The Deinstitutionalization of Parenthood in the United States

Cornell Population Center Innovations in Population Science Speaker Series presents "The Deinstitutionalization of Parenthood in the United States" with Julia Behrman, Associate Professor of Sociology, Northwestern University. This seminar is co-sponsored with CSI. Over the past two decades, parenthood in the United States has become increasingly delayed, optional, and diverse, suggesting that it is undergoing a process of deinstitutionalization similar to, but distinct from, marriage. This talk explores this possibility through a review of the regulative, normative, and cultural-cognitive pil