Volume 7 | July 2019
New at the NCFMR
Remarriage rates have plummeted over the past 60 years

Although the recent decline in remarriage has been well documented, less is known about how remarriage has changed since the mid-20th century. Our newest profile, The Retreat from Remarriage, 1950-2017 , examines trends in remarriage rates for men and women aged 15 and older. We find that over nearly six decades the remarriage rates for both men and women have decreased by about half.
The Remarriage Rates of Men and Women Aged 15 and Older, 1950-2017
Sources: NCFMR analyses of Vital Statistics of the United States, 1950; Monthly Vital Statistics Reports 1960, 1970, 1980, 1990; U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey, 2008-2017
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.
Family Formation Experiences: Shares of Women Who Married and Had a Birth, 1979 & 2016
Family Formation Experiences: Women’s Median Ages at First Marriage and First Birth, 1979 & 2016
The Retreat from Marriage, 1950-2017
In the News
NCFMR research topics are wide-ranging and diverse. A few of our research projects that have garnered national media attention are listed below.
More Older Couples Stay Together Because They Live Apart

Divorce Is Destroying the Finances of Americans Over 50
Colleagues collaborate on new book
Dr. Grace Kao (Yale University), and Drs. Kara Joyner and Kelly Stamper Balistreri (Bowling Green State University) have written a new book published by Russell Sage. The Company We Keep: Interracial Friendships and Romantic Relationships from Adolescence to Adulthood is an examination of how race, gender, socioeconomic status, and other factors affect the formation of interracial friendships and romantic relationships among youth.
Just Released
Books
Amy Blackstone, Penguin Random House
Sarah Halpern-Meekin, New York University Press
Joshua Murray & Michael Schwartz
Susan Stewart & Gordon Limb, (Eds.)
Frederick F. Wherry, Kristin S. Seefeldt, & Anthony S. Alvarez, Russell Sage Foundation
Calendar of Events
August
Webinar -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
'Good Night, Alexa': How Families Are Impacted by the Use of Technology
Webinar Date: August 1

NCSL Legislative Summit
Conference Dates: August 5 - 8

114th American Sociological Association (ASA) Annual Meeting
Engaging Social Justice for a Better World
Conference Dates: August 10 - 13

14th International Family Nursing Conference
Social Determinants of Family Health: Expanding Family Nursing Capacity
Conference Dates: August 13 - 16


September
Call for Nominations -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR) 2019 Fellows
Date Due: September 15

Call for Applications -- American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS) Fellowships
Date Due: September 25

Webinar -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Linkages Between Family Life Education and Early Childhood Home Visiting
Webinar Date: September 26

Call for Papers -- Journal of Feminist Family Therapy
Date Due: September 30


October
Webiner -- National Council on Family Relations (NCFR)
Bloom's Taxonomy: Assessing Education From Beginning to End
Webinar Date: October 10

Association for Applied and Clinical Sociology (AACS) Annual Conference
The Profession of Sociological Practice
Conference Dates: October 17 - 19

Penn State's 27th Annual National Symposium on Family Issues -- Population Research Institute
Families and Food
Symposium Dates: October 21 - 22
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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