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Information for the Press, and prior media coverage:
Related Figures and Data that I get asked for a lot:
* A figure and worksheet describing the increasing percentage of American couples that are interracial, by several definitions of interracial.
* A figure and worksheet describing the increasing number of interracial and same-sex couples in the US.
* A figure and worksheet describing the decreasing support in the US for laws against interracial marriage.
* Figures on the phantom boomerang, describing the rise of independent living which is the opposite of the boomerang theory that is so widely believed. Now updated with new figures 4 and 5 showing the rise of solo living among men and women of all ages (but especially senior women).
PRESS Attention for my book, The Age of Independence: Interracial Unions, Same-Sex Unions and the Changing American Family, and related issues of family structure:
*KGO Radio San Francisco, David Lazarus show, 1/20/2007
*Chicago Tribune, cover story, "A Cul
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PRB
(March 2009) Unique events, political climates, and social and economic conditions shape each new generation in every society. In his new book (The Lucky Few) and a recent Population Bulletin, “20th Century U.S. Generations,” sociologist Elwood Carlson examines shared experiences influencing recent U.S. generations, including the Lucky Few (born 1929-1945), Baby Boomers (born 1946-1964), Generation X (born 1965-1982), New Boomers (born 1983-2001), and others.
During a PRB Discuss Online, Professor Carlson answered participants’ questions about why different generations of Americans experienced such different childhood family contexts, educational outcomes, marriages and family lives, military service, career paths, and retirement. What key factors are likely to determine the collective identity of Americans being born today?
March 24, 2009 1 PM EST
Transcript of Questions and Answers
Lindsay Patterson: How were the divisions between each generation created? Are the years in which one generation ends and another begins meaningful for any particular reason?
Elwood Carlson: Some boundaries are well-established (Baby Boom from 1946 to 1964)—others are new but fairly similar to those used by Strauss & Howe a g
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