Demographic trends in the 2000s showed the continuing separation of family and
household because of factors such as childbearing among single parents, the dissolution of …

Norms are a foundational concept in sociology. Following a period of skepticism about
norms as overly deterministic and as paying too little attention to social conflict, inequalities …

We present data from a nationally representative 2017 survey of American adults. For
heterosexual couples in the United States, meeting online has become the most popular …

We did not realize it at the time, but we were observing a new cohort of students being swept
up onto the party pathway that defines a swath of undergraduate social life at this university …

This article explores how the efficiency of Internet search is changing the way Americans
find romantic partners. We use a new data source, the How Couples Meet and Stay …

" We live in a tumbleweed society, where job insecurity is rampant and widely seen as
inevitable. Companies are transforming the way they organize work. While new working …

Richard Settersten and Barbara Ray examine the lengthening transition to adulthood over
the past several decades, as well as the challenges the new schedule poses for young …

Frank Furstenberg examines how the newly extended timetable for entering adulthood is
affecting, and being affected by, the institution of the Western, particularly the American …