We welcome your submissions for #PAA2025 and can't wait to host you in Washington, DC next spring! The Call for Papers is now available and submission system is OPEN. Deadline for submissions is September 29: ow.ly/muCk50SYG5x

Job Market Candidates: Instead of telling us what your research *examines,* tell us what your research *shows.* Framing it this way helps the hiring committee see the contribution you're making to the field. And for PhD candidates, it signals that your dissertation is nearly done

So proud of Sarah!! Congratulations!

Teen birth rate in the U.S. declined 4% from 2022 to 2023 to 13.1 births per 1,000 females ages 15-19 bit.ly/4cUNtXO

“The past” was not a homogenous place (at least regarding family demography.) You cannot say that “everyone got married as teenagers” in “the past.” Some did. Many did not. Age at marriage varied meaningfully across place and time, just like it does today.

Check out our The National Couples' Health and Time Study paper on discrimination and supportive policy indicators for sexual and gender diverse partnered respondents. CFDR MPC Alex Bates Claire Kamp Dush link.springer.com/article/10.100…

Great to have NCFMR Krista Payne family profile featured ! Check out our series on grandparenthood under resources by topic on our webpage. CFDR Clare Ansberry

If you are interested in the topic og gender inequalities and fertility AND are looking for new ideas AND want to hang out with Nicole Hiekel @nhiekel.bsky.social and friends - this is the call for you! Hope to see you there!

In 2021, MPIDR hosted a conference on "Pandemic Babies? The Covid-19 Pandemic and its Impact on Fertility and Family Dynamics." A special issue of Population and Development Review was now published based on this conference: demogr.mpg.de/en/news_events… Leverhulme Centre for Demographic Science Population Council

Sexual and gender identities and alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic | PLOS ONE ⁦The National Couples' Health and Time Study⁩ ⁦Claire Kamp Dush⁩ ⁦kristennnn🏝⁩ susan Stewart ⁦CFDR⁩ ⁦MPC⁩ journals.plos.org/plosone/articl…

#IAPHS2024 Plenary speaker Eileen Crimmins puts US life expectancy in context with the rest of the world. We are "not just the bottom of the pack, we're not even in the pack" despite tremendous spending on healthcare.

In “Changes in Family Structure & Increasing Gaps in Care,” Huijing Wu Rachel Margolis @Averdery & @pattersearch show “kinless older adults had the highest ADL & IADL care gap rates,” with men & Whites more at risk than others. @WesternuSoc Penn State Sociology & Criminology U-M ISR ow.ly/ZGfv50Tltxs

Happy to announce that we received the SSHRC Insight Grant (Lauren Cipriano, Miranda Goode, & Jenjira Yahirun). We will be collecting survey data on 8,000 married or cohabiting couples on the impact of assortative mating on their caregiving. sshrc-crsh.gc.ca/results-result…

⁦Check out coverage of parental stress including great work by Kei Nomaguchi⁩ ⁦⁦BGSUSociology⁩ cfdr_bgsu⁩ via @NYTimes nytimes.com/2024/09/14/ups…

The rate of women experiencing a divorce has nearly quadrupled from 1900 to 2022. Generally, the U.S. divorce rate has declined since its peak in 1980. Check out our recent Family Profile, "Divorce: More than a Century of Change," at doi.org/10.25035/ncfmr….

Join our team! We're hiring a tenure track assistant professor in LGBTQ+ health!! apply.interfolio.com/154402

I’m hiring a postdoc for Summer 2025! Interested in researching LGBTQ+ youth mental health? Based in the Vanderbilt LGBTQ+ Policy Lab within a vibrant research community. Please share widely! Competitive salary ($72.5k) & benefits. More info & apply here: apply.interfolio.com/154523

Tune in to NCFMR's Krista Westrick-Payne's interview on the prevalence of grandparents in the U.S. this Wednesday at 11 AM EST on All Sides with Anna Staver on WOSU News. wosu.org/allsides/.

Census Bureau Announces Transition to New Longitudinal Design for Household Pulse Survey content.govdelivery.com/accounts/USCEN…