Mothers

  • FP-23-29
    Number of Children Ever Born to Women Aged 40-44, 1980-2022
  • FP-23-22
    Children’s Co-Residence with Mothers and Fathers, 2022
  • FP-23-21
    Maternal and Paternal Age: Births to Individuals Aged 40 and Older, 2016-2021
  • FP-22-21
    Women’s Union Status at First Birth
  • FP-22-20
    Women's Prime Parenting Years, 1980 & 2020
  • FP-22-19
    Forty Years of Change in Marriage and Motherhood Among Women, 1979 & 2020
  • FP-22-17
    “Solo” and “Nonsolo” Single-Parent Households in the U.S., 2021
  • FP-22-13
    Women Who Gave Birth Within the Past 12 Months, 2020
  • FP-22-06
    First-Birth Timing Expectations among Childless Adults Intending Children
  • FP-21-22
    Variation in Stepfamilies among Currently Cohabiting and Married Men and Women Under 50
  • FP-21-17
    Trends in Births to Single and Cohabiting Mothers under 40, 1980-2018
  • FP-21-08
    Same-Sex Married and Cohabiting Couples Raising Children
  • FP-21-05
    Median Age at Last Birth
  • FP-21-03
    Unintended Births: Variation Across Social and Demographic Characteristics
  • FP-21-02
    Unintended Births: Variation Across Social and Demographic Characteristics
  • FP-21-01
    Thirty Years of Change in Unintended Births
  • FP-20-17
    Women Who Gave Birth Within the Past 12 Months, 2018
  • FP-20-06
    Age at First Birth Among Mothers 40-44, 1990 & 2018
  • FP-20-05
    Age at Entry into Motherhood and Mothers’ Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2015-2018
  • FP-20-04
    Number of Children to Women Aged 40-44, 1980-2018
  • FP-20-03
    Union and Childbearing Characteristics of Women 40-44, 2000-2018
  • FP-19-21
    Resident Single Parents: Mothers & Fathers
  • FP-19-19
    Coresidence Among Older Adults and Their Adult Children
  • FP-19-18
    Parental Bereavement in Mid- to Late-Life: The Death of a Child After Age 50
  • FP-19-16
    Family Formation Experiences: Women’s Median Ages at First Marriage and First Birth, 1979 & 2016
  • FP-19-15
    Family Formation Experiences: Shares of Women Who Married and Had a Birth, 1979 & 2016
  • FP-18-25
    Average Age at First Birth, 1970 & 2017
  • FP-18-11
    Job Satisfaction and Interference with Family Life Among Mothers and Fathers
  • FP-18-10
    Attitudes on Women's Roles in the Home: 1986-2016
  • FP-18-09
    Childbearing Desires, Intentions, and Attitudes Among Women 40-44
  • FP-18-08
    Characteristics of First Time Mothers Aged 40 and Older
  • FP-18-07
    Childbearing Among Women 40 and Older
  • FP-17-22
    Crossover in the Median Age at First Marriage and First Birth: Thirty-Five Years of Change
  • FP-17-19
    Mothers Aged 40-44 with Four or More Births
  • FP-17-14
    Variation in Birth Spacing by Maternal Characteristics
  • FP-17-13
    Variation in Birth Spacing by Family Context
  • FP-16-10
    Over 25 Years of Change in Men's Entry into Fatherhood, 1987-2013
  • FP-16-09
    Stepfamilies in the U.S.
  • FP-16-05
    A Quarter Century Change in Nonmarital Births: Differences by Educational Attainment
  • FP-16-04
    A Quarter Century Change in Nonmarital Births: Racial/Ethnic Differences
  • FP-16-03
    A Quarter Century Change in Nonmarital Births
  • FP-15-11
    Marital Stability Following Mother's 1st Marital Birth
  • FP-15-06
    Religiosity in U.S. Families: Single, Cohabiting, and Married Mothers
  • FP-15-04
    Number of Children Living in Same-Sex Couple Households, 2013
  • FP-15-03
    Trends in Births to Single and Cohabiting Mothers, 1980-2013
  • FP-15-02
    Multiple Partner Fertility Among White Married Couples in the U.S., 1955
  • FP-14-05
    Trends in Births to Single and Cohabiting Mothers, 1980-2009
  • FP-14-04
    Trends in Motherhood Before First Marriage
  • FP-14-03
    Demographic Profile of Same-Sex Couple Households with Minor Children, 2012
  • FP-13-19
    Children's Family Structure, 2013
  • FP-13-16
    Diverging Destinies: Children's Family Structure Variation by Maternal Education
  • FP-13-15
    Intentions of Nonmarital First Births and Maternal Age at Birth, 2000-2010
  • FP-13-10
    Women Who Gave Birth Within the Past 12 months, 2011
  • FP-13-09
    Working Women with Children in the Household, 2011
  • FP-13-06
    Crossover in Median Age at First Marriage and First Birth: Thirty Years of Change (first published as FP-12-03)
  • FP-13-03
     Grandchildren: Living in a Grandparent-Headed Household
  • FP-12-24
    Intentions and Planning Status of Births: 2000-2010
  • FP-12-23
    Single, Cohabiting, and Married Mothers in the U.S., 2011
  • FP-12-17
    Child Poverty in the United States, 2010
  • FP-12-16
    Health Insurance Coverage of U.S. Children, 2010
  • FP-12-15
    Demographic Profile of Same-Sex Parents
  • FP-12-11
    Timing of First Marital Birth
  • FP-12-10
    Mothers and Fathers Exiting the Workforce in 2008
  • FP-12-06
    Unmarried Births to Cohabiting and Single Mothers, 2005-2010
  • FP-11-11
    On the Road to Adulthood: Sequencing of Family Experiences
  • FP-11-10
    Fatherhood in the U.S.: Number of Children, 1987-2010
  • FP-11-08
    On the Road to Adulthood: Forming Families
  • FP-11-07
    Children in Cohabiting Unions
  • FP-11-01
    U.S. Families and Households: Economic Well-Being
  • FP-10-08
    Same-Sex Couple Households in the U.S., 2009
  • FP-10-04
    Thirty Years of Change in Family Roles and Parenthood Attitudes, 1976-2008
  • WP-14-02
    Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Stykes, B. (July 2014). "Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Integrating Family Complexity."
    • Published in Journal of Marriage and Family.
      • Brown, S. L., Manning, W. D., & Stykes, J. B. 2015. "Family Structure and Child Well-being: Integrating Family Complexity." Journal of Marriage and Family, 77(1), 177-190. doi: 10.1111/jomf.12145
  • WP-13-04
    Dorius, C., & Benjamin Guzzo, K. (August 2013). "The Long Arm of Maternal Multipartnered Fertility and Adolescent Well-being."
    • Presented at the American Sociological Association (ASA) annual meeting, New York, NY. (August 2013).
  • WP-12-09
    Tach, L. (September 2012). "Family Complexity, Childbearing, and Parenting Stress: A Comparison of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Experiences."
    • Presented at the Association for Public Policy Analysis & Management (APPAM) 2011 fall research conference, Washington DC. (November 2011).
  • WP-12-07
    Barnett, M. A. (September 2012). "Extended Family Support Networks of Mexican American Mothers of Toddlers."
  • WP-10-15
    Evenhouse, E., & Reilly, S. (October 2010). "Multiple-Father Fertility, Prevalence and Connection to the Criminal Justice System."
  • WP-09-07    RB-09-01
    Bachman, H. J., Coley, R. L., & Carrano, J. (July 2009). "Distinguishing between Family Structure and Family Instability on Child Well-Being in Low-Income Families."
    • Published in Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology.
      • Published as "Maternal Relationship Instability Influences on Children’s Emotional and Behavioral Functioning in Low-Income Families." Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 39(8): 1149–1161. November 2011. doi: 10.1007/s10802-011-9535-1
  • Bachman, J. J., Coley, R. L., & Carrano, J. (2012). "Low-income mothers' patterns of partnership instability and adolescents' behavioral and emotional well-being."
    • Published in Journal of Family Psychology, 26, 263-273; doi: 10.1037/a0027427
  • WP-09-03
    Roettger, M. E., Swisher, R. R., Kuhl, D., & Chavez, J. M. (July 2009). "Paternal Incarceration and Altered Trajectories of Marijuana and Hard Drug Use From Adolescence into Adulthood: Evidence From National Panels of U.S. Males and Female."
    • Published in Addiction.
      • Published as "Paternal incarceration and trajectories of marijuana and other illegal drug use from adolescence into young adulthood: evidence from longitudinal panels of males and females in the United States." Addiction, 2010; doi: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2010.03110.x
  • WP-09-01
    Roettger, M. E., & Swisher, R. R. (March 2009). "Examining Racial Variations in the Associations of Father’s History of Incarceration with Son’s Delinquency and Arrest in Contemporary U.S. Society."
    • Published as "Associations of Fathers' History of Incarceration with Sons' Delinquency and Arrest Among Black, White, and Hispanic Males in the United States" in Criminology, November 2011, 49: 1109–1147; doi: 10.1111/j.1745-9125.2011.00253.x 
  • Dorius, Cassandra. (2011). University of Michigan. Poster presented at the NCFMR
    Counting Couples, Counting Families 2011 Research Conference.

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