Volume 5 | May 2019
New at the NCFMR
New Profiles on High School Seniors' Co-Residential Union Expectations

Our new trio of profiles explores high school seniors' attitudes toward and expectations regarding cohabitation and marriage ( FP-19-10; FP-19-11; FP-19-12). Although the share of high school seniors who expect to marry at some point in the future has remained constant over the past four decades (74% in 1976, 75% in 2017), the share of adults who do marry has decreased significantly (82% in 1976, 71% in 2017), indicating a disconnect between marital expectations and behavior.
High School Seniors' Attitudes Towards Cohabitation and Marriage
Family Profiles
Original reports summarizing and analyzing nationally representative data with the goal to provide the latest analysis of U.S. families. These profiles examine topics related to the NCFMR's core research themes.

High School Seniors' Attitudes Toward Cohabitation as a Testing Ground for Marriage, 2017
High School Seniors' Expectations to Marry, 2017
High School Seniors' Ideal Time for Marriage, 2017
In the News

NCFMR research topics are wide-ranging and diverse. To further our reach, codirectors, research affiliates, students, and staff participate in conferences, workshops, and seminars across the country, sharing policy-relevant research on American families with practitioners, fellow researchers, and policy makers. Disseminated as working papers, publications, data resources, and presentations, our research often garners national attention.

Young marrieds are staying married, thanks to our divorced parents:
We’re doing everything but following our parents’ bad example, and so far, it’s working
Unity couple reaches rare milestone with 75th wedding anniversary
US births lowest in 3 decades despite improving economy
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Just Released
Books
Sarah Bowen, Joslyn Brenton, & Sinikka Elliott, Oxford University Press
Michael Flood, Springer
Belinda Luscombe, Spiegel & Grau, Random House
Jaipaul L. Roopnarine & Elif Dede Yildirim, Routledge
Data
IPUMS Current Population Survey (CPS)
IPUMS GeoMarker
June

Call for Applications -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
NCFR Honors Student Recognition Program
Date Due: June 1

Call for Papers -- Springer Science+Business Media
Re/Formation and Identity: The Intersectionality of Development, Culture, and Immigration
Date Due: June 1

Call or Papers -- Journal of Child and Family Studies
Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning Applications in Behavioral and Social Sciences
Date Due: June 1

Call for Applications -- National Conference on Family Relations (NCFR)
Affiliate Grant Award
Date Due: June 1

Call for Papers -- Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology Annual Meeting
The Profession of Sociological Practice
Date Due: June 1
Conference Dates: October 17 - 19

ICPSR Methodology Workshops at the University of Massachusetts Center for Research on Families (CRF)
Multilevel Modeling with HLM and SPSS
Workshop Dates: June 3 - 7

Integrated Public Use Microdata Series (IPUMS) One-Day Workshop
Accessing, Analyzing, and Visualizing IPUMS Data
Workshop Date: June 5

Call for White Papers -- National Academies of Science, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM)
Phase I of Decadal Survey on Reducing the Burden of Alzheimer's Disease (AD) and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Dementias (ADRD)
Date Due: June 15

Data User Workshop -- Add Health Parent Study (AHPS)
Express Interest in Attendance by: June 15
Workshop Dates: August 13 - 14
Send Email to AHPSWorksop2019@duke.edu

ICPSR Methodology Workshops at the University of Massachusetts Center for Research on Families (CRF)
Stress Biomarkers -- Why, What, Where, and How
Workshop Dates: June 17 - 18

2019 Groves Conference On Marriage and Family
Surviving or Thriving: Exploring Adversity, Resilience, and Hope Across the Lifespan
Conference Dates: June 19 - 21

Request for Articles -- Russell Sage Foundation(RSF)
Wealth Inequality and Child Development: New Evidence for Policy and Practice
Date Due: June 24
Conference Date: January 21, 2020

ICPSR Methodology Workshops at the University of Massachusetts Center for Research on Families (CRF)
Analyzing Intensive Longitudinal Data: A Guide to Diary, Experience Sampling, and Ecological Momentary Assessment Methods
Conference Dates: June 24 - 28

ICPSR Summer Program in Quantitative Methods of Social Research
Four-Week Session Dates: June 24 - July 19

Call for Applications -- Russell Sage Foundation (RSF)
Visiting Scholars Program
Date Due: June 27


July

Call for Proposals -- Population Research and Policy Review (PRPR)
Special Issue 2020
Date Due: July 1

Call for Applications -- William T. Grant Scholars Program
Reducing Inequality or Improving the Use of Research Evidence
Date Due: July 2

Summer Institute of Survey Research Techniques
  • A Virtually Syntax Free Practical Introduction to Web Scraping for Survey and Social Science Researchers
  • Workshop Dates: July 8 - 9
  • An Introduction to Big Data and Machine Learning for Survey Researchers and Social Scientists
  • Workshop Dates: July 10 - 12

Call for Comments -- National Institutes of Health, Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research (OBSSR)
Accomplishments in Behavioral and Social Sciences Research
Date Due: July 31

NCFMR Team

Co-directors
Dr. Susan L. Brown
Dr. Wendy D. Manning

Social Science Data Analysts
Dr. Krista K. Payne

Technical Writer
Lesley Wadsworth

Graduate Research Assistants
Colette Allred
Kasey Eickmeyer
Paul Hemez
Valerie Schweizer

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