Session 106:
Family Formation and Dissolution in the Contemporary United States
Chair: Adena M. Galinsky, Johns Hopkins University
Discussant: Kristen Harknett, University of Pennsylvania
The Decoupling of Marriage and Parenthood? Trends in the Timing of Marital First Births, 1945-1995 Sarah R. Hayford, Arizona State University ; Pamela J. Smock, University of Michigan
Variance in Trajectories of Marital Quality Prior to Divorce Spencer L. James, Pennsylvania State University
Spouse Selection the Second Time Around Ruoding Tan, City University of New York (CUNY) and CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR) ; Neil G. Bennett, CUNY Institute for Demographic Research (CIDR)
Stability of Remarriage across the Life Course Kathryn Coursolle, University of California, Los Angeles
Other sessions on Marriage, Family, Households, and Unions