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by Philip N. Cohen

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A short paper on the decline of all things marriage in the U.S.

November 26, 2022November 30, 2022Categories Me @ work, Research reportsLeave a Comment on A short paper on the decline of all things marriage in the U.S.

A higher status marriage system is a smaller, slower, and more stable marriage system.

Review: Divorce, American Style: Fighting for Women’s Economic Citizenship in the Neoliberal Era

September 11, 2022September 11, 2022Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on Review: Divorce, American Style: Fighting for Women’s Economic Citizenship in the Neoliberal Era

Suzanne Kahn offers a fascinating, thorough, and highly readable study of divorce in the history of 20th Century U.S. feminism.

Black and White women’s lifetime marriage projections

June 1, 2022June 1, 2022Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on Black and White women’s lifetime marriage projections

Projections show 86.2% for White women, and 61.7% for Black women, eventually marrying for a cohort born and living through conditions prevailing in 2019.

Science says: Get married at age Whatever You Want (and these are the odds of divorce)

May 29, 2022May 29, 2022Categories Research reports8 Comments on Science says: Get married at age Whatever You Want (and these are the odds of divorce)

Divorce odds are lowest for women who marry later, and for people who've been married a long time.

Comment on pandemic family plans

September 18, 2021Categories Me @ work, Research reports1 Comment on Comment on pandemic family plans

In light of disparate impacts of COVID-19 itself and the social and economic fallout of the pandemic, research should concentrate on widening inequalities in fertility and family well-being, and their relationship to health disparities.

New paper: Baby Bust analysis of 124 counties in 2 states through February 2021

March 17, 2021Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on New paper: Baby Bust analysis of 124 counties in 2 states through February 2021

Births fell more in January/February in those counties with more COVID-19 cases, and those with more mobility limitation, through the end of last May.

The one-child policy was bad and so is “One Child Nation”

February 28, 2021Categories Research reports1 Comment on The one-child policy was bad and so is “One Child Nation”

Nothing against watching it, but it's not good.

Author meets critic: Margaret K. Nelson, Like A Family

February 22, 2021Categories Research reportsLeave a Comment on Author meets critic: Margaret K. Nelson, Like A Family

Like A Family is a fascinating, enjoyable read, full of thought-provoking analysis and a lot of rich stories, with detailed scenarios that let the reader consider lots of possibilities, even those not mentioned in the text.

Sociologist, scientist? Toward transparency, accountability, and a sharing culture

November 30, 2020July 31, 2022Categories Me @ work, Research reports8 Comments on Sociologist, scientist? Toward transparency, accountability, and a sharing culture

Whether or not sociology is science, we should have transparency, accountability, and a sharing culture in our work. This makes our work better, and also maybe increases our legitimacy in public.

The arriving divorce decline

December 17, 2019December 17, 2019Categories Me @ work, Research reports3 Comments on The arriving divorce decline

A 3 percent drop in the refined divorce rate for 2018.

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Philip N. Cohen

I’m a sociologist at the University of Maryland, College Park. See my website at philipncohen.com for more information.

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