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Andrew Cherlin
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Andrew Cherlin on marriage, cohabitation, and societal trends in family formation

Andrew Cherlin, NCFR Fellow and noted sociologist and demographer, discusses his areas of expertise; marriage, cohabitation, and societal trends in family formation including “The Deinstitutionalization of Marriage,” the name he coined for these trends. 

Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies
from Current Issue: CFLE Network Fall 2012

Book Review: "Interracial Families: Current Concepts and Controversies"

Reviewed by Professor Richard Glotzer, Ph.D., CFLE

Sociologists George Yancey and Richard Lewis remind readers that the American context is evolving both demographically and interpersonally. Interracial Families explores attraction, dating and family formation in an emerging environment that is less socially bounded and retaliatory about personal choices than even in the recent past.

NCFMR
from NCFR News

The National Center for Family & Marriage Research - new report

Counting Couples, Counting Families
July 31, 2012

The National Center for Family and Marriage Research announces the release of their 2011 research conference full report Counting Couples, Counting Families.

from 2012 NCFR Annual Conference
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11:45 am - 1:00 pm | All posters are in the Atrium. For the Poster Symposium, at 12:30 pm, those who wish to discuss posters 222-01 through 222-03 will move to the Curtis A Room.

Poster Session 5

POSTER SYMPOSIUM - Social Support and Resources Influenced on Familial Issues. POSTER TOPICS: Mate Selection, Dating, Gender/Roles; Relationships; Intergenerational Issues; Resiliency
for Members ONLY

Forming Families - Audio Recording

Panelists discuss The Changing Nature of Cohabitation ; Shared Reality in Courtship: Does it Matter for Marital Success? ; Identifying Predictors of Staying Over Among Emerging Adults
Twenty-Somethings: A New Life Stage
from 2011 NCFR Conference Recordings

Isabel V. Sawhill speaking on Family Formation among Twenty-Somethings

Dr. Isabel V. Sawhill speaks about Family Formation among Twenty-Somethings in this clip from her presentation, Intergenerational Equity: Balancing the Needs of Young and Old .Runtime: 4:51

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March 2007 NCFR Report Magazine

Family Focus on Families and Social Class

Teasing out the issue of Social Class from other family demographics such as race, ethnicity, occupation, and geographic setting isn't easy. Annette Lareau, Stephen Marks and other scholars will get us started- And so "Class" begins now.