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Jan
The Decline of Marriage and the Rise of Unwed Mothers: An Economic Mystery
The real question here isn't "Why so many babies?" It's "Why so few marriages?" And we have an answer. Derek Thompson | Atlantic Monthly Read more
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10
Jan
Free all-day marriage workshop for military couples
Marriage conference and class for active/reserve military and veterans. FREE to the first 20 couples to register. On Saturday, July 13, Better Marriages is partnering with Marriage Management to offer a FREE 6-hour class for active/reserve and veteran military couples. Enter "No Payment Required" on the online registration checkout page. www.BetterMarriages.org/conference
10
Jan
Hispanic Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood Strengthening Families Forum
Administration for Children and Families (ACF), Region IV, Hispanic Healthy Marriage & Responsible Fatherhood Strengthening Families Forum: A Conversation: Connecting, Educating and Networking with Communities. This Forum is designed specifically for faith and community-based organizations, healthy marriage community coalitions, colleges and universities, healthy marriage and fatherhood grantees, public and private organizations, Head Start and Community […]
10
Jan
Unwed Dads in the Inner City: What’s Changed and Why it Matters
Audio Conference Sponsored by Spotlight on Poverty and Opportunity Wednesday, May 8, 2013 | 2-3 P.M. EDT Do urban poor dads live up to their image as “dead-beats” or do they really care about their kids? Often vilified across the political spectrum, unwed fathers in the inner city are the subject of a […]
10
Jan
Meeting online leads to happier, more enduring marriages
More than a third of marriages between 2005 and 2012 began online, according to new research at the University of Chicago, which also found that online couples have happier, longer marriages. Although the study did not determine why relationships that started online were more successful, the reasons may include the strong motivations of online […]
10
Jan
New reports on disseminating findings from human services research
Two Reports on disseminating findings from human services research OPRE released a review of literature, titled "Human Services Research Dissemination: What Works?" A companion piece, "The Value-Added Research Dissemination Framework," builds on this literature to construct a framework for dissemination. The literature review and framework are designed to assist researchers in ensuring that their work […]
10
Jan
Strengthening Families Evidence Review
The Administration for Children and Families presents the Strengthening Families Evidence Review Read More.
10
Jan
Happily married means a healthier ever after
New Brigham Young University research finds that people in happy marriages live less “in sickness” but enjoy more of life “in health.” In a 20-year longitudinal study tracking health and marriage quality, BYU family life researcher Rick Miller found that as the quality of marriage holds up over the years, physical health holds up too. […]
10
Jan
The Perils of Giving Advice
Bernstein describes the results of a series of six studies that followed 100 couples for the first seven years of marriage. Researchers at the University of Iowa found that both husbands and wives feel lower marital satisfaction when they are given too much advice from a spouse, as opposed to too little. And—surprise!—unsolicited advice is […]
10
Jan
New Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative report
New Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative report on cultural strategies to enhance program participation Read more and download.