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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

New paper alert! Vital stats only capture individual births, not people’s reproductive career. For that, demographers use surveys that collect full fertility histories. But these fertility histories are less helpful if people don’t fully report all their births or report info inaccurately. 1/

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Gabrielle Juteau @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social · 30/04/2026

Honored to receive the IPUMS CPS Student Award for this paper! I am grateful for the support and mentorship of my co-authors, Susan L. Brown, @wendymanning.bsky.social, and Krista Westrick-Payne.

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

New paper! Social scientists & policy folks are interested in birth contexts - whether births are wanted or occur in stable relationships. The only way to know this info, tho, is to ask people in surveys since it's not collected in vital stats data. 1/

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Gabrielle Juteau @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

Just published! How are parent-child relationships linked to college completion for the children of immigrants?

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Another new paper on fertility intentions! Using @nchatstudy.bsky.social data, we consider whether cohabiting & married people's short-term fertility intentions are subjective perceptions of well-being. The answer? Yes! 1/ link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

As fertility rates in the U.S. and elsewhere continue to fall, standard demographic theories that focus on objective micro- and macroeconomic conditions seem unable to explain these trends. New approaches, such as the Narrative of the Future framework and the “uncertainty” paradigm, have emphasized the potential for subjective perceptions to be important for fertility decision-making, net of objective characteristics. We use a unique new source of data—the National Couples’ Health and Time Study, a nationally representative sample of cohabiting and married adults interviewed between September 2020 and April 2021—to examine short-term fertility intentions and better understand if and how including a general subjective evaluation (overall life satisfaction) and domain-specific subjective evaluations (economic stress and relationship satisfaction) are related to fertility intentions. We find that most respondents did not intend to have a child in the next year, though about one in seven respondents were unsure about if/when to have a(nother) child. Net of objective characteristics, overall life satisfaction was positively associated with short-term intentions to have a child, and greater economic stress was linked to uncertainty about short-term intentions. We did not observe a link in multivariable models between relationship satisfaction and intentions. Further, models stratified by parenthood indicated that both objective characteristics and subjective perceptions were more strongly linked to first-birth intentions than higher-parity intentions. Our results add to the growing body of work suggesting that (a) subjective perceptions have modest but significant links to fertility decision-making and (b) uncertainty in decision-making is important to consider.

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National Center for Family and Marriage Research @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

About 6% of older adult households were cohabiting in 2023. Check out our latest Family Profile on older adult cohabiting and married couples here: doi.org/10.25035/ncf....

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

Good morning! Another fabulous NCHAT presentation today at 9am in Gallery Place! @wendymanning.bsky.social and @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social’s paper is titled, “Children’s Family Structure in LGBQ+ Parent Families.”

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Be sure to check out Session 211 for @karenguzzo.bsky.social @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social @wendymanning.bsky.social, and @clairekampdush.bsky.social ’s paper using NCHAT, “Physical and Mental Health and Fertility Goals Among U.S. Couples” at 3:30pm in Capitol!

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Center for Family and Demographic Research @cfdr-bgsu.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

CFDR affiliates are taking @popassocamerica.bsky.social #PAA2025 by storm with 10 affiliates and 11 students in 32 conference sessions! Check out their program appearances: www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/....

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Philip N Cohen @philipncohen.com · 21/03/2025

pandemic-related stressors are associated with delays in fertility plans... most common rationales for delay: 1 economic worries 2 health worries 3 concerns about an uncertain future New from: @wendymanning.bsky.social @karenguzzo.bsky.social @clairekampdush.bsky.social @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social

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Claire Kamp Dush @clairekampdush.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

My federal grants with @wendymanning.bsky.social and Ann Meier were terminated last week. The language from the termination is below. It has been sad as we are being forced to say goodbye to members of our team. We are figuring out next steps. We remain deeply committed to studying all families.

This award no longer effectuates agency priorities. Research programs based primarily on artificial and non-scientific categories, including amorphous equity objectives, are antithetical to the scientific inquiry, do nothing to expand our knowledge of living systems, provide low returns on investment, and ultimately do not enhance health, lengthen life, or reduce illness. Worse, so-called diversity, equity, and inclusion (“DEI”) studies are often used to support unlawful discrimination on the basis of race and other protected characteristics, which harms the health of Americans. Therefore, it is the policy of NIH not to prioritize such research programs.

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Check out this paper examining pandemic stress and fertility plans using NCHAT! Great work, team! @wendymanning.bsky.social @karenguzzo.bsky.social @clairekampdush.bsky.social @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social

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Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World @sociusjournal.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

👶 Did #PandemicStress delay #Fertility plans? New #OA study by Drs. Wendy D. Manning, @karenguzzo.bsky.social , @clairekampdush.bsky.social & @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social finds that economic worries, health concerns & uncertainty led many couples to postpone having children. doi.org/10.1177/2378...

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National Center for Family and Marriage Research @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

We're excited to be on Bluesky now! With 31.5 women marrying per 1,000 unmarried women, the U.S. refined marriage rate remained stable in 2023. However, there is geographic variation in the rate across the U.S. Check out our latest Family Profile: doi.org/10.25035/ncf....

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