addressed cutting-edge topics on fatherhood and fathering by sharing new theoretical, empirical, methodological, and measurement insights. The small format poster session, which created a single visual to prompt viewer discussion and interaction, showcased 23 research  posters. Additionally, the conference provided an opportunity to update participants on Nurturing Fatherhood: Improving Data and Research on Male Fertility, Family Formation, and Fatherhood, 1998 Report. A conference summary and full report will be available on our website later this year.Bar Graph

 

Thank you to our presenters, poster participants, organizing committee, and attendees for making this year's conference a huge success!

   

Link to Fathers & Fathering conference webpage to view presenter abstracts, presentations, posters, and much more!

 

 


Krista Payne's Research Finds Link Between First Time Fatherhood and Educational Attainment

Regardless of whether men first married in the 1990s or in the 2000s, the percentage who enter a first marriage with children declines with increased levels of educational attainment. Men with less than a high school education were the most likely to enter a first marriage with at least 1 child (41%) followed by men with a high school degree (34%) and men with some college (28%). Men with at least a Bachelor's degree were the least likely at only 6%. The greatest change occurred among men with at least some college--the percentage of fathers entering marriage with children doubled among those with some college (13% vs. 28%) and those with a Bachelor's degree (3% vs. 6%).


Becoming a Father before First Marriage:
Variation over Time by Educational Attainment
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   Source: National Survey of Family Growth, 2002 and 2006-2010

Fathers & Fathering in Contemporary Contexts 2012 Research Conference Posters

 

Family Profile

 


 


What's New at the NCFMR...
 

Family Profiles

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families.


The Data Source

Documents describing newly released data sets used by the family research community.

NCFMR in the News
For a full list of NCFMR in the News items and for media links to each item, visit the NCFMR in the News webpage. 

  • I-Fen Lin and Susan Brown Study Boomers Entering Golden Years
  • NCFMR Researchers Showcase Fathers and Fathering Studies
  • Wendy Manning and Co-Authors Find Cohabiting Not Linked to Divorce
  • Karen Benjamin Guzzo Finds Economy May Affect Fertility
  • Susan Brown Finds Out of Wedlock Births May Impact Children's Education, Social, Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes
    • NCFMR in the News

      

    Susan Brown & I-Fen Lin

    I-Fen Lin and Susan Brown 
    2012 PAA Poster Winners

    Congratulations to NCFMR/BGSU Research Affiliate I-Fen Lin and NCFMR Co-Director Susan Brown. The research team won an award for their study Unmarried Boomers Confront Old Age: A National Portrait at the Population Association of America (PAA) 2012 annual meeting.

    Other poster presenters include:
    • Larry Gibbs, Graduate Research Assistant
  • Bart Stykes, Graduate Research Assistant
  • Michael Yee Shui, Graduate Research Assistant


    • Summer Students Join the NCFMR

    The NCFMR offers research and training opportunities to a number of graduate and undergraduate students each academic semester. The student staff works closely with the NCFMR staff to develop and generate NCFMR data resources.

    This summer, we welcome:

    • Sarah Burgoyne
    • Julissa Cruz
    • Larry Gibbs
    • Bart Stykes
    • Seth Williams
    • Breana Wilson 
     

    Upcoming Events 

     

     

    June 2012

     

    The Center for Research on Families (CRF) -- UMass, Amherst 

    Summer 2012 Methodology Workshop Series 

    Dates: Varied Dates in June

    Link to CRF  

     

    Call for Papers -- Southern Demographic Association (SDA) 2012 Annual Meeting

    Date Due: June 1

    Link to SDA 

     
    Alliance for Children and Families Workshop

    Serving Those Who Serve: Providing Military Cultural Competent Services

    Dates: June 4-5

    Link to Alliance for Children and Families  

     

    Minnesota Gerontological Association (MGS) to Offer Caregiving Webinar
    How to Plan Caregiving When Family Conflict Gets in the Way?
    Date: June 6
     
    Minnesota Council on Family Relations (MCFR) Conference
    Serving Same-Sex Couples and Their Families
    Date: June 11
     
    Work and Family Researchers Network Conference (WFRN) 
    Dates: June 14-16
    CFLE Exam Offered Summer 2012
    Applications Due: June 18
     
    NCFR Report Seeks Family Studies Articles
    Open Mic
    Date Due: June 21

    July 2012

     

    International Association for Relationship Research Conference (IARR) 

    Dates: July 12-16

    Link to IARR 

     

    Children's Defense Fund National Conference

    Dates: July 22-25

     

    ICPSR Summer Courses on Data Science -- Michigan State University  

    Link to Michigan State University 

    • Dyadic Data Analysis Workshop
      Dates: July 23-27
    • Assessing and Mitigating Disclosure Risk: Essentials for Social Science
      Dates: July 30-August 3
    • Providing Social Science Data Services: Strategies for Design and Operation
      Dates: August 6-10 

    Add Health 2012 Users Conference

    Dates: July 26-27

    Link to CPC UNC Add Health  

     

    Data Training and Users Workshop for the Longitudinal Study of Generations

    Dates: July 26-27

    Link to ICPSR NACDA  

     

     

    August 2012

     

    American Sociological Association (ASA) 2012 Annual Meeting

    Emancipatory Projects, Institutional Designs, Possible Futures

    Dates: August 17-20

    Link to ASA 

     

    The 2nd Asian Association Population (APA) Conference

    Dates: August 26-29

    Link to APA 

      

     

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