AUGUST 10-13, 2019
New York, NY This year's Section Business Meeting is on:
Sun, August 11, 11:30am to 12:10pm, Sheraton New York, Third Floor, New York Ballroom West Joint Reception: Family Section & Section on Sociology of Population
Saturday, August 10 from 7:00pm - 9:00pm. At the Princeton Club of New York. |
The 2019 Family Section's sessions are listed below.
Caregiving & Intergenerational Relationships Matthew Wienshenker, Fordham University Sun, August 11, 8:30 to 10:10am, Sheraton New York, Lower Level, Sutton Place How families provide care to their various members is often complex. Researchers are increasingly expanding their lens to encompass family caregivers of both genders, grandparent care, and care relationships among siblings and distant and created kin. Family strategies are as different as shift work, scaling back work hours, and outsourcing household tasks. Institutional approaches involve various forms of leave, the entitlements to which vary by employer and by state. This session welcomes papers which use social science research on the caregiving side of contemporary family life. Social Inequality in Family Formation (Sponsored jointly with the Population Section) Jessica Su, SUNY-Buffalo Sun, August 11, 12:30 to 2:10pm, Sheraton New York, Lower Level, Union Square Just as there is no single understanding of what constitutes a family, there is increasing heterogeneity in how families are formed in contemporary society. Much recent research draws on the diverging destinies perspective to examine variation in family processes. This panel welcomes papers that consider the consequences of social inequality – whether by race/ethnicity, social class, nativity, sexual orientation, or other dimensions – for family formation. Reproduction of Families & Inequality Christie Sennott, Purdue University Sun, August 11, 2:30 to 4:10pm, Sheraton New York, Lower Level, Union Square Reproduction and family life are intimately intertwined in contexts across the globe and often work together in ways that perpetuate existing inequality. This session will explore the relationship between inequality and issues surrounding the reproduction of families, including: decision-making, fertility preferences and intentions, ambivalence, the timing of childbearing, and interactions between partners. The session also invites papers that examine inequality and contextual variation in reproductive processes, such as by relationship or marital status, at the country level, or across the life course. We welcome papers that employ a variety of methods and theoretical perspectives. Variation in Sexual & Romantic Relationships by Socioeconomic Status Sarah Halpern-Meekin, University of Wisconsin-Madison Mon, August 12, 4:30 to 6:10pm, New York Hilton, Fourth Floor, New York Marital delay, relationship dissolution and churning, and high divorce rates have extended the amount of time adults spend outside of formal marriage. Individuals can select from a veritable smorgasbord of romantic options, including casual, short-term sexual relationships, dating as an end toward finding a long-term partner, cohabitation or living-apart-together, and/or marriage. But intimate relationships can vary in important ways by socioeconomic status, shaped by the financial resources, environments, cultural norms, etc., within which partnering occurs. This session welcomes papers that examine variation and consistencies in sexual and romantic relationships across socioeconomic status. Roundtables Teresa Swartz, University of Minnesota Sun, August 11, 10:30 to 11:30am, Sheraton New York, Third Floor, New York Ballroom West The roundtable session will be 1-hour in length, followed by the section’s 40-minute business meeting. |