The increase in fragile families reflects changes not only in the initial context of births but also in the fundamental nature and patterns of childrearing. Read More

Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (N = 2,656), the authors examined the association between intergenerational relationships and parents' union stability five years after a baby's birth. Read More

This paper uses data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the association between multi-partnered fertility (MPF) – when parents have children with more than one partner – and parents‘ mental health, including Major Depressive Disorder, heavy episodic drinking, and illicit drug use. Read More

This working paper assesses the representativeness of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study sample. It compares the demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics of children and families participating in the Fragile Families Study to those of the children and families participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort of 2001. Read More

Studies have consistently shown that children fare best when raised by both their biological parents, especially when their parents have a positive and healthy relationship. Helping unmarried couples improve their relationships—particularly those from disadvantaged backgrounds—may increase the likelihood that they remain together. Read More

Family structure has an impact on a child’s economic mobility prospects, according to the Pew Economic Policy Group’s report "Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children." Read More

A Pew Research Center report this year noted a surge in women between the ages of 30 and 44 making more money than their husbands. Read More

Now divorce statistics are coming under scrutiny — and not just because of their unromanticity. Read More

Previous studies have shown that men with younger wives live longer. While it had long been assumed that women with younger husbands also live longer, in a new study Sven Drefahl from the Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR) in Rostock, Germany, has shown that this is not the case. Read More