The recent literature on the effects of welfare on marriage and fertility includes studiesemploying a wide variety of methodologies and data sets and covering different time periods. A majorityof the studies show that welfare has a significantly negative effect on marriage or positive effect onfertility rather than none at all, and thus the current consensus […]
Recent demands on the military have raised concerns about the impact of extended deployments on military marriages. To evaluate this impact, the authors draw on marital status data in service personnel records to estimate trends in marriage and marital dissolution between 1996 and 2005 and the specific effects of time deployed to Afghanistan and Iraq […]
The extent and implications of cohabitation and marriage among US welfare recipients are investigated. An analysis of 4 data sets shows significant numbers of cohabitors among recipients of AFDC. An even more surprising finding is the large number of married women on welfare. The results of a telephone survey of state AFDC agencies is also […]
Measures of communication and aggression, taken from 56 newlywed couples, were used to predict marital outcomes 4 years later. Aggression discriminated between separated or divorced couples and those who remained married. In contrast, communication discriminated between couples who were maritally satisfied after 4 years and those who were married but dissatisfied. Thus, over the 1st […]
On November 15 and 16, 2001, more than 50 researchers, policymakers, practitioners, corrections officials, and other specialists in the field of fathers and families gathered in Philadelphia, PA, to convene the National Center on Fathers and Families’ (NCOFF) “”Roundtable on Constructing and Coping with Incarceration and Family Re-Entry: Perspectives from the Field.”” The discussion at […]
On the assumption that differences in faith traditions may prompt difficulties for married couples, this descriptive study examined interfaith couples’ reports of intrinsic and extrinsic religious orientation, communication during a religious disagreement,social network composition, and social support (N = 87). Spousal intrinsic religious orientation (a strong commitment to faith) is associated with reports of marital […]
This paper uses newly available information from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey to investigate how unmarried mothers’ and fathers’ expectations about marriage, in addition to their socio-economic and demographic characteristics, are related to transitions to marriage in the year following their child’s birth. It also investigates factors that are associated with unmarried parents’ […]
Environmental or genetic influences, or both could account for the increased risk of divorce among the offspring of separated parents. Previous studies have used covariates to statistically control for confounds, but the present research is the first genetically informed study of the topic. The investigation used the Children of Twins Design with twins, their spouses, […]
This brief uses both quantitative and qualitative data to examine how risk factors such as physical abuse, substance abuse, and incarceration are related to father involvement and relationship status among unmarried couples. The authors also examine how parents’ relationship status and quality mediate the association between fathers’ risk behaviors and involvement with children.
Sharing quality time with your family can build stronger relationships and foster a sense of wellbeing for all family members. The family vacation is a traditional part of the American summer and is intended to forge these family bonds in a relaxed environment. We all know that family vacations can often be expensive due to […]