Being young, poor and unmarried doesn't automatically make a father or father-to-be a "deadbeat dad."聺 according to Dr. Randall Leite of Bowling Green State University.
New research from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University shows there is substantial variation in the first-time divorce rate when it is broken down by race and education. But, there is also evidence that a college degree has a protective effect against divorce among all races.
For many, an important marker of adulthood is forming a family, whether it鈥檚 having a child, getting married or cohabiting with a romantic partner. Researchers at Bowling Green State University鈥檚 National Center for Family and Marriage Research鈥檚 (NCFMR) say a majority (61 percent) of young adults have formed a family by age 25.
Music has been described as the 鈥渦niversal language,鈥 even apparently the harsh sounds of heavy metal. This seems to be borne out by the pervasive popularity of the genre over the last four decades. A new book co-written and edited by Bowling Green State University popular culture associate professor Dr. Jeremy Wallach, 鈥淢etal Rules the Globe: Heavy Metal Music Around the World,鈥 traces it from Easter Island to Nepal and China to Madagascar, Brazil and beyond.
More women are waiting to get married, but choosing not to wait to have children. That鈥檚 the conclusion in a new profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University. Researchers looked at data from the U.S. Census Bureau鈥檚 Current Population Survey and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention鈥檚 National Vital Statistics to investigate the trends in a woman鈥檚 average age at first marriage and first birth since 1980.
Startling new statistics from Bowling Green State University鈥檚 National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) paint a bleak future for the largest generation in history, the baby boomers, as they cross into old age.
More and more adults age 50 and over are choosing to live with their significant other instead of marrying them. According to a new study from researchers at the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University, during later life, cohabitation appears to operate as a long-term alternative to marriage, rather than a first step down the aisle. The study is in featured in August鈥檚 Journal of Marriage and Family.
A new Family Profile from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University takes a closer look at same-sex couple households, and finds those households often include children. Sociology graduate student Sarah Burgoyne compiled the data.
It鈥檚 a tumultuous time in life 鈥 the late teens, early 20s 鈥 especially when it comes to relationships. That instability is the focus of a new study from the National Center for Family and Marriage Research (NCFMR) at Bowling Green State University.
Lake Vostok, buried under a glacier in Antarctica, is so dark, deep and cold that scientists had considered it a possible model for other planets, a place where nothing could live.
However, work by Dr. Scott Rogers, a Bowling Green State University professor of biological sciences, and his colleagues has revealed a surprising variety of life forms living and reproducing in this most extreme of environments.