In a reversal of long-standing marital patterns, college-educated young adults are more likely than young adults lacking a bachelor's degree to have married by the age of 30. In 2008, 62% of college-educated 30-year-olds were married or had been married, compared with 60% of 30-year-olds who did not have a college degree. Throughout the 20th […]
Family Expectations released a comprehensive research report based on a large, rigorous federal study of effectiveness. The study findings showed that unmarried parents giving birth to a child benefited in numerous ways from their participation the Oklahoma City-based service. As part of a groundbreaking national study called Building Strong Families (BSF), couples who participated in […]
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
That's the latest news from the land of Gen X parenthood. Apparently, these children of the divorce boom of the 1970s would rather put chocolate syrup in the baby bottles than put the children through a family break-up. The number of divorces has been in decline since it peaked in 1980, and that is particularly […]
Results of a new study show that engaging in activities that you and your spouse view as exciting can help you feel more satisfied in your marriage. "We did one experiment where we had people for two hours a week do something new and exciting and it dramatically increased the quality of their marriage," says […]
Shattering gender stereotypes, an international study has found that men need cuddling more than women. Researchers from the Kinsey Institute at Indiana University discovered that cuddles and caresses are key to a couples' satisfaction in their long-term relationship, but tenderness is more important to men than women. The study, which looked at more than 1,000 […]
Building Strong Families (BSF), a program of relationship skills education for unwed parents, has been found in a rigorous random assignment evaluation to have limited effects on couples who signed up for the program (Wood, McConnell, et al. 2010). Averaging results across the eight local programs that participated in the evaluation, BSF had no effect […]