We use data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study to examine the association between multipartnered fertility (MPF) — when parents have children with more than one partner — and depression. Random-effects models suggest that MPF is associated with a greater likelihood of depression, net of family structure and other covariates. However, these associations […]
Presented by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center on March 25, 2009, this 1 hour, 30 minutes webinar shares findings from research on how divorce affects child well-being, discusses the impact of divorce on parents, and provides information on the differing outcomes of divorce on children from low-conflict and high-conflict homes. The first presentation is […]
Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children explores the relationship between parental marital status and intergenerational economic mobility. Co-authored by Thomas DeLeire of the University of Wisconsin and Leonard M. Lopoo of Syracuse University, the report compares the economic mobility outcomes for children who were born to single mothers, divorced parents, and continuously married […]
Presented by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center on September 24, 2008, this 1 hour, 30 minutes webinar shares research findings on the effects of deployment and reintegration on military marriages and their families, the impact of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI) on military couples and their families, and how marriage […]
The breakup of the 40-year marriage of former Vice President Al Gore and his wife Tipper raises the intriguing question: What is the likelihood that a long-duration marriage will end in divorce? Here is a look at some relevant data. (Author abstract)
Presented by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center on July 23, 2008, this 1 hour, 30 minutes webinar discusses experienced based and effective strategies for engaging the media in an effort to promote healthy marriage programs and events, methods for building relationships with the media, and key components of successful public awareness campaigns. The first […]
This report is based primarily on two data sources: the Pew Research Center’s analysis of demographic data about new marriages in 2008 from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) and the Pew Research Center’s analysis of its own data from a nationwide telephone survey conducted from October 28 through November 30, 2009 among […]
Presented by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center on June 25, 2008, this 1 hour, 30 minutes webinar discusses key findings that have emerged from father involvement research and what they mean for fatherhood and marriage programming, research and policy developments that have lead to government sponsored programs that encourage responsible fatherhood and healthy marriages, […]
This working paper assesses the representativeness of the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study sample. It compares the demographic, socioeconomic, and health characteristics of children and families participating in the Fragile Families Study to those of the children and families participating in the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Birth Cohort of 2001 (ECLSB). Although the characteristics […]
Presented by the National Healthy Marriage Resource Center on May 28, 2008, this webinar discusses key findings from a report that investigated the cost to U.S. taxpayers of high rates of divorce and unmarried childbearing at a national and State level. A presentation is offered by Dr. Ben Scafidi an associate professor and director of […]