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Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Heritage Foundation
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October 25, 2002
The Effect on Divorce of Legislated Net-Wealth Transfers
This paper examines the legislated guidelines for child support payments in Canada and whether or not overcompensation creates financial incentives for couples to divorce.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Oxford University Press
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September 15, 2006
No-Fault Divorce in Canada: Its Cause and Effect
This paper provides a good summary and analysis of no-fault divorce legislation in Canada.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Elsevier Science
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1998
Same-Sex Unions and Divorce Risk
This briefing profiles research on same-sex unions in Sweden.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Institute for Marriage and Public Policy
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May 3, 2004
Divorce: Facts, Causes, and Consequences
This paper examines and interprets Canadian divorce statistics and trends up to 2003.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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2005
The Future Families Project: A Survey of Canadian Hopes and Dreams
This national survey of over 2000 Canadians conducted in 2003-2004 reveals what Canadians think about some of the key facets of family life including the nature of the family; dating; sexuality and cohabitation; marriage; children; parenthing and parents; and separation and divorce.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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2004
Australian Social Trends 1995: Family - Family Formation: Trends in Marriage and Divorce
This article examines trends in marriage and divorce, remarriage, and the number of children who experience parental divorce in Australia.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 25, 2001
Till Death Do Us Part? The Risk of First and Second Marriage Dissolution
This article based on findings from the General Social Survey examines factors contributing to the dissolution of first and second marriages in Canada.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Statistics Canada
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Summer 2006
The Effects of Divorce on America
This Heritage Backgrounder provides a brief overview of the cost of divorce for children and makes recommendations on how to strengthen marriage.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Heritage Foundation
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June 05, 2000
Growing Evidence for a “Divorce Divide”? Education and Marital Dissolution Rates in the U.S. since the 1970s.
This paper examines divorce trends across racial and educational groups in the United States.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Russell Sage Foundation
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c. 2002
The Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families
This report examines the long term effects of a welfare-to-work reform program in Minnesota on the marriage and divorce outcomes of two-parent families who participated in the reform initiative.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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MDRC
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October 2003
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce
This paper studies the impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce in the US and finds that reform is associated with decreased marriage and divorce rates.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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June 2002
Moving Out: Transition to Nonresidence among Resident Fathers in the U.S., 1968-1997
This paper investigates the probability that fathers will eventually become nonresident parents, due to the dissolution of their relationship with their children's mother.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Population Studies Center
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March 2004
An Economic Perspective on Sex, Marriage and the Family in Contemporary United States
This paper suggests that marriage and the family remain economically beneficial institutions for many people, thus their demise is not likely to occur in the near future.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Population Research Center
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July 2003
The World Still Revolves Around Families
This paper discusses the findings of a 1999 international poll which reported that, overall, the world's population values marriage, children and the family.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Maxim Institute
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Autumn 2002
Parental Divorce in Australia, Cohorts Born 1900-1975
This paper examines the probability and causes of parental divorce in Australia.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research
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September 2004
Does Divorce Law Matter?
This paper examines the hypothesis that the transition to 'no-fault' divorce in the United States has contributed to increasing divorce rates.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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February 2004
Divorce in the 1990s
This article provides divorce rate statistics from 1970-1995, with particular attention paid to divorce rates in the 1990s.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Health Canada
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Autumn 1997
Twenty Years of Marriage
According to this paper, the marriage rate in Canada is on the decline due to a number of factors, such as growing acceptance and practice of common-law relationships, divorce, and pre-marital sex.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Statistics Canada
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Autumn 1996
Socio-demographic Predictors of Divorce
This paper examines divorce trends in developed countries and seeks to determine whether or not there are socio-demographic characteristics that elevate an individual's risk of divorce.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Lord Chancellor's Department
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1999
Cross-Cultural Marriages
This paper examines the prevalence, characteristics and outcomes of marriages in the Netherlands in which at least one of the partners was born outside of the Netherlands.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Statistics Netherlands, Department of Population
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December 1999
Dissolutions of Unions in Europe: A Comparative Overview
This paper provides an overview of patterns and trends in marital survival and dissolution in various countries in Western and Eastern Europe.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 7, 2003
Divorce Risks of Swedish Women in First Marriages: Two Cohorts Born in 1950 and 1960
This paper compares the risk of first marriage dissolution among two cohorts of women in Sweden, one born in 1950 and one born in 1960.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 27, 2002
Twins or Two Single Children: The Influence of the Multiplicity of the First Birth on the Divorce Risk of Swedish Women
This paper compares the divorce risk of women who give birth to twins versus women who have two single births.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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September 2001
Marital Dissolution in Japan: Recent Trends and Patterns
This article examines divorce trends in Japan during the twentieth century.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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December 17, 2004
Does Divorce Risk Depend on Spouses' Relative Income? A Register-Based Study of First Marriages in Sweden in
This study finds strong evidence that high female income in a marriage is positively associated with greater risk of divorce in Sweden, despite egalitarian gender ideals and very high rates of female employment.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 2004
Demographic Trends in Sweden: An Update of Childbearing and Nuptiality up to 2002
This article examines trends in marriage, divorce and childbearing in Sweden from the early twentieth century to 2002.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2003
Economic Circumstances and Union Dissolution of Couples in the 1990s in the Netherlands
This paper examines the role of personal income and socioeconomic status on the breakdown of recently formed marital and non-martial unions in the Netherlands.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Statistics Netherlands
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16 March 2004
Divorce Risk for Foreigners in the Netherlands
This paper measures divorce risk by duration of marriage and country of origin in the Netherlands.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Statistics Netherlands, Division of Social and Spatial Statistics
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June 19, 2003
Socioeconomic Differentials in Divorce Risk by Duration of Marriage
This article explores the possibility that the documented effect of spouses' socioeconomic status on divorce risk varies with marriage duration.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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November 29, 2002
From This Day Forward...: A Look at the Attitudes and Behaviours Shaping the Institution of Marriage in Washington
This report presents the findings of a survey that asked residents of Washington state about their perception of the importance of marriage and family, about the health of their marriages and their confidence in marriage, and about sexual activity outside of marriage.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Washington Family Council
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November 01, 1998
Born Again Adults Less Likely to Co-Habit, Just as Likely to Divorce
This article provides the results of a survey which examined the cohabitation, marriage, and divorce rates of born again and evangelical Christians.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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The Barna Group
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August 06, 2001
Marriage and Public Policy: What Can Government Do?
This report provides recommendations for government policies and programs that would help to reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing and prevent unnecessary divorce.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Institute for American Values
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April 16, 2002
Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
This paper explores the extent to which changes in family life and employment are linked.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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April 01, 2004
Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations
This paper demonstrates that, while divorce rates for white Americans have leveled off since the 1980s, rates for African-Americans continued to increase into the 1990s.
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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California Center for Population Research
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August 12, 2003
Close Personal Relationships between Adults: 100 Years of Marriage in Canada
This paper documents the history of marriage and the family, focusing on two key historical periods: ...
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Category:
Divorce and Remarriage > Divorce Rate
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Law Commission of Canada
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March 01, 2001
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