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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 1d

We are incredibly excited to announce this project! The data will be used to tests of mechanisms linking stress and health that can be used to address health disparities, and importantly, assays and epigenetic biological clock data will be made publicly available. Stay tuned for more information.

The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 1d

The project "Comprehensive Biological Data in NCHAT BIO: Chronic Stress, Inflammation, and Epigenetic Aging" with Drs. Lisa Christian and Claire Kamp Dush has received funding! The goal of this project is to collect biological data to measure inflammation and epigenetic aging in NCHAT respondents.

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 7d

If you haven't already, check out Wave 2 of the NCHAT data! It is now available at ICPSR. This short follow-up survey includes responses from 2,723 primary respondents and 755 partners from Wave 1. Learn more about it here: www.icpsr.umich.edu/web/DSDR/stu...

National Couples' Health and Time Study (NCHAT), United States, 2020-2022

www.icpsr.umich.edu

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · 16d

Happy Sunday! Check out this recent NCHAT publication from @chrisajulian.bsky.social, Hannah Tessler, @wendymanning.bsky.social, Alexandra VanBergen, and @clairekampdush.bsky.social.
read.dukeupress.edu/demography/a...

Half of the Picture: A Research Note on Measuring the Sexual Identity Composition of Couples | Demography | Duke University Press

read.dukeupress.edu

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Wendy Manning @wendymanning.bsky.social · Jun 26

4% of marriages each year are now to same-sex marriage! 10 years of love wins! www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resour...

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National Center for Family and Marriage Research @ncfmr-bgsu.bsky.social · Jun 27

There were 63,687 new marriages among same-sex couples in 2019, compared to 60,046 in 2021 and 72,835 in 2023. Check out our new Family Profile on newlywed same-sex couples here: doi.org/10.25035/ncf....

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Karen Benjamin Guzzo @karenguzzo.bsky.social · Jun 28

Another new paper on fertility intentions! Using @nchatstudy.bsky.social data, we consider whether cohabiting & married people's short-term fertility intentions are subjective perceptions of well-being.

The answer? Yes! 1/

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

As fertility rates in the U.S. and elsewhere continue to fall, standard demographic theories that focus on objective micro- and macroeconomic conditions seem unable to explain these trends. New approaches, such as the Narrative of the Future framework and the “uncertainty” paradigm, have emphasized the potential for subjective perceptions to be important for fertility decision-making, net of objective characteristics. We use a unique new source of data—the National Couples’ Health and Time Study, a nationally representative sample of cohabiting and married adults interviewed between September 2020 and April 2021—to examine short-term fertility intentions and better understand if and how including a general subjective evaluation (overall life satisfaction) and domain-specific subjective evaluations (economic stress and relationship satisfaction) are related to fertility intentions. We find that most respondents did not intend to have a child in the next year, though about one in seven respondents were unsure about if/when to have a(nother) child. Net of objective characteristics, overall life satisfaction was positively associated with short-term intentions to have a child, and greater economic stress was linked to uncertainty about short-term intentions. We did not observe a link in multivariable models between relationship satisfaction and intentions. Further, models stratified by parenthood indicated that both objective characteristics and subjective perceptions were more strongly linked to first-birth intentions than higher-parity intentions. Our results add to the growing body of work suggesting that (a) subjective perceptions have modest but significant links to fertility decision-making and (b) uncertainty in decision-making is important to consider.

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · May 29

Kristen Gustafson, Ph.D., successfully defended her dissertation titled, "Partnered Plurisexual People's Psychological Well-Being and Relationship Quality: An Examination of Gender and Sexual Identity Composition."

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · May 29

Alex Bates, Ph.D., successfully defended his dissertation titled, "Multilevel predictors of healthcare discrimination, mental health, and physiological stress in sexual and gender minority populations."

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · May 29

We have two new doctors on our team!! Dr. Alex Bates (UMN) and Dr. Kristen Gustafson (BGSU) successfully defended their dissertations earlier this month! Both have been NCHAT GRAs and have been crucial and productive members of our team! See below for their dissertation titles!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · May 29

Two members of the NCHAT team were at the SBE CCC meeting in Michigan earlier this month! Dr. Ann Meier presented a project about childcare, device use, and parental well-being during the pandemic and Dr. Alex VanBergen presented a poster and won the meeting's best poster award! Great work!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 16

New NCHAT publication!! www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Links between partnering, relationship quality and mental well-being among sexual minority and straight individuals

We extend prior research on associations between being single versus being romantically partnered and mental well-being to include lesbian/gay, bisexual, and straight individuals. We examine, withi...

www.tandfonline.com

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 16

Congrats to Emma and team for winning their session's poster award as well!

The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 12

Be sure to check out another NCHAT project at the Family Demography poster session at 4pm in the Ballrooms! Great work by Emma Goldstein, Alex VanBergen and @clairekampdush.bsky.social about Digital Distractions and Parental Well-Being using our fabulous time diary data!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 15

Have any specific questions about accessing and using NCHAT data? Connect with the NCHAT team at our upcoming virtual office hours TOMORROW (April 16) from 10:00-11:30am CT (in conjunction with IPUMS). Registration is required, but you can drop in anytime! umn.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Population Data Virtual Office Hours hosted by IPUMS. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

Join us for virtual office hours on Wednesday, April 16 to chat with IPUMS data experts about your questions. This month we also have special data guest NCHAT. Registration is required to attend virtu...

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 13

That’s a wrap on #PAA2025! Safe travels getting home, everyone! Follow this account for updates regarding NCHAT publications and data releases!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 13

One last NCHAT poster presentation today at 10:30am in the Ballrooms! Go check out the poster by
@chrisajulian.bsky.social @wendymanning.bsky.social, Alex VanBergen, and
@clairekampdush.bsky.social on Collecting Dyadic Data on LGBTQ+ Partnerships!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 13

One last NCHAT paper presentation by Skyler Bastow, Miles Taylor, @clairekampdush.bsky.social, @wendymanning.bsky.social, and Alex VanBergen at 10:30am in LeDroit Park! Their paper is titled, “The Effects of Intersectional Stigma on the Depression of
Non-White LGBTQ+ Populations.”

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 13

Good morning! Another fabulous NCHAT presentation today at 9am in Gallery Place!
@wendymanning.bsky.social and @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social’s paper is titled, “Children’s
Family Structure in LGBQ+ Parent Families.”

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 12

Be sure to check out another NCHAT project at the Family Demography poster session at 4pm in the Ballrooms! Great work by Emma Goldstein, Alex VanBergen and @clairekampdush.bsky.social about Digital Distractions and Parental Well-Being using our fabulous time diary data!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 12

Be sure to check out Session 211 for @karenguzzo.bsky.social @gabriellejuteau.bsky.social
@wendymanning.bsky.social, and @clairekampdush.bsky.social ’s paper using NCHAT, “Physical and Mental
Health and Fertility Goals Among U.S. Couples” at 3:30pm in Capitol!

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 12

Good morning, everyone! Grab some coffee and check out Session 128 for an NCHAT
presentation by @kris10gustafson.bsky.social, @wendymanning.bsky.social, Alex VanBergen,
and @clairekampdush.bsky.social in LeDroit Park starting at 8am! #PAA2025

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 12

Another fabulous poster using NCHAT!

Elina Einio @elinaeinio.bsky.social · Apr 12

Great #PAA2025 🇺🇸Study by Courtney Fitzgerald & Megan N. Reed: Individuals with higher identification with their sexual orientation report higher levels of pride🏳️‍🌈 Bisexual+ men report lower pride levels than other sexual minority groups because of their lower sexual orientation identity centrality.

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 11

Congratulations to @meilers.bsky.social and team for their award-winning poster!! #PAA2025

The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 11

Start your PAA morning by checking out @meilers.bsky.social, @clairekampdush.bsky.social,
and Hyunjae Kwon's poster, “Household Division of Labor and Fertility Desires in the United
States: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter?” at 10:30am in Liberty & Independence
Ballrooms! #PAA2025

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 11

Come hang out with us at the LGBTQ Reception at Mount Vernon Square! #PAA2025

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The National Couples' Health and Time Study @nchatstudy.bsky.social · Apr 11

Start your PAA morning by checking out @meilers.bsky.social, @clairekampdush.bsky.social,
and Hyunjae Kwon's poster, “Household Division of Labor and Fertility Desires in the United
States: Do Gender and Sexual Identity Matter?” at 10:30am in Liberty & Independence
Ballrooms! #PAA2025

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