In a new series of profiles, we examine the fertility behaviors and desires of women aged 40 and older. Childbearing Among Women 40 and Older (FP-18-07) demonstrates that despite increases in birth rates among women 40 and older, only 3% of all births in 2016 were to older women. In Characteristics of First-Time Mothers Aged 40 and Older (FP-18-08), we show that mothers who delayed childbearing until age 40 or later were more educated than their counterparts who had children earlier. Finally, Childbearing Desires, Intentions, and Attitudes Among Women 40-44 (FP-18-09) reveals that, in 2013, 42% of childless women aged 40-44 wanted to have a baby in the future, as shown in the figure below. Check out each of these profiles for more information about childbearing among older women.

Desires to Have Children Among Women 40-44, by Childlessness

Sources: NSFG 2002, 2006-2010, 2011-2016

Distinguished Professor Susan Brown is this year's recipient of the Clifford C. Clogg Award for Mid-Career Achievement. The award honors outstanding innovative scholarly achievements of population professionals who have attained their highest professional degree within the previous 10-20 years. The award is sponsored by the Population Association of America (PAA) in association with the Population Research Institute of The Pennsylvania State University and commemorates the memory and creative contributions of Clifford C. Clogg to the field of quantitative methods and labor force demography.  

Brown & Lin, President's Award for Collaborative Research & Creative Work

Distinguished Professor Susan Brown and Professor I-Fen Lin received a President's Award for Collaborative Research and Creative Work at the Faculty Excellence Awards April 9. The award recognizes innovative research and creative work conducted by faculty members in collaboration with graduate students. For the last three years, the colleagues have been working with two graduate students, Anna Hammersmith and Matthew Wright, on a National Institutes of Health-funded research project on gray divorce and well-being. 

Professor Emeritus Al DeMaris

Al Demaris recently retired as Professor Emeritus after thirty years in the Department of Sociology with Bowling Green State University. Dr. DeMaris' research has focused on issues and factors in families and romantic relationships. As an expert in social statistics, he has also served as the statistician for the Center for Family and Demographic Research (CFDR) and as an NCFMR research affiliate.

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Research and Evaluation Conference on Self-Sufficiency (RECS)
Dates: May 30 - June 1
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June

Call for Nominations -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)

Time to "Focus" 2018 NCFR Award

Date Due: June 1

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Call for Papers -- Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Annual User Conference 2018
Child Wellbeing and Outcomes in Childhood, Young Adulthood, and Over the Lifecourse
Date Due: June 4
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71st Annual Summer Institute in Survey Research Techniques -- Institute for Social Research (ISR), University of Michigan
Dates: June 4 - July 27
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South Dakota Demography Conference

Registrations Due: June 7
Conference Dates: June 14 & 15

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Panel Study of Income Dynamics (PSID) Data User Workshop -- ICPSR
Dates: June 11 - 15
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Call for Submissions -- Certified Family Life Educators (CFLE) Network
Families and Housing
Date Due: June 15
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Longitudinal SEM -- Family Studies Center at the School of Family Life, Brigham Young University Data Workshop

Applications with Individual and Family Level Data

Dates: June 20 - 22

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Work and Family Researchers Network (WFRN) 2018 Conference
OpenScience: Assumptions and Translation of Work and Family Research
Dates: June 21 - 23
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AcademyHealth's Annual Research Meeting (ARM)

Dates: June 24 - 26

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ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
4-week Sessions: June 25 - July 20 and July 23 - August 17
Short Workshops: May - August
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Call for Applications -- Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Adolescent Health Funding Opportunities

Date Due: June 29

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July

XIX International Sociological Association (ISA) World Congress of Sociology

Power, Violence and Justice: Reflections, Responses and Responsibilities

July 15 - 21

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August

American Sociological Association (ASA)

Feeling Race: An Invitation to Explore Racialized Emotions

Dates: August 11 - 14

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Call for Applications -- National Council on Family Relations

Academic Representative of CFLE Advisory Board

Date Due: August 15

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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 Maurice Anyawie Paul Hemez Huijing Wu BGSU Research Affiliates