This paper is intended to provide a background and context for the new Hispanic Healthy Marriage Initiative that informs readers about the current state of research knowledge about Latino families. Therefore, the goals of the current paper include: recognizing the unique issues associated with Latino families, reviewing the extant literature related to family formation, family […]
This report presents national estimates of the probabilities of marital and cohabitation outcomes for women 15-44 years of age in 1995, by a wide variety of individual-and community-level characteristics. The life-table analysis in this report takes a life cycle approach to estimate the probabilities that: a woman will marry for the first time, an intact […]
This guide is designed to assist Louisiana couples in developing a strong marriage. It begins with a pop quiz to assess how well the couple knows each other and then provides information on the following topics: 10 top reasons for marrying; the challenges of young marriage; the challenges of marrying for the second or third […]
This summary on the conceptualization and measurement of healthy couple relationships isbased on the recommendations of scholars and professionals with expertise in this area, whoprepared brief background memos for this project. The recommendations were solicited byChild Trends with funding and input from the Administration for Children and Families. Thememos we commissioned are just one part […]
Listed are the web sites of organizations that are active in promoting programs that strengthen the family. These programs are active in the field of helping couples form and sustain healthy relationships. This information is presented for use as a resource. The links with programs help the user to understand what strategies different organizations use […]
Something you may realize already is that strong, healthy, long-lasting marriages don’t just happen on their own. They happen when two people are intentional about their marriage. That means each person makes an effort to build strong bonds with his or her spouse and work together so that each feels valued, supported, and connected. A […]
ANA seeks to support projects that include approaches to improve child well-being by removing barriers to form and sustain healthy marriages and strengthen families in Native communities. Studies have shown a clear link between healthy marriages and child well-being. A component of the Administration for Children and Families Healthy Marriage Initiative, the Native American Healthy […]
Using a representative sample of children born to unwed parents drawn from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background characteristics and parental […]
This is the ninth publication in CLASP’s Couples and Marriage policy brief series. It explores the attitudinal, experiential, economic, and social contexts in which disadvantaged parents have children and decide to marry or not marry. It also discusses the public policy implications of research on this topic. Like others in the series, this brief is […]
This study examines the effects of changes in family structure on children’s economic well-being. An initial shift-share analysis indicates that, had the proportion of children living in female-headed families remained constant since 1970, the 1998 child poverty rate would have been 4.4 percentage points lower than its actual 1998 level of 18.3 percent. We then […]