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Sept. 7, 2021 CONTACT: Jill Rosen Cell: 443-547-8805 jrosen@jhu.edu jhunews@jhu.edu College-educated women are much more likely than ever before to have a first child outside of marriage, a new Johns Hopkins University study finds. Women with degrees are also more likely to be married at the time of their second birth, suggesting a historic shift […]
September 7, 2021 Tags: Andrew Cherlin, babies, childbirth, family, Johns Hopkins University, marriage
| Category: Social Sciences
The symposium will explore contemporary black marriage across legal, political, cultural, social, economic, and historical contexts. It brings together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, practitioners, and policymakers who will address the current state of black intimate relationships in all of forms and orientations.
March 6, 2018 Tags: black Americans, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, slavery, symposium
| Category: Events Open to the Public, Homewood Campus News, Social Sciences
Rising income inequality, and the resulting scarcity of certain types of jobs, is a key reason a growing number of young Americans are having babies before getting married.
July 14, 2016 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, babies, inequality, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, Millennials
| Category: Social Sciences
Waiting until marriage to have babies is now “unusual” among less educated adults close to 30 years old, Johns Hopkins University researchers found.
June 16, 2014 Tags: Andrew J. Cherlin, birth, Fertility, Johns Hopkins University, marriage, Millennial, sociology
| Category: Social Sciences