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Perception Correction for Congress: New Study Indicates Poor Parents Want to Marry


  Author: Patrick F. Fagan
Publisher: The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder
Publication: The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder (website)
Document Date:                  October 01, 2001
Category: Children > Children Born Out of Wedlock
Related Categories:
Children > Child Development
Family Economics > Child Poverty
Family Economics > Poverty
Family Structure > Cohabitation/Common-Law Marriage
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
Family Structure > Parental Marital Status
Family Transitions > Premarital Cohabitation
Marriage > Benefits of Marriage
Parenthood/Childrearing > Cohabiting Parents
Public Policy > Marriage/Relationship Education Policy
 

In response to the "Fragile Families" Survey, which indicated that policies encouraging marriage were well-received among poor and unwed parents, this paper recommends that Members of Congress provide funding through the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) Act in order to promote marriage.

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