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 […]
This fact sheet from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center outlines the trends in children’s living arrangements from 1970-2004.
The report explores the potential benefits of marriage for couples who are living together and have children. It begins with a review of research literature that indicates children with cohabiting parents fare worse than those with married parents. Research results are then provided from the 2002 National Survey of America’s Families that focus on four […]
This is a one page factsheet on marriage rates from 1935-2005.
The percent of men and women who have ever married in the United States increases steadily with age. In other words, a smaller number of 20- to 24-year-olds than 40- to 49-year-olds have ever been married. By the time they reach their 70s, nearly 100% of Americans today have been married at some point in […]
Marriage will be an important issue in the upcoming debate over the reauthorization of welfare reform. According to recent studies, both children and adults benefit from marriage. Still, one of three children in the U.S. is born to unmarried parents. At the time of birth, most unmarried parents are committed to each other and to […]
Fact sheet from the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center outlining the trend in birth rates for unmarried women from 1975 to present.
The Community Healthy Marriage Initiative (CHMI) is a key component of the demonstration strategy of the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to determine how public policies can best support healthy marriages. Two concepts underlie the CHMI strategy. One is that community coalitions can be an effective vehicle for developing a range of healthy marriage […]
Increasing concern exists in the public and private sectors about the link between the large number of children growing up in poverty and the range of negative outcomes they face. A higher percentage of children living in single parent households live in poverty compared with children living in two-parent households. Faith leaders across the country […]