The good news is that U.S. life expectancy is at a record high, 78.8 as of 2012.
About Family Inequality
Marriage Rates Among People With Disabilities (Save the Data Edition)
People with disabilities are much more likely to divorce than those without.
People with disabilities are much more likely to divorce than those without.
Let’s Raise the Legal Age of Marriage in Maryland
Marriage is permitted as young as age 15 with parental consent and evidence of pregnancy or childbirth, and age 16-17 with one or the other, and these exceptions are granted by county clerks rather than judges.
Marriage is permitted as young as age 15 with parental consent and evidence of pregnancy or childbirth, and age 16-17 with one or the other, and these exceptions are granted by county clerks rather than judges.
Take the Marital Name Change Survey
The issue of marriage and name changes.
The issue of marriage and name changes.
Less Than Half of Women With PhDs in Survey Keep ‘Maiden’ Names
Marital Name Change Survey first results and open data release.
Marital Name Change Survey first results and open data release.
Divorce Fell in One Florida County (And 31 Others), and You Will Totally Believe What Happened Next
The divorce rate in the U.S. (divorces per married woman) fell 21 percent from 2008 to 2017.
The divorce rate in the U.S. (divorces per married woman) fell 21 percent from 2008 to 2017.
Two Talks on Public Sociology (With Audio)
Tools for Communicating Sociology Outside the Discipline: What Works, What Doesn’t Work, and What’s Promising
Tools for Communicating Sociology Outside the Discipline: What Works, What Doesn’t Work, and What’s Promising
Against the Generations, With Video
Committee on the Consideration of Generational Issues in Workforce Management and Employment Practices.
Committee on the Consideration of Generational Issues in Workforce Management and Employment Practices.
The Coming Divorce Decline, Socius Edition
Specifying your plan in advance, before you gather data.
Specifying your plan in advance, before you gather data.
Marriage Update: Less Divorce, Less Sex
The variable SEXFREQ asks, “About how often did you have sex during the last 12 months?”
The variable SEXFREQ asks, “About how often did you have sex during the last 12 months?”
New Data Show Change in the Class Identity Structure
If you were asked to use one of four names for your social class, which would you say you belong in: the lower class, the working class, the middle class, or the upper class?
If you were asked to use one of four names for your social class, which would you say you belong in: the lower class, the working class, the middle class, or the upper class?
Start a Family Started to Mean ‘Have Children’ More Recently Than You Think
Maybe it reinforced the naturalness of women dropping out of paid work when they had children, something that was soon to emerge as a key battle ground in the gender revolution.
Maybe it reinforced the naturalness of women dropping out of paid work when they had children, something that was soon to emerge as a key battle ground in the gender revolution.
Fertility Trends and the Myth of Millenials
When you look closely you see that the delineation of “generations” is arbitrary and usually wrong.
When you look closely you see that the delineation of “generations” is arbitrary and usually wrong.