Tag: Families
How childbearing varies across US women in 3 charts
Caroline Sten Hartnett, University of South Carolina
Falling U.S. fertility rates have been making headlines.
These reports tend to focus on a single measure: the average...
What’s behind the dramatic rise in 3-generation households?
Natasha Pilkauskas, University of Michigan
In a recent study, I discovered that the number of kids living with their parents and grandparents – in what...
Is bigger really better?
Alexandra Staub, Pennsylvania State University
The United States is facing a housing crisis: Affordable housing is inadequate, while luxury homes abound. Homelessness remains a persistent...
The US is stingier with child care and maternity leave than...
Joya Misra, University of Massachusetts Amherst
In most American families led by couples, both parents are in the workforce. At the same time, nearly 1...
Why the daunting economics of elder care are about to get...
Patricia Smith, University of Michigan
My sister Carol loves movies, but she hasn’t been out to see one in years. When she tries to watch...
Postpartum depression can affect dads – and their hormones may be...
Darby Saxbe, University of Southern California – Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
Postpartum depression has become more visible as celebrity moms including Brooke...
EXPLORING NATURE
The chickadee in the snowbank: A ‘canary in the coal mine’...
Benjamin Sonnenberg, University of Nevada, Reno
Wet snow pelts my face and pulls against my skis as I climb...
