NCFMR in the News 2016
NCFMR research, disseminated as working papers, publications, data resources, and presentations, often garners national attention. Additionally, NCFMR Co-Directors, NCFMR/BGSU 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.
Divorce twice as common for those ages 50+
Divorcing after being married for decades? Here's what to do...
U.S. divorce rate has fallen by 25% from 1980, reaching a 40-year low; marriage rate sees slight uptick
Divorcing late in life? Don't let it destroy your retirement
"...divorced people are much more likely to be poor in their 60s, 70s, and beyond."
The 'gray divorce revolution'
NPR's Here & Now talks with Susan Brown about divorce trends in the U.S., and the often-cited statistic that half of marriages end in divorce.
Wendy Manning named president-elect of PAA
Distinguished Professor of Sociology Wendy Manning has been elected to serve as President of the Population Association of America (PAA). Her term as President-Elect begins on January 1, 2017, and she will be President in 2018. Manning's key duties include organizing the 2018 annual meeting and delivering the 2018 Presidential Address.
Social erosion fuels unease
NCFMR research statistics about the erosion of social institutions appear in WSJ.
BGSU researchers find "No Groom, No Gloom"
Gary R. Lee, professor emeritus of sociology, tells "Live Science,"
Married people are happier than others, but there are plenty of exceptions to that.
Lee and co-author Krista K. Payne, data analyst, find the exception to be older, never-married women.
No Groom, No Gloom: Never Married Women Just as Happy
Live Science
Professor of sociology faces challenges in recent study
BGSU sociology professor and NCFMR research affiliate Karen Guzzo & Cassandra Dorius, Iowa State University, faced many "Challenges in Measuring and Studying Multipartnered Fertility in American Survey Data." Read the full article...
NCFMR research finds long-term marriages are rare occurrence
Huijing Wu and Susan Brown find "...Of all current U.S. marriages, only 7 percent have reached the 50-year mark..."
Pequot Lakes couple celebrate 75 years of wedding bliss
Brainerd Dispatch
Keeping teen moms from 'turnaround' pregnancies
"It’s not that teens really want to become parents at an early age so much as they lack the ability, and sometimes even reasons, to actively plan for the future."
--Karen Guzzo, professor of sociology
Millennials and marrying young: Like mother, like child
Lydia Anderson and Krista Payne find median age at first marriage has increased since mid-20th century.
Known for challenging authority and tradition, Boomers now challenging marriage trends
More and more Boomers seek divorce as they age, according to the NCFMR at BGSU.
Boomers Are Making Sure the Divorces Keep Coming
"...even if divorce rates decline in the future, it doesn't mean Americans' relationships and families are more stable. While fewer people marry, they're still coupling up and living together. And these marriage-less couplings are far less likely to last than marriages are.
Forget 'adulting': For Millennials, there's no place quite like home
"Dr. Krista Payne at the University’s National Center for Family & Marriage Research data analyst says that the number of those 18 to 34 years old living with parents has been rising for the last 50 years."
How the 'Divorce Mortgage' Could Help Older Homeowners
Never Too Old to Hurt From Parents' Divorce
“I don’t know how it will play out,” Dr. Brown said of her findings. “For most people getting a gray divorce, the children are adult age.” But, she said, research “actually applies to a past generation. Where is the research that will help this generation?"
Pew Research features LAT poster by Brown and Colleagues at PAA
“LAT relationships are gaining momentum among middle-aged and older adults who may have less to gain from cohabitation or marriage,” the researchers said.
Gray divorce can drag both parties into the red
Stykes and Guzzo find 63% of remarriages include stepchildren
Brown has found gray-divorce women are at financial disadvantage
“The financial implications are potentially troubling,” Brown says. “The evidence we have says gray-divorce women are at a particular disadvantage."
Manning serving as chair on NAS committee
Wendy Manning currently serves as chair on The National Academies of Sciences, Committee on National Statistics meeting on “Improving Collection of Indicators of Criminal Justice System Involvement in Population Health Data Programs.”
Co-director Wendy Manning discusses changes in American family relationships
Living with Your Partner? No Problem, More Americans Say
livescience
BG Associate Professor Karen Guzzo Elected to NCFR Board
Congratulations to Dr. Karen Guzzo! She has been recently elected as a member-at-large on the National Council on Family Relations Board of Directors. Guzzo also serves as an NCFMR research affiliate and as associate director of the Center for Family and Demographic Research.
NCFR Press Release
Brown and Lin gray divorce research appears in Time article
Don’t Let Divorce Derail Your Retirement
A Late-in-Life Split Can Shred Your Retirement Plans
Manning research appears in Italian publication Neodemos
Kenneth Pargament, emeritus professor of psychology, addresses spirituality and religion
Healing through faith
Praying to restore mind, body, and spirit
The Blade
Of all current U.S. marriages, only 7% have reached the 50-year mark
Of all current U.S. marriages, only 7% have reached the 50-year markThe Washington Post
The secret to a long-lasting marriage
Our Valentine to you: Singletary vs Brooks
in the love and money debate
What baby boomers can teach millennials about online dating
One in three single baby boomers has never even been married, according to a 2012 survey by Bowling Green State University’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research in Ohio.
Those who divorce later in life may not be able to fully recover from a gray divorce
“Those who divorce earlier in adulthood have more time to recoup the financial losses divorce usually entails. In contrast, those who divorce later have fewer years of working life remaining and may not be able to fully recover economically from a gray divorce.”
Forbes
Professor Susan Brown on Delaware Public Media
Novelist Isabel Allende finds 'gray divorce' can be ruff...
Allende part of demographic group in which divorce rates are increasing. Often times, NCFMR Researchers noted, "...the partners have simply grown apart."
Forbes
“Individuals who go through gray divorce are considerably economically disadvantaged and they are a growing demographic group,” wrote I-Fen Lin, Susan Brown and Anna Hammersmith, co-authors of the study "Marital Biography, Social Security and Poverty."
Parenting, Cam Newton, and Marriage vs. Cohabitation
Manning research concludes: The family experience that has a consistent and negative implication for child health in both cohabiting and married parent families is family instability.
The gray divorce revolution named "Best of NCFR Report"
Susan L. Brown and I-Fen Lin's gray divorce research was recently named the "Best of" by NCFR Report.
Sociology professors Brown and Lin find Financial Fallout from 'Gray Divorce'
...this important trend of "gray divorce" is having negative consequences for baby boomers' financial security in old age.
Squared Away Blog
Financial Behavior: Work, Save, Retire
Center for Retirement Research at Boston College
Updated: 06/15/2021 01:37PM