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News and Notes
April 2017

Modest Declines in U.S. Unintended Childbearing

Unintended childbearing in the U.S. remains fairly high despite modest declines in recent years. Among mothers aged 40-44 in 2011-15, nearly half have had at least one unintended birth at some point in their lifetime, defined as occurring earlier than desired ("slightly" or "seriously mistimed") or among those who did not want a(nother) baby at all ("unwanted"). Moreover, the proportion of mothers who have experienced an unintended birth varies across education and race-ethnicity. For more information about unintended childbearing in the U.S., check out the full profile series documenting trends in unintended births over time (FP-17-08), socioeconomic variation in unintended births (FP-17-09), and women's experiences of unintended childbearing (FP-17-10). 
Experiences of Unintended Births Among Mothers Aged 40-44


Source: NSFG 2011-2013 and NSFG 2013-2015

New at the NCFMR

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

  • A Quarter Century of Change in Unintended Births
  • Unintended Births: Variation Across Social and Demographic Characteristics
  • Women's Experiences of Unintended Childbearing
A full list of national news items and media links are available at NCFMR in the News. 

Karen Guzzo presented with the Olscamp Research Award

Congratulations to CFDR Associate Director and Associate Professor Karen Guzzo! Winner of the 2017 Olscamp Research Award. This prestigious annual award is presented to a faculty member for outstanding scholarly or creative accomplishments. Guzzo was honored at the Faculty Excellence Awards on April 13. Read more...

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May 
 
Call for Proposals -- Prevention Network 25th Anniversary Parenting Awareness Michigan Conference
Date Due: May 15
Conference Date: November 13 -- Save the Date Flyer 
 
Workshop: Latent Variable Modeling Using Mplus 
Dates: May 15 - May 18 
Data Workshop -- Early Head Start Family & Child Experiences Survey (FACES 2014)
A New Face on an Old Friend
Applications Due: May 22
Workshop Dates: July 24 - 25
Link to ICPSR
Link to Training Flyer

Free Webinar -- National Survey of Early Care & Education (NSECE)
Schedules of Work and Chid Care in the NSECE
Date: May 24 -- Registration Required
Link to Google Forms

Call for Papers -- 8th International Conference on Social Sciences: ICSS-2017
Advancing Interdisciplinary and Multidisciplinary Studies on Social Sciences 
Date Due: May 31 
Conference Dates: August 24 - 25 
Link to ICSS

39th Annual Meeting and Open Conference -- The American Family Therapy
Academy (AFTA)
Innovative Family Therapy: Today and Tomorrow
Dates: May 31 - June 3
Link to AFTA  


June

Call for Papers -- Early Childhood Research Quarterly (ECRQ)
Early Care and Education Among Latino Families: Access, Utilization, and Impacts 
Date Due: June 1 
Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques -- University of Michigan 
Dates: June 5 - July 28 

Workshop -- Family Studies Center
Longitudinal Structural Equation Modeling (SEM): Applications with Individual and Family Level Data
Date Due: June 6
Conference Dates: June 21 - 23
Link to Family Studies Center

Two-day Conference -- South-East Healthy Fathers & Families Institute
Human Trafficking: A Global Crisis
Dates: June 8 - 9
Link to Fathers & Families Coalition of America

Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Data User Training Workshop 
Dates: June 12 - 16 
Call for Articles -- RSF: The Russell Sage Foundation Journal of the Social Sciences
Using Administrative Data for Social Science and Policy
Date Due: June 15
Conference Date: January 19, 2018
Link to RSF

2017 National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) Conference 
Families as Catalysts: Shaping Neurons, Neighborhoods, and Nations 
Early Bird Registration Due: June 15 
Conference Dates: November 15 - 18 
Link to NCFR

108th Annual Conference & Expo -- American Association of Family & Consumer Sciences (AAFCS)
Financial Fitness: Trends, Innovations & Impacts
Dates: June 25 - 28
Link to AAFCS


July

Call for Papers -- Social Work & Christianity
Welcoming the Sojourner: Migrants, Immigrants, and Refugees
Date Due: July 1
Link to NCFR 

Family Life Educators' Webinar -- NCFR
Practical Skills for Family Life Educators to Invoke, Evoke, and Provoke
Cultural Engagement
Date: July 20
Link to NCFR 
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