Family

From changing rates of marriage to changing ideas of what constitutes a family, this album explores topics many of the topics typically considered by sociologists of the family.
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"Rachel & Raven." This image was taken at Imperial Courts, a social housing project in Watts, Los Angeles, 2008. Photo credit: Dana Lixenberg
Source: Gay Parent

Family: Respresentations

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Source: Pew Research Center
Source: Pew Research Center
In the age of social media, the family has become a matter of personal project and public performance. As family structures diversify, people have more choice in how to live their lives, which is a positive. However, paired with the cultural tendency to associate success with personal behaviour rather than social or economic change, this amplification of choice creates a lot of pressure. In response... ~ Dr. Philip N. Cohen, sociologist and demographer

Family: Marriage

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“NEW YORK, June 10.–In a sermon at the Church of the Messiah, Rev. Minot J. Savage has expressed the belief that on the whole a large number of divorces at the present time are altogether to be welcomed. ‘They are,’ he said, ‘nearly always in the interest of oppressed women, giving them another opportunity for a free, sweet, wholesome life... ~ from The Spokane press. (Spokane, Wash.), June 10, 1905. Chronicling America. / Library of Congress.

Family: Divorce

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Source: Philip N. Cohen / American Community Survey
Source: Pew Research Center
Since 1995, as the poverty rate has gone up and down between 10 and 15 percent, the share of poor people in single-mother families has fallen. As of 2018, 32.7% of poor people are found in single-mother families. Source: U.S. Census Bureau / Philip N. Cohen

Family: Single Parents & Nonmarital Births

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Proportion living with parents or grandparents, by age (July 2020 versus July 2017-2019) Source: Philip N. Cohen / Current Population Survey
Proportion of young adults living at home, by race/ethnicity and gender, July 2017-2019 versus July 2020 Source: Philip N. Cohen / Current Population Survey
- July 2020 versus July 2017-2019 Source: Philip N. Cohen / Current Population Survey data

Family: Family Structure

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There are 5 times the number of LGBT parents willing to adopt than there are children in foster care. Source: Family Equality Council
Outcomes for Children Exiting Foster Care, 2006 and 2015. Source: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2017). Foster care statistics 2015. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/foster.pdf#page=1&view=Introduction
Placement Settings for Children in Foster Care on September 30 in 2006 and 2015 Source: Child Welfare Information Gateway. (2017). Foster care statistics 2015. Washington, DC: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Children’s Bureau. https://www.childwelfare.gov/pubPDFs/foster.pdf#page=1&view=Introduction

Family: Foster Families

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Divorcees make up a large share of cohabiters in the 50+ population % of cohabiters ages 50 and older whose marital status is separated/divorced/widowed/never married Source: Pew Research Center
Change in Cohabitation in the U.S. via @Norton Soc
Couples that live together beforehand are slightly less likely to survive the long haul Probability that a first marriage will survive at least 20 years among women Source: Pew Research Center

Family: Cohabitation

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Source: Philip Cohen / General Social Survey
Percentage agreeing with the statement "It is sometimes necessary to discipline a child with a good, hard spanking." Source: General Social Survey
Source: Pew Research Center

Family: Child Abuse

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