A short paper on the decline of all things marriage in the U.S.
Family Inequality,
A higher status marriage system is a smaller, slower, and more stable marriage system.
A higher status marriage system is a smaller, slower, and more stable marriage system.
This week it's back to teaching Family Demography. I added a few weeks of pandemic related readings. And some things I never…
Unless something changes outside the demogosphere, the divorce rate is going to go down in the coming years. Divorce represents…
In the past 10 years, the share of U.S. adults living without a spouse or partner has climbed to 42%, up from 39% in 2007.
A different version of this post was originally published at Timeline. To get some perspective on the long term trend in divorce…
In honor of Valentine’s Day, Science of Us is spending this week talking about love — specifically, what happens when it goes…
If you (or I) read all this, we'll know a lot more than we did before. Continue reading →
A friend of mine approached me the other day in tears. The 9-year-old son of a close friend of hers tried to kill himself. “He’s…
In 2014, just 14% of children younger than 18 lived with a stay-at-home mother and a working father who were in their first…
You could interpret this as a continuous decline with a major detour caused by the recession, but that case is weaker than it…
This is a lengthy follow-up to all the recent buzz about the divorce rate. “Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce.” You’ve…
“Fifty percent of marriages end in divorce.” You’ve probably heard that claim several times—just as you may also have heard…
Two government initiatives seeking to understand the value of a college education are about to butt heads. The White House…
Two government initiatives seeking to understand the value of a college education are about to butt heads. The White House…
The Census Bureau recently announced plans to remove from its annual American Community Survey several questions about…
Arielle Kuperberg, Assistant Professor of Sociology, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, is author of this week’s…
In spite of recent optimism, it seems the divorce crisis continues. A 2014 report in the journal Demography provides evidence…
That divorce rate is pretty high. Continue reading →
That divorce rate is pretty high. Continue reading →
The wisdom about divorce in America goes something like this: the sexual revolution sparked a sharp rise in the divorce rate…
Kay Hymnowitz reports: According to new research, far from declining since 1980 as researchers thought, age-adjusted divorce…