Using recently released data from the 2002 National Survey of Family Growth, this Research Brief presents a portrait of multiple-partner fertility among men aged 15-44 living in the United States. The brief also examines the types of relationships within which multiple-partner fertility occurs and the links between the characteristics of fathers and multiple-partner fertility. The […]

In recent years, strengthening marriages and relationships in low-income families has emerged as a national policy strategy to enhance child well-being. Mathematica recently conducted a study of how programs and services to strengthen relationships in unmarried parent families can be developed, implemented, and evaluated. The study culminated in a conceptual framework that identifies factors to […]

Authors Barbara Dafoe Whitehead and Marline Pearson argue that we need to teach young people about healthy relationships at the same time we teach them about avoiding risky sexual behavior and the value of waiting. They make clear that the order of some of life’s major events is critically important. Get an education, get married, […]

This fact sheet lists the guiding principles of Fathering After Violence (FAV), a national initiative developed by the Family Violence Prevention Fund (FVPF) and its partners to enhance the safety and well-being of women and children by motivating men to renounce their violence and become better fathers (or father figures) and more supportive parenting partners. […]

Developed in part from a consultation of marriage leaders held in New York City on January 24-25, 2000, this statement discusses the importance of marriage in society and strategies for marriage promotion. The paper begins by addressing the goals of the marriage movement, the contemporary marriage crisis, and arguments against the promotion of marriage. The […]

Interventions to promote healthy marriages and strengthen families with unmarried parents are most likely to succeed if they are based on a sound understanding of the determinants of union formation, stability, and quality. With this in mind, the Administration for Children and Families contracted with Abt Associates for a review of the quantitative research on […]

The purpose of this issue brief is to provide information that can be used by F2F grantees to expand, improve and complement their current practices to respond to the needs of families experiencing domestic violence that are in the child welfare system. The information and recommendations in this issue brief are based on five focus […]

Challenging the popular stereotype of the marriagephobic male, findings from a new national survey of young heterosexual men, ages 25-34, indicate that while men are delaying marriage until older ages, most men are “”the marrying kind.”” Among all men surveyed, those from traditional, religiously observant family backgrounds are more likely to be married, to seek […]