This article reviews key developments in the past decade of research on divorce,
repartnering, and stepfamilies. Divorce rates are declining overall, but they remain high and …

The authors review demographic trends and research on families in the United States, with a
special focus on the past decade. They consider the following several topics:(a) marriage …

Nonmarital cohabitation and marriage are now fundamentally linked, a fact that is routinely
reflected in current research on union formation. Unprecedented changes in the timing …

The ways that couples form and manage their intimate relationships at higher and lower
levels of socioeconomic status (SES) have been diverging steadily over the past several …

Family formation in the United States has changed dramatically: marriage has become less
common, nonmarital cohabitation has become more common, and racial and economic …

Over the last half century, US wage growth stagnated, wage inequality rose, and the labor-
force participation rate of prime-age men steadily declined. In this article, we examine these …

During the past decade, scholars continued to focus on how larger economic trends
impacted families across the income spectrum. From income and wealth inequality to …

Men's and women's economic resources are important determinants of marriage timing.
Prior demographic and sociological literature has often measured resources in narrow …

Sociological research has long recognized the important role that intimate relationships play
in young people's lives. In recent decades, relationship formation patterns and relationship …

Objective The main goal of this study is to identify the causes of the decline in sexual activity
among young adults in the United States. Background The frequency with which young …