Husband, dad, Catholic, and Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies. Views my own.
Charlottesville, VA
Joined March 2016
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We've now added interactive versions of our Marriage Deserts and Married-Family Deserts maps to our @FamStudies site. (These are part of our Marriage Deserts report with @chrisbullivant.) You can find them at:
ifstudies.org/resources-and-…
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In drafting our @FamStudies Marriage Deserts report, we identified a number of affluent areas with low marriage rates, such as parts of Manhattan and DC. This may be a result of both cultural factors and affordability concerns.
You can explore these marriage rates, together with married-family rates, within the interactive maps in the following report: ifstudies.org/report-brief/m…
Data from a @famstudies survey shows that religious young men are, in many ways, doing better than their secular counterparts. For instance, young men who attend services weekly are significantly more likely than secular ones to have graduated from college or trade school.
For more on this topic, check out our new IFS blog post:
Religious Young Men Are Happier, Healthier, and More Successful ifstudies.org/blog/religious…
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Job alert: @FamStudies is hiring for a Federal Policy Manager. Apply at ifstudies.org/jobs!
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Looks like getting married isn't the end to adventure after all ifstudies.org/insights?id=45…
Great new insight from Jared Hayden at IFS!
Three in Four Parents Want to Pause AI in Schools ifstudies.org/insights?id=45…
New @FamStudies research makes it clear that most parents with school-aged kids, regardless of political party or education level, want to put the brakes on AI's introduction into the classroom.
ifstudies.org/blog/parents-s…
Me: Where did our kitchen sponge go?
Also me: Why is our Insinkerator so loud?
Believe it or not, I learned the answer to these two questions at exactly the same time
It was a pleasure to work with Joe Davis, Michael Toscano, and @WendyRWang on Part II of our America's Demoralized Men report, which is available on our @FamStudies website.
ifstudies.org/blog/demoraliz…
Striking findings from a new @FamStudies Insight by @BradWilcoxIFS and @IzzybellaDini!
Happiness Crash hits Young Americans ifstudies.org/insights?id=44…
Congrats to @lymanstoneky and Peter Foreshaw Brookes on publishing this excellent new @FamStudies report!
The State of American Fertility: IFS Report Warns of a Demographic Dead End ifstudies.org/blog/the-state…
Excellent writeup by @WendyRWang at @FamStudies on the main driver of the United States' declining fertility rate!
There's No Mystery to America's Fertility Decline ifstudies.org/blog/theres-no…
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Great to start off in person @FamStudies !
@lymanstoneky leads research bootcamp at @FamStudies HQ with @grantjbailey @PeterRFB
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It was a pleasure to partner with Wheaton College students and Dr. Tim Taylor on this new @FamStudies brief! ifstudies.org/blog/new-brief…
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IFS is producing original research to lead the national conversation on marriage, family, and technology.
In the past 2 weeks, we have been cited in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, TIME, + Politico.
And we need your support!
donate.ifstudies.org/mothers…
Marriage rates are at historic lows.
Birth rates are falling.
Millions of children are growing up without both parents.
The American family is struggling.
And many of the institutions that should be raising the alarm are silent.
IFS exists to break that silence.
You can support our mission here: donate.ifstudies.org/mothers…
Solid analysis that puts the challenges facing college grads (while real) into perspective
wsj.com/economy/jobs/young-c… via @WSJ
