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Conceptualizing and Measuring “Healthy Marriage” For Empirical Research and Evaluation Studies: A Review of the Literature and Annotated Bibliography (Task Three)

Marriage and couple relationships constitute an area of intense interest for researchers as well as policymakers. One of the goals of the Healthy Marriages study is to inform current discussions regarding the measurement of aspects of the quality of marital relationships. This literature review and annotated bibliography represent several products of Child Trends’ project to […]

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09 Jan
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Is Marriage and Relationship Education Effective? : A Comprehensive Meta-Analysis

Marriage and relationship education (MRE) recently has become a tool of public policy to help couples form and sustain healthy marriages. With increased public funds comes increased public scrutiny. In this meta-analytic study, we examined the effects of MRE on two common outcomes: relationship satisfaction/quality and relationship communication. A thorough search produced 133 codable reports […]

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09 Jan
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Marriage in Later Life: A Review of the Research

This bibliography is a compilation of resources related to later-life marriage. It is divided into two sections– 1) Scholarly Summaries of Research on Later-Life Marriage and Family Life and 2) A Bibliography of Recent Research on Later-Life Marriage.

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09 Jan
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Military Service and Marriage: A Review of the Research

This report is an extensive summary of the research on marriage and military service. Topics covered in these studies include marriage and military retention and career orientation; dual-military marriages; women in the military; deployment; prisoners of war; the effects of combat on marriage; potential relationship problems in military marriages; spousal abuse and aggression; divorce rates; […]

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09 Jan
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Marital Status and Health : United States, 1999-2002

Objective–This report presents prevalence estimates by marital status for selected health status and limitations, health conditions, and health risk behaviors among U.S. adults, using data from the 1999?2002 National Health Interview Surveys (NHIS). Methods–Data for the U.S. civilian noninstitutionalized population were collected using computer-assisted personal interviews (CAPI). The household response rate for the NHIS was […]

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