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    The Public Renders a Split Verdict On Changes in Family Structure

    The American public is sharply divided in its judgments about the sweeping changes in the structure of the American family that have unfolded over the past half century. About a third generally accepts the changes; a third is tolerant but skeptical; and a third considers them bad for society.

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    II. The Economics of Cohabitation

    This section analyzes the economic well-being of 30- to 44-year-old adults, by partnership status and educational attainment, using measures of median household income and poverty rates to assess overall well-being. By these measures, among the college-educated, cohabiters compare favorably with married couples and are better off than adults without opposite-sex partners, while cohabiters without a […]

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    Appendix 2: Data Sources

    The detailed snapshot of adults ages 30-44 by their partnership status utilizes the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2009 American Community Survey (ACS).  The ACS is a 1% sample of all U.S. households and features a very large sample of the population.  The University of Minnesota Population Center’s Integrated Public Use Microsample (IPUMS) version of the 2009 […]

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    New Pew Forum Survey Explores Views of Evangelical Protestant Leaders Around the World

    Washington,D.C. — In a new surveyby the Pew Research Center’s Forum on Religion & Public Life, most evangelicalProtestant leaders who live in the Global South (58%) say that evangelicalChristians are gaining influence on life in their countries. By contrast, most leaders who live in the Global North (66%)say that, in the societies in which they […]

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    Family Meals, Cohabitation and Divorce

    More than 2,000 demographers, sociologists and others converged on Washington, D.C., last week for the Population Association of America’s annual meeting.

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    New Facts About Families

    Researchers recently presented some findings that dispute the popular (or academic) wisdom about important aspects of family life and bear upon relevant findings from Pew Research surveys.

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    The Decline of Marriage And Rise of New Families

    The pre-eminent family unit of the mid-20th century—mom, dad and the kids—no longer has the stage to itself. A variety of new arrangements have emerged, giving rise to a broader and evolving definition of what constitutes a family.

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    Section 8: Domestic Issues and Social Policy

    Across a range of social policy and domestic issues, the broader Republican and Democratic coalitions often find themselves at odds – and, at times, poles apart. But there are also notable divides within coalitions on issues such as abortion, marijuana, and energy. And while less common, consensus across groups also emerges on some questions of […]

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    The Economy Leads, but Politics Lurks

    Bad economic news became a political story last week as analysts evaluated the impact on President Obama’s fortunes. Sarah Palin’s bus tour drew as much attention as Mitt Romney’s presidential announcement with the campaign generating its highest level of coverage yet. And two political scandals provoked much speculation and one indictment.

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