News and Notes - August 2012

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News and Notes

August 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 our monthly electronic newsletter News and Notes. 

 

News and Notes aims to inform you about the activities of the NCFMR. We will update you on current research findings, announce research opportunities, and provide registration details for upcoming conferences and workshops.

Percentage of Uninsured Children in the United States Declines Over the Past Decade 

 

Despite the decline in the percentage of uninsured children in the United States, nearly 6 million children were without health care coverage between 2000-2010. The share of children relying on public coverage increased from roughly 20% in 2000 to nearly 33% in 2010.

 

Percentage of U.S. Children with Health Care Coverage,
2000 and 2010
Insured US Children   
Source: 2000 Public Coverage data: National Kids Count Program, Population Reference Bureau analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current 
Population Survey (March supplement). 2000 No Coverage data: National Kids Count Program, the Urban Studies Institute at the University of Louisville 
analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau, Current Population Survey (March supplement). 2010 data: NCFMR analyses of data from the U.S. Census 
Bureau, American Community Survey, 1-Year Estimates, 2010.

 


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. Shadow of couple holding hands

 

Resources by Topic and Data Set  

In conjunction with our 2012 research conference on fathers and fathering, the NCFMR has added a new topic, fathers, to our list of Resources by Topic.  

Also check out our Resources by Data Set to view new links to the following data sets.
  

Working Paper Cover Page
Working Paper Series 

     

Congratulations to NCFMR external grantees Paula Fomby, University of Colorado Denver, and Christie Sennott, University of Colorado Boulder. Their publication from NCFMR funded research on family instability is forthcoming in Social Science Research.
  • Family Structure Instability and Residential and School Mobility: The Consequences for Adolescents' Behavior (WP-09-08).
  • Changes in Family Structure: Consequences for Adolescents' Behavior (RB-09-03).

If you have written a paper addressing a family issue that aligns with our mission statement and would like for us to consider adding it to the NCFMR Working Paper Series, we welcome submissions for consideration and possible inclusion. You may electronically submit your working papers to ncfmr@bgsu.edu.

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.  
  • No Evidence Found to Suggest Cohabitation Increases Chances of Divorce
  • Older Americans are Embracing Cohabitation in Record Numbers
  • Growing Number of Baby Boomers Finding Themselves Back on the Market

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    Dr. Susan Brown Susan Brown Elected to the Population Association of America (PAA) Board of Directors

    Congratulations to NCFMR Co-Director Susan Brown who begins her term on the PAA Board of Directors in January 2013. PAA is a non-profit, scientific, professional organization that promotes research on population issues.

    Just Released
    • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)
    • Child Trends  
    • The Future of Children Princeton-Brookings
    • UCLA's Williams Institute U.S. Demographic Information on Same-Sex Families

    Upcoming Events 

     

     

    September 2012 

     

    Request for Applications -- National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    Secondary Analyses and Archiving of Social and Behavioral Datasets in Aging (R03)

    Letter of Intent Due: September 3

    Full Proposal Due: October 19

    Link to NIH 

     

    Call for Nominations -- 2012 Certified Family Life Educator (CFLE) Recognition Award

    Date Due: September 7

    Link to NCFR 

     

    Call for Proposals -- American Educational Research Association (AERA) Grants Program

    Date Due: September 19

    Link to AERA 

     

    Request for Proposals -- Center for Poverty Research

    2012-2013 Small Grants Competition

    Date Due: September 21

    Link to Center for Poverty Research 

     

    Call for Papers -- Population Association of America (PAA) 

    Date Due: September 21

    Link to PAA 

     

    Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report 

    Families and Spirituality

    Date Due: September 21

    Email nancygonzalez@ncfr.org for submission guidelines

     

      

    October 2012

     

    National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Seeks Feldman Award Applications and Family Life Education Contest Entries
    Date Due: October 1

     

    Penn State's 20th Annual Symposium on Emerging Methods in Family Research

    Dates: October 8-9

    Link to Penn State Population Research Institute 

     

    Call for Papers -- Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)

    Sustainable Communities/Sustainable Lives: Social Change, Social Action, & Social Justice

    Date Due: October, 15

    Link to ESS 

     

    Training in Statistical Methods -- Methods Work, LLC

    • The Intervention Optimization Toolkit
    • Dates: October 15-16
  • Introduction to Social Network Analysis
    • Date: October 15
    • Latent Class Analysis
      • Dates: October 15-16

      National Survey of Family Growth (NSFG) Research Conference (2012)

      Dates: October 17-18

      Link to NSFG 

       

       

      Certified Family Life Education (CFLE) Reception Sponsorship Opportunities Available

      Date Due: October 31

      Link to CFLE Sponsorship Form 

       

       

      November 

       

      Theory Construction and Research M