The PRI Library has received announcement of the following positions:

• Brown University NICHD funded postdoctoral position.
• U.S. Census Bureau statistician position.
• U.S. Census Bureau Demographic Directorate 2008 Summer Internship Program.
• McGill University postdoctoral fellowship position.

The PRI Library has received announcement of a research associate (Project Director) position with the College of Health and Human Development in the Family Life Project.

The PRI Library has received announcement of an assistant professor of sociology position at the University of Texas - Pan American.

The following grant announcements are new this week on the Population Research Institute Funding Announcements web page.

Elimination of Health Disparities through Translation Research (R18) - Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Fellowship Program for Advanced Social Science Research on Japan - National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH)

Grand Challenges in Global Health - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation - Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) - Foundation for the National Institutes of Health - Wellcome Trust

NIDDK Mentored Research Scientist Development Award (K01) [deadline extended to 1/8/09] - National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) - Office of Dietary Supplements (ODS)

Residential Fellows - Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences

Maternity Leave and Employment Patterns of First-Time Mothers 1961-2003 (PDF) uses SIPP data to examine employment patterns of mothers who gave birth to a first child between 1961 and 2003. The report is part of the Census Bureau’s Current Population Reports Household Economic Studies series (P70-113).

The NIH Office of Extramural Research (OER) has published a special edition of its newsletter Nexus focusing on peer review. The final draft report on peer review was recently released, and the public comment period ends March 17.

The PRI Library has received announcement of a NCES and ECLS datasets training seminar at the 2008 PAA annual meeting in New Orleans.

The PRI Library has received notice of the Council on Contemporary Families Annual Conference - Family Issues in Contention.

A new study reports that men are doing more housework, especially in families with two working parents, but women still do more (San Jose Mercury News). Men who do more housework may also improve their wives’ marital satisfaction and their own sex lives (AFP).

Citation: Oriel Sullivan & Scott Coltrane (2008). Men’s changing contribution to housework and child care (A Discussion Paper on Changing Family Roles prepared for the 11th Annual Conference of the Council on Contemporary Families, April 25-26, 2008, University of Illinois, Chicago).

The PRI Library has received announcement of two tenure track faculty positions at Messiah College in Human Development and Family Science.

• 3/4 faculty and 1/4 time Director position
• tenure track faculty position