The National Center for Family & Marriage Research at Bowling Green State University just released a new family profile publication on "On the Road to Adulthood: Leaving the Parental Home." It examines the residential trends of 18 - 24 year olds by gender, ethnicity and race, and educational attainment.
Andrew Cherlin
Professor, Johns Hopkins University
Ph.D., University of California at Los Angeles, 1974
My research is in the sociology of families and public policy. I have published books and articles on topics such as marriage and divorce, children's well-being, intergenerational relations, family policy, and welfare policy. I am the principal investigator of the "Three-City Study," an interdisciplinary study of low-income children and their caregivers in the post-welfare-reform era. The study’s web site includes downloadable documents that describe the study and a searchable list of publications. The data from all three survey waves of our study are publicly available through Sociometrics and ICPSR.
I am also the author of a textbook in the sociology of the family, Public and Private Families: An Introduction (Sixth edition, McGraw-Hill, 2010); and a companion reader, Public and Private Families: A Reader (Sixth edition, McGraw-Hill 2010).
My most recent book is The Marriage-Go-Round: The State of Marriage and the Family Today (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 2009).
Opening Plenary Session - Official Conference Opening
Presider: Leanor Boulin Johnson, 2011 Program Chair
Dr. Frank Furstenberg, Jr., will address the question of how families are shaped by varying economic contexts both in the U.S. and in comparative perspective, including a review of past and ongoing research that examines how family form and function responds to economic conditions. This will lead to a larger discussion of the role of public policy in strengthening families and the well-being of children and youth. The plenary will be followed by a discussion period with Dr. Furstenberg.
Beginning September 2012, FDA will require larger, more prominent cigarette health warnings on all cigarette packaging and advertisements in the United States.
Tips for Public Policy Involvement (2011) is a free eBook summarizing how Congress does work and ways to gain awareness for an issue. The eBook explains terminology, how groups may participate, links to every state site, simple advocacy methods with instructions and a basic parliamentary summary.
This brief summarizes a longer Social Policy Report. A quarter of the world's youngest children suffer one or more forms of severe deprivation and risk, such as poverty, disease, and exposure to violence. Early childhood development (ECD) programs are considered one of the most promising approaches to providing more equitable outcomes for deprived and at-risk children and families. While the number of children and families served by ECD programs has grown, research shows that without a concurrent commitment to program quality, potential gains for children may be lost and glaring disparities in outcomes maintained.
