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July 2016
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Attitudes towards Marital Infidelity over Time

In 2014, 79% of U.S. adults disapproved of sexual relations with someone other than the marriage partner, according to a recently released NCFMR profile, Attitudes towards Marital Infidelity (FP-16-12). However, the percentage of adults who reported that such behavior is always wrong varied by generation. Four-fifths of those in the Mature/Silent generation and of those in the Baby Boomer generation were disapproving of marital infidelity. Generation X is the birth cohort who expressed the greatest disapproval of sexual relationships with someone other than the marriage partner (82%), whereas Millennials were the most permissive of such behavior (75%). The Millennials' more permissive attitudes may explain the decrease in the overall share of U.S. adults who disapproved of marital infidelity between 2008 and 2014 (84% to 79%, respectively). The full profile describes differences in attitudes towards marital infidelity over time and across demographic characteristics.

 
     
 
New at the NCFMR

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal of providing the latest analysis of U.S. families. 
  • Attitudes towards Marital Infidelity
  • High School Seniors' Attitudes on Cohabitation as a Testing Ground for Marriage
    • FP-16-13
      • Part one of a three-part series (forthcoming in August)
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A full list of NCFMR news items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News.  

  

Former NCFMR Research Assistant Recognized by ASA

Julia Arroyo, BGSU graduate '12 and former NCFMR research assistant, was recently appointed Fellow in the American Sociological Association Minority Fellowship Program Cohort 43. While working with the NCFMR, Arroyo published two Family Profiles ( FP-13-06 and FP-12-03) and received the BGSU Presidential Inauguration Student Research Symposium poster award. She is currently a doctoral candidate at the University of Florida (UF).

 
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Calendar of Events

August

Call for Papers -- Probation Journal
Children and families: The collateral consequences of punishment
Date Due: August 1
Link to Sage Publications

Call for Abstracts -- Demeter Press
"Off Time": Mothers, Family, and Career over the Life Course
Date Due: August 1
Link to Demeter Press

International Organization of Social Sciences and Behavioral Research (IOSSBR) New Orleans Conference Dates: August 3 - 5
Link to IOSSBR

Call for Papers -- UN Women: Progress of the World's Women Report
Mobility, Gender, and Family Relations
Date Due: August 8
Link to UN Women

Call for Proposals -- The Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) and the William T. Grant Foundation
Improving Education and Reducing Inequality in the United States: Obtaining New Insights from Population-Based Academic Performance Data
Date Due: August 11 at 2:00 p.m. ET
Link to RSF

Call for Papers -- Population Europe
Families and Societies at the Crossroads: Europe in the New Millennium
Date Due: August 15
Link to Population Europe

Call for Abstracts -- NAM Center for Korean Studies, University of Michigan
Korean Families in Economic and Demographic Transitions: Parenting, Children's Education, and Social Mobility
Date Due:
August 19
Conference Dates: November 11 - 12
Link to NAM Center for Korean Studies

111th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting
Rethinking Social Movements: Can Changing the Conversation Change the World?
Dates: August 20 - 23
Link to ASA

Call for Papers -- Journal of Family Social Work
Family Resilience: Emerging Trends in Theory and Practice
Date Due: August 31
Link to Taylor & Francis Online


September

Call for Applications -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Innovation Grant
NCFR Global Ends
Date Due: September 1
Link to NCFR

Call for Papers -- Journal of Family and Economic Issues (JFEI)
Ethnic Minorities in America
Date Due: September 1
Link to UCLA CCPR

Call for Submissions: Journal of Adolescent Health
Adolescent and Young Adult Male Health
Date Due: September 15
Link to Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM)

Call for Abstracts -- IOSSBR Fall International Conference
Date Due: September 15
Conference Dates: October 31 - November 1
Link to IOSSBR

Call for Submissions -- NCFR Report Magazine's Family Focus Section
Entrepreneurship and Family Business
Date Due: September 21
Link to NCFR

Call for Applications -- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)
Date Due: September 28
Link to ACLS

Call for Papers -- 2017 PAA Annual Meeting (#PAA2017)
Date Due: September 29
Conference Dates: April 27 - 29, 2017
Link to PAA

Call for Abstracts -- 6th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators
Children in a World of Opportunities: Innovations in Research, Policy, and Practice
Date Due: September 30
Conference Dates: June 28 - 30, 2017
Link to isci 2017

Call for Abstracts -- University of Sheffield Alternative Families Conference (ACF)
Alternative Families: Childcare and Parental Figures in History
Date Due: September 30
Conference Dates: February 9 - 10, 2017
Link to ACF

Call for Proposals -- International Family Therapy Association (IFTA)
International Family Therapy: 30 Years of Change
Date Due: September 30
Conference Dates: March 15 - 18, 2017
Link to IFTA

Call for Abstracts -- 2017 Population and Public Policy Conference
Date Due: September 30
Conference Dates: January 6 - 8, 2017
Link to PDF


October

Training on Stepfamily Therapy: A 10-Step Clinical Approach
Working with Clients in Stepfamily Relationships
Dates: October 7 - 8
Link to NCFR

Call for Papers -- Eastern Sociological Society (ESS)
The End of the World as We Know It?
Date Due: October 15
February 23 - 26, 2017
Link to ESS

Penn State 24th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues
Sleep across the Lifespan: Family Influences & Impacts
Dates: October 24 - 25
Link to Penn State Social Science Research Institute

BGSU/OSU Graduate Student Conference on Population
Date: October 28
Link to Center for Family and Demographic Research (CFDR)

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Dr. Wendy D. Manning

Social Science Data Analysts
Dr. Krista K. Payne
Hsueh-Sheng Wu

Technical Writer
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Graduate Research Assistants
Lydia Anderson
Kasey Eickmeyer
Paul Hemez
Esther Lamidi

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