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

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 […]

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