National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles
This series brings together Family Profiles that focus on the latest NCFMR analyses of American families. The profiles draw on recently released, national data sources to provide the most up to date information about U.S. families, showcasing select themes that are research and policy relevant.
Submissions from 2023
FP-23-01 Prevalence of Grandparenthood in the U.S., Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-23-02 Grandparents’ Characteristics by Age, Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-23-03 Grandparenthood in the U.S.: Residence Status of Grandchildren, Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-23-04 Unmarried Adulthood: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2020, Francesca A. Marino
FP-23-05 Geographic Variation in LGBT+ Identification in the U.S., Christopher A. Julian
FP-23-06 Geographic Variation in Percentage of Unions Including Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples Unions, Christopher A. Julian
FP-23-07 A Decade of Change in Shares of Single, Cohabiting, and Married Individuals, 2012-2022, Christopher A. Julian
FP-23-08 Age Variation in Unmarried Adults, 1900-2020, Francesca A. Marino
Submissions from 2022
FP-22-01 Trends in Non-Marriage Among Men, 2005-2019, Adrianne R. Brown and Karen B. Guzzo
FP-22-02 Non-Marriage Among College-Educated Adults, 2005-2019, Adrianne R. Brown and Wendy D. Manning
FP-22-03 High School Seniors’ Attitudes Toward Cohabitation as a Testing Ground for Marriage, 2020, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-04 High School Seniors’ Expectations to Marry, 2020, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-05 Median Age at Last Birth for Fathers, Karen B. Guzzo and Katherine Graham
FP-22-06 First-Birth Timing Expectations Among Adults Intending Children, Karen B. Guzzo
FP-22-07 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2020, Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-22-08 Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2020, Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-22-09 Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2020, Krista K. Westrick-Payne
FP-22-10 Prevalence of Cohabitation Among Unmarried Older Adults, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-11 Childbearing Desires, Intentions, and Attitudes Among Childless Adults 40-49, Karen B. Guzzo
FP-22-12 Marriage, Divorce, and the COVID-19 Pandemic in the U.S., Krista Westrick-Payne and Wendy D. Manning
FP-22-13 Women Who Gave Birth Within the Past 12 Months, 2020, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-14 Single and Living Alone in Midlife, 2021, Corrine E. Wiborg
FP-22-15 Median Age at First Marriage, 2021, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-16 Older Adult Cohabiting and Married Couples, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-17 "Solo" and "Nonsolo" Single-Parent Households in the U.S., 2021, Corrine E. Wiborg
FP-22-18 Marital Status Variation in Religiosity Among Older Women and Men, Francesca A. Marino and Kagan A. Mellencamp
FP-22-19 Forty Years of Change in Marriage and Motherhood Among Women, 1979 & 2020, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-20 Women's Prime Parenting Years, 1980 & 2020, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-21 Women's Union Status at First Birth, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-22-22 Coresidential Fathers with Minor Children 2015-2019, Katherine Graham
FP-22-23 Median Age at First Divorce, 2020, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-24 Ohio and Florida Births Prior to and During the COVID-19 Pandemic, Christopher A. Julian, Wendy D. Manning, and Karen B. Guzzo
FP-22-25 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2021, Gabrielle Juteau
FP-22-26 Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2021, Francesca A. Marino
FP-22-27 Marriage to Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2021, Francesca A. Marino and Gabrielle Juteau
FP-22-28 Age Variation in Cohabitation, 2022, Francesca A. Marino
FP-22-29 Cohabitation among Young Adults, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-30 Characteristics of Single Adults in the U.S., 2022, Gabrielle Juteau
FP-22-31 Duration of Marriage at First Divorce, 2020, Christopher A. Julian
FP-22-32 Older Adults Living with an Adult Roommate and Sibling, 2020, Christopher A. Julian
Submissions from 2021
FP-21-01 Twenty Years of Change in Unintended Births, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-02 Unintended Births: Variation Across Social and Demographic Characteristics, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-03 Mothers’ Experiences of Unintended Childbearing, 2017, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-04 Trends in Cohabitation Prior to Marriage, Wendy D. Manning and Lisa Carlson
FP-21-05 Median Age at Last Birth, Lisa Carlson and Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-06 Homogamy in U.S. Marriages, 2019, Lisa Carlson
FP-21-07 Grandchildren Living in Grandparent -Headed Households, 2019, Lisa Carlson
FP-21-08 Same-Sex Married and Cohabiting Couples Raising Children, Wendy D. Manning and Krista K. Payne
FP-21-09 First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2019, Leslie Reynolds
FP-21-10 First Divorce Rate in the U.S., 2019, Leslie Reynolds
FP-21-11 Median Age at First Marriage for Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples, 2019, Krista K. Payne and Wendy D. Manning
FP-21-12 Median Age at First Marriage, 2020, Krista K. Payne
FP-21-13 Median Age at First Marriage: Geographic Variation, 2019, Krista K. Payne
FP-21-14 Recent Changes in Men’s Childbearing Goals, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-15 Variation in Men’s Actual + Intended Number of Children, Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-21-16 Age Variation in the Divorce Rate, 1990 & 2019, Lisa Carlson
FP-21-17 Trends in Births to Single and Cohabiting Mothers under 40, 1980-2018, Karen B. Guzzo
FP-21-18 The U.S. Remarriage Rate, 2019: Trends and Geographic Variation by Gender, Leslie Reynolds
FP-21-19 Recent (2019) Marriages to Same-Sex and Different-Sex Couples: Marital History and Age at Marriage, Krista K. Payne and Wendy D. Manning
FP-21-20 Recent Marriages to Same-sex and Different-sex Couples: Mobility, Region, Home Ownership, and Household Income, Krista K. Payne and Wendy D. Manning
FP-21-21 Stepfamilies among Currently Cohabiting and Married Women Under 45, 1988 and 2017, Karen B. Guzzo
FP-21-22 Variation in Stepfamilies among Currently Cohabiting and Married Men and Women Under 50, Karen B. Guzzo
FP-21-23 Young Adults in the Parental Home, 2007-2021, Adrianne R. Brown
FP-21-24 Marital Experiences in the U.S., 1996 & 2018, Krista K. Payne
FP-21-25 Relationship Status Trends According to Age and Gender, 2019-2021, Adrianne R. Brown and Wendy D. Manning
FP-21-26 Children’s Family Structure-2021, Krista K. Westrick-Payne and Corrine E. Wiborg
Submissions from 2020
FP-20-01 First Marriage Rate in the U.S., 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-02 First Divorce Rate in the U.S., 2018, Colette A. Allred and Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-03 Union and Childbearing Characteristics of Women 40-44, 2000-2018, Karen Benjamin Guzzo and Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-04 Number of Children to Women Aged 40-44, 1980-2018, Karen Benjamin Guzzo and Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-05 Age at Entry into Motherhood and Mothers’ Sociodemographic Characteristics, 2015-2018, Lisa Carlson
FP-20-06 Age at First Birth Among Mothers 40-44, 1990 & 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer and Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-20-07 Recently Divorced Adults with Resident Minor Children, 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-08 The Geography of Marriage & Divorce: Rates by Quartile for the U.S., Krista K. Payne and Wendy D. Manning
FP-20-09 Distributions of Age at First Marriage, 1960-2018, Paul Hemez
FP-20-10 Distributions of Age at Remarriage, 1960-2018, Paul Hemez
FP-20-11 Distributions of Age at First Birth, 1960-2018, Valerie J. Schweizer and Karen Benjamin Guzzo
FP-20-12 Age Variation in Cohabitation, 2018, Leslie Reynolds and Susan L. Brown
FP-20-13 Age Variation in the Remarriage Rate, 1990 & 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-14 Fatherhood in the U.S.: The Decoupling of Marriage and Childbearing, Lisa Carlson
FP-20-15 Married & Living Apart Together, Krista K. Payne, Colette A. Allred, and Susan L. Brown
FP-20-16 Median Duration of Marriages in the U.S., 2018, Krista K. Payne
FP-20-17 Women Who Gave Birth Within the Past 12 Months, 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-18 Median Age at First Divorce, 2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-19 First Marriage vs. Remarriage: Demographic Characteristics, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-20 Ten Years of Change in the U.S. Remarriage Rate, 2008 & 2018, Leslie Reynolds
FP-20-21 Marriage: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-22 Divorce: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2018, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-23 Widowhood: Decades of Change, 1940-2018, Lisa Carlson and Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-20-24 Marriage Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019, Leslie Reynolds
FP-20-25 Divorce Rate in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019, Leslie Reynolds
FP-20-26 Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2019, Leslie Reynolds
FP-20-27 Thirty Years of Changing Cohabitation Experience in the U.S., 1987-2017, Wendy D. Manning
FP-20-28 Stepfamilies in First Marriages, Lisa Carlson
FP-20-29 Marriage in the U.S.: Twenty-five Years of Change, 1995-2020, Lisa Carlson
Submissions from 2019
FP-19-01 Cohabitors Raising Shared Children, Kasey J. Eickmeyer
FP-19-02 Composition of Cohabitating Families, Kasey J. Eickmeyer
FP-19-03 Marriage-to-Divorce Ratio in the U.S.: Geographic Variation, 2017, Valerie J. Schweizer
FP-19-04 Young Adults in the Parental Home, 2007 & 2018, Krista K. Payne
FP-19-05 Age Variation in the First Marriage Rate, 1990 & 2017, Kasey J. Eickmeyer