NCFMR In The News 2012

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.
News Archive
  • Sociologists Pamela Smock, Wendy Manning, and Meredith Porter Discuss How Money Shapes Cohabitors' Decisions to Marry
  • Susan Brown and I-Fen Lin Discuss Baby Boomers with Host Steve Kendall on Northwest OHIO Journal
    • Northwest OHIO Journal
  • Kei Nomaguchi, NCFMR/BGSU Research Affiliate, Comments on the "The Almost Perfect Mom"
  • Susan Brown Speaks About Surge in Silver Separation
  • Peggy Giordano Comments on Teen Dating Violence
  • Brown and Lin Study Finds High Boomer Divorce Rate May Result in Later-In-Life Remarriage and Subsequent Divorce
  • Manning Notes Marriage Helps Ensure Household with Two Economic Providers for Kids
  • Gray Divorce in Hollywood
  • Brown and Lin Report Gray Divorce Rate Has Been Rapidly Rising Over Past 20 Years
  • Lin and Brown Study Finds Number of Post 50 Divorces Could Easily Surpass 800,000 Per Year by 2030
  • Unmarried Boomers Tend to be More Vulnerable Than Marrieds Finds Susan Brown
  • Brown and Lee Research Shows Cohabitation is More Diverse Than Most Realize
  • Susan Brown Comments on Composition of New Jersey Marrieds
  • Gray Divorcees Have Increasingly Complex Marital Biographies
    • Chicago Tribune
    • A Place for Mom
  • Karen Guzzo, NCFMR Research Affiliate and BGSU Sociology Professor, Comments on Increase in Births for Cohabitors
    • USA Today
  • One in Four Couples Part of Gray Divorce Revolution
  • NCFMR Research Finds Overall Divorce Rate Greater for Second Marriages
    • Reuters
  • Today Discusses Divorce After 50 with Susan Brown, BGSU Professor of Sociology and NCFMR Co-Director
    The Gray Divorce Revolution: Rising Divorce among Middle-aged and Older Adults, 1990-2009
  • Susan Brown and I-Fen Lin Address Senior Divorces
  • Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, Speaks to CNN About The Gray Divorce Revolution
    The Gray Divorce Revolution: Rising Divorce among Middle-aged and Older Adults, 1990-2009 
  • Bart Stykes, NCFMR Graduate Research Assistant, Finds Average Age of First-Time Fathers Has Risen
  • Susan Brown's Research Finds Boomers Interested in Long-Term Partners, Not Necessarily Marriage
  • Important for Boomers to Understand Rules that Govern Division of Assets in Divorce
  • NCFMR Gray Divorce Research in Sandwich Generation
  • I-Fen Lin, Research Affiliate, and Susan Brown, Co-Director, Find Boomers Entering Golden Years with Less Familial and Societal Support
  • NCFMR Researchers Showcase Fathers and Fathering Studies
  • Wendy Manning, NCFMR Co-Director, Co-Authors Study that Finds Cohabiting is Not Linked to Divorce
    • Chicago Tribune
  • NCFMR/BGSU Research Team Finds Rate of Divorce for Couples Over Age 50 Increased by More than Twofold Between 1990-2009
  • According to NCFMR Study, Living Alone is More Common for Aging Boomers
  • Karen Benjamin Guzzo, NCFMR/BGSU Research Affiliate, Finds Economy May Affect Fertility
    • USA Today
  • Out of Wedlock Births May Impact Children's Education, Social, Cognitive, and Behavioral Outcomes Finds Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director
    • New York Post
  • Research from NCFMR Co-Director Susan Brown Finds 7% of Unmarrieds Over Age 50 Currently Cohabit
    • U.S. News and World Report
  • Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, Discusses Benefits Enjoyed by Unmarried Partner Population
  • Growing Number of Elderly Population Living Alone Raises "Issues About Caring for the Elderly and Social Support," Says Wendy Manning, NCFMR Co-Director
  • Baby Boomers and the Gray Divorce Revolution
  • Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, Comments on  Older Couples Enjoying the Benefits of Marriage without the Burdens
  • NCFMR Co-Director Susan Brown's Research Addresses New National Trend: "The Gray Divorce Revolution"
  • Wendy Manning, NCFMR Co-Director, Comments on the "Cohabitation Effect"
  • Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, and I-Fen Lin, NCFMR Research Affiliate, Find More Boomers are Choosing to Go it Alone
  • NCFMR External Grantee Michal Grinstein-Weiss and Colleagues' Research Finds Homeownership May Provide Social Benefits
  • NCFMR Study Finds Half of Boomers Who Divorce are in Short-Term Marriages
    • Fort Wayne Journal Gazette
  • Co-Director Susan Brown Discusses The Divorce Boom for Those Over 50
  • BGSU/NCFMR Research Affiliate Karen Benjamin Guzzo Discusses Cohabitation and Children
    • USA Today  
  • Research Led by BGSU Psychologist and NCFMR Research Affiliate Kenneth Pargament Addresses Mysticism
  • Wendy Manning and Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Directors, Find Family Life in America is in Flux
  • NCFMR Research Affiliate Peggy Giordano and Her Colleagues' Research Finds Teenage Boys as Emotionally Invested in Their Romantic Relationships as Girls
  • Unmarried Boomers are Disproportionately Women, Younger, Non-White, and Divorced or Never Married Find Researchers I-Fen Lin, NCFMR Research Affiliate, and Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director
  • Susan Brown Receives Prestigious Olscamp Research Award
  • Divorce Rate Has Remained 'High and Stable' Over the Past Two Decades, Says Co-Director Susan Brown
  • Wendy Manning, NCFMR Co-Director, Examines Effects of Cohabiting on Marital Stability
  • New Research by Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, and I-Fen Lin, NCFMR BGSU Research Affiliate Addresses "Gray Divorce" Among New Generation of Empty Nesters
  • Lisa Diamond and Angela Hicks, NCFMR Pilot Data Awardees, Find the Most Satisfied Couples Share Responsibility for Personal Money Problems
  • Susan Brown Comments on Large Families Surrounding Leading Presidential Candidates
  • NCFMR Research Team Comments on the "The Gray Divorce Revolution"
  • Susan Brown Discusses American's Changing Views of Marriage
    • The Atlantic Wire
  • Karen Benjamin Guzzo, NCFMR Research Affiliate and BGSU Assistant Professor, Discusses Path to Financial Fertility
    • Huff Post
  • Susan Brown and I-Fen Lin Discuss the Trend of Growing Old Single
  • College Education Delays Marriage Finds Susan Brown
  • Susan Brown Comments on Characteristics of Children Born to Married Couples
  • NCFMR Comments on Repeat Marriages
  • I-Fen Lin, NCFMR Research Affiliate, and Susan Brown, NCFMR Co-Director, Examine Trend of Single Baby Boomers Confronting Old Age
  • BGSU NCFMR Research Affiliate Kenneth Pargament on the Spirituality of Health
  • New NCFMR Research Shows that Most Couples Form a Family Before Reaching Age 25 

Updated: 06/15/2021 12:27PM