Bowling Green State University
News and Notes
October 2017

Women's Median Age at First Marriage Usurps Median Age
at First Birth
 
Over the past 35 years, the median age at women's first marriage has surpassed the median age at first birth. In the newest Family Profile, Crossover in the Median Age at First Marriage and First Birth: Thirty-Five Years of Change (FP-17-22), we document the trends in women's age at first marriage and first birth using recent Current Population Survey (CPS) and Center for Disease Control (CDC) National Vital Statistics. We find that the median age for both first marriage and first birth continue to rise, reaching historic high points of 27.4 and 26.7, respectively. The median age at women's first marriage remains higher than the median age at first birth, and the share of births to unmarried women remains constant at 40%, signaling the decoupling of marriage and childbearing and the delay in both marriage and childbirth.
 
Crossover in Women's Median Age at First Marriage and First Birth: 1980-2016

Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Center for Health Statistics, Vital Stats and U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2015


New at the NCFMR

Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal of providing the latest analysis of U.S. families.   
  • Crossover in the Median Age at First Marriage and First Birth: Thirty-Five Years of Change
  • Characteristics of Early Marriages
A full list of national news items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News.

BGSU Colleagues Published in JFI

Jennifer Copp (BGSU alumna, Assistant Professor at FSU), Peggy Giordano (Distinguished Professor Emeritus), Monica Longmore (Professor), and Wendy Manning (Distinguished Professor) recently had an article published in Journal of Family Issues (JFI). Using the Toledo Adolescent Relationship Study (TARS), the research team analyzed depressive symptoms among emerging adults.


Drs. Kara Joyner, Gary Gates, Wendy Manning, & Susan Brown
Dr. Gary Gates Returns to BGSU

Former Research Director of the Williams Institute UCLA School of Law, Dr. Gary Gates, returned to the BGSU campus to present, "The Demographics of Coming Out," as part of the CFDR Speaker Series. Dr. Gates is a recognized expert on the geography and demography of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) population. He co-authored The Gay and Lesbian Atlas and publishes extensively on the demographic and economic characteristics of the LGBT population.

Dr. Gates first presented at BGSU on September 20, 2010, as part of an NCFMR research conference. You can find his presentation materials on our Research Conferences website page by scrolling to the link, Demographic Perspectives on Same-Sex Couples.

Just Released
 
Books

Briefs and Reports 

Data
 

November

Call for NCFR Report Authors -- Spring Family Focus
Fictive Kin
Indicate Interest by: November 1
Manuscripts Due: November 15 
 
Call for Manuscripts -- Rutgers University Press 
Same-Sex Unions, Health, and Well-Being
Date Due: November 1
Manuscripts Due: May 1, 2018
 
Call for Abstracts -- 2018 Work and Family Research Network (WFRN) Conference
OpenScience: Assumptions and Translation of Work and Family Research
Date Due: November 1
Conference Dates: June 21 - 23, 2018
Link to WFRN

Call for Submissions -- Society for Research in Human Development (SRHD) 2018 Biennial Meeting
Date Due: November 1
Conference Dates: March 22 - 24, 2018
Link to SRHD 
 
Call for Papers -- International Journal of Social Science and Business (IJSSB) 
Date Due: November 3
 
2017 Fall Research Conference Policy Areas -- Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 39th Annual Fall Research Conference
Dates: November 2 - 4
 
Call for Proposals -- American Psychological Association 
CE Workshop Proposals Date Due: November 14
 
Theory Construction and Research Methodology (TCRM) Workshop 2017 -- NCFR
Dates: November 14 - 15
Link to NCFR 
 
Special Issue Call for Papers -- American Journal of Community Psychology (AJCP)
Understanding and Strengthening the Child- and Youth-Serving Workforce in Low-Resource Communities
Date Due: November 15
Link to SCRA

2017 NCFR Annual Conference
Families as Catalysts: Shaping Neurons, Neighborhoods, and Nations 
Dates: November 15 - 18
Link to NCFR 
 
National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families Mentoring/Networking Breakfast
Date: November 16
 
Call for Applications 2018 - 2019 -- Institute for Research on Poverty (IRP)
National Poverty Fellows Program  
Date Due: November 26
  
American Anthropological Association (AAA) Annual Meeting
Anthropology Matters! 
Dates: November 29 - December 3
 
Call for Letters of Inquiry -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) Funding Opportunities 
Date Due: November 30

   
December
 
Minnesota Council on Family Relations Fall 2017 Conference
Date: December 1 
 
Funding Opportunity -- Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy
Date Due: December 1
Conference Dates: August 9 - 12, 2018
  
Call for Proposals -- 2018 Annual APA Convention
Division Proposals Date Due: December 1
 
Call for Applications -- Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies
Bell Fellowships
Date Due: December 8
 
Call for Papers -- Salzburg Workshop in Philosophy and Poverty 
Poverty and the Family
Date Due: December 15
Conference Dates: May 17 & 18, 2018
 
Call for Articles -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF) 
New Developments in American Job Quality: Understanding the Recent Rise of Low-Wage Jobs and Nonstandard Work Arrangements
Date Due: December 20
Conference Date: June 8, 2018
 
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Co-directors
Dr. Susan L. Brown
Dr. Wendy D. Manning

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

Technical Writer
Lesley Wadsworth

Graduate Research Assistants
Colette Allred
Kasey Eickmeyer
Paul Hemez
Huijing Wu

BGSU Research Affiliates

 
National Center of Family and Marriage Research
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