The Legacy of Parental Divorce
This paper summarizes past research on the impact of parental divorce on adulthood social, economic, and relational outcomes.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • September 01, 1997

Divorce and Separation: The Outcomes for Children
This paper summarizes past research on the impact of parental divorce and separation on children's socio-economic status, academic achievement, emotional development and behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1998

The Effect of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the economic outcomes of single-parent families and the growing levels of child poverty over the last several decades.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • April 15, 2002

How Broken Families Rob Children of Their Chances for Future Prosperity
This paper discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the impact of family composition on children.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • June 11, 1999

Life-Span Adjustment of Children to their Parents' Divorce
This article examines a variety of factors that determine how well children cope with the breakup of their parents' marriage.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

Financial Impact of Divorce on Children and their Families
This article looks at the economic impact of divorce on families and finds that most women and children have to deal with considerable financial declines post- divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

High Conflict Divorce
This article documents the association between high conflict, violent parental divorce and emotional, behavioural and social problems in the children involved.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

Marriage and Economic Well Being: The Economy of the Family Rises or Falls with Marriage
The study ties the continuance of marriage to improved economic circumstances including more wealth and less poverty for families, children, and society.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Family Research Council • May 2011

Divorce: Facts, Causes & Consequences
This report provides data and statistics on the prevelance of divorce in Canada.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • November 2009

A Statewide Study of Premarital Risk Variables: Implications for Educators and Therapists
This paper analyzes a number of variables among premarital couples for the purpose of assisting in the formation of a premarital assessment instrument.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Family Institute • February 28, 2003

Comments on the Report of the Joint Select Committee on the Operation and the Interpretation of the Family Law Act
This document contains comments and recommendations by the Family Law Council pertaining to the Family Law Act ...
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Family Law Council • January 01, 1993

Effect of Family Structure on Life Satisfaction: Australian Evidence
This paper provides evidence that a committed, stable, and enduring marriage relationship greatly increases men and women's life satisfaction and happiness.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research • September 2004

A Report From Canada's 'Gender War Zone': Reforming The Child-Related Provisions of the Divorce Act
This study looks at ways to refocus the litigation process more on children's wellbeing without overlooking concerns about spousal abuse and its effects on children.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Canadian Journal of Family Law • August 25, 1999

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.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • October 25, 2002

Parenting after Separation and Divorce: A Profile of Arrangements for Spending Time With and Making Decisions for Children
This article looks at parenting after a divorce and separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Statistics Canada • October 2009

The Processing of Divorce Cases Through Civil Court in Seven Provinces and Territories
This report looks at the processing of divorce cases through civil court in seven provinces and territories in Canada.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Statistics Canada • Spring 2010

The Early Identification and Streaming of Cases of High Conflict Separation and Divorce: A review
This paper outlines the risk factors and negative outcomes that children of parental divorce or separation are likely to experience, such as high conflict, parental absence, violence, and emotional maladjustment.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Marriage Decline in America
This paper reports on the declining rates of marriage in America and emphasizes the negative impact this has on children.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The National Marriage Project • May 22, 2001

Death and Divorce: The Long-Term Consequences of Parental Loss on Adolescents
This paper focuses on the impact of parental loss on children's futures by studying both the incomes and the marital and fertility behaviour of adults who, as adolescents, experienced parental divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Statistics Canada • June 09, 1999

Florida's Young Chronic Offenders
This study describes chronic young offenders in Florida, looks at the social costs associated with their criminal activity, and offers suggestions for intervention and policy-making.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Florida State University Family Institute • Spring 1999

Breakthrough Britain: Family Breakdown
This first volume of Breakthrough Britain examines the situation in Britain with respect to family breakdown then offers a broad range of policy proposals through which governments can encourage stronger family bonds.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Centre for Social Justice • July 2007

Child Custody, Access and Parental Responsibility: The Search for a Just and Equitable Standard
This paper argues that custody battles post divorce must serve the best needs of children involved through parental responsibility, not through fighting for the rights of either parent.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Father Involvement Research Alliance • December 2008

It's All in the Past: Exploring the Repercussions of Parents' Early Conjugal and Parental Histories on the Family Life Course of their Children
This study looks at parental union status before and after the birth of a child in order to determine the likelihood of parental separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • January 01, 2002

Divorce and the Best Interests of the Child
This paper examines the effect divorce and common-law dissolution has on Canadian children.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Focus on the Family Canada • January 2004

National Survey of Children’s Health Finds Intact Family and Religious Participation are Associated with Fewer Developmental Problems in School-Age Children
This report highlights American data from the Survey of Children’s Health that reveals children and youth who live with their biological parents and regularly attend religious services are more likely to exhibit signs of positive social development, fewer problem behaviours and have parents who report fewer concerns.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Family Research Council • December 16, 2008

The Voice of the Child in Divorce, Custody, and Access Proceedings
This paper suggests ways that the provincial and federal governments can give children a greater voice in divorce, custody and access proceedings.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Final Federal-Provincial-Territorial Report on Custody Access and Child Support: Putting Children First
This paper looks at previous research, surveys and studies on the challenges faced by children and families throughout the process of family separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee • November 01, 2002

Hague Conference on Private International Law: Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction
This document outlines the convention provisions regarding kidnapping or wrongful retention of children due to disputes over custody and access resulting from parental divorce/separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Hague Conference on Private International Law • October 01, 1980

Divorce: Facts, Causes, and Consequences
This paper examines and interprets Canadian divorce statistics and trends up to 2003.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 2005

Marital Breakdown and Subsequent Depression
This study uses the National Population Health Survey to examine the association between marital dissolution, including common-law unions, and ensuing depression.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Statistics Canada • May 2007

Family Change and Early Sexual Initiation
This paper investigates the influence of family structure on the age of a female's first sexual encounter.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1998

WHY CONGRESS SHOULD IGNORE RADICAL FEMINIST OPPOSITION TO MARRIAGE
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • June 16, 2003

Children and Divorce: A Snapshot
This document looks at the short-term, intermediate, and long-term effects that divorce has on various aspects of the lives of the children involved and discusses factors that can mediate these effects.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 1998

Parental Disruption and Well-Being: A Cross Cohort Comparison
Using data from two British cohorts, this study analyzes shorter and longer-term outcomes of children of divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Population Association of America • August 2005

Custody, Access, and Child Support: Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth
This report examines custody and living arrangements, access to the non-custodial parent, and the availability of child support for children of separated parents in Canada.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Department of Justice Canada • 1999

Marriage In America: A Report to the Nation
This paper explores the state of marriage in th US and finds that it is rapidly deteriorating and, as a result, children are suffering.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for American Values • 1995

Schools and Family Change: School-Based Support For Children Experiencing Divorce and Separation
This study examined the effectiveness of a school-based intervention intended to help children cope with their parents' separation or divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2003

Promoting mental health for children
This Canadian Paediatric Society position statement outlines the potential childhood development problems caused by parental separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Canadian Paediatric Society • 2000 (reaffirmed January 2004)

Child Issues
The "Features" section of this paper contains a compilation of articles relating to the well-being and best interests of children.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Fraser Institute • June 01, 2001

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.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • June 05, 2000

The Legacy of Parental Divorce: Social, Economic and Demographic Experiences in Adulthood
This paper discusses the impact of childhood parental divorce and explores the extent to which divorce causes negative, long-term, educational, emotional, psychological, financial, and relational outcomes for children of divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • October 01, 1997

An Analysis of the Options for Changes in the Legal Regulation of Child Custody and Access
This paper examines possible reforms to the legal system that would enable it to facilitate the restructuring of parental relationships after divorce or separation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

The Effects of Marriage on Child Poverty
This paper examines the relationship between the increased number of single-parent homes and the levels of child poverty.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • April 15, 2002

Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Heritage Foundation • September 27, 2000

Motherhood, Fatherhood: The Legal Balance
This article discusses the needs of children and parents within a divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • December 1991

Facing Family Change: Children’s Circumstances, Strategies and Resources
This book presents the results of a study done on children's feelings and perspectives on parental divorce and separation, and on family breakdown.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2002

Cultural-community Divorce and the Family Law Act 1975: A proposal to clarify the law
This paper addresses the impact of divorce on different cultural communities, particularly Islamic and Jewish cultures.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Commonwealth of Australia • August 2001

Renegotiating Fatherhood
This paper examines post-divorce father-child relationships in the United Kingdom, and the ways in which fathers seek to maintain positive and meaningful relationships with their children even when they are living apart.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Newcastle Centre for Family Studies • 1996

Family Change and Community Life: Exploring the Links
This paper explores the connection between changes in family life, such as increasing divorce, maternal employment, and lone parenting, as well as decreasing social capital in communities.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • April 2003

Family Disruption and Delinquency
This article looks at the impact of family transitions, such as divorce and seperation, on the amount of delinquent behaviour exhibited by adolescents in the family.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • September 1999

The Divorce Experience: A Study of Divorce at Midlife and Beyond
This paper examines the circumstances surrounding midlife divorce, its impact on men and women, and the coping skills of this particular demographic.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• AARP • May 2004

Effects of Divorce on Mental Health Through the Life Course
This paper provides evidence that the experience of parental divorce as a child can have a negative effect on individuals' mental health as adults.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Hopkins Population Center • February 1997

Parental Divorce in Childhood and Demographic Outcomes in Young Adulthood
This study found that young adults whose parents divorced were more likely to leave home due to conflict, be involved in cohabiting relationships, and to have a child out of wedlock than those whose parents were married.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• John Hopkins University • 1995

Back to School: A Life Course Approach to Understanding Men's and Women's College Attendance in Adulthood
This paper examines personal factors that influence men's and women's decisions to pursue post-secondary education as adults.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Population Studies Center • May 1999

The Long-Term Effects of Parental Divorce on the Mental Health Young Adults: A Developmental Perspective
In this study of the long-term effects of divorce on children, the authors found that children and adolescents who experienced their parents' divorce were more likely to have mental health problems as young adults.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Population Research Center • January 1994

Marital Status Stability, Marital Transitions, and Health: A Life Course Perspective
This paper examines the effect of marital status continuity and change on an individual's physical health and well-being, and finds that these effects vary considerably according to an individual's gender and age.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Population Research Center • 2001

Long-Term Effects of Divorce on Children
This paper briefly outlines the negative social and emotional consequences of divorce for children, and looks also at the impact divorce has on parent-child relationships.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service • August 1998

Points of Convergence
This chapter, from Parent-Child Contact and Post Separation Parenting Arrangements, discusses key issues relating to child custody arrangements and divorce.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • 2004

The Impact of Family Structure and Social Change
This paper discusses adolescent sexual activity and how it is affected by biological factors, and the deterioration of the traditional family.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• American Enterprise Institute • January 1, 1997

Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages
This study investigates the assumption that divorced people are happier than those who remain in unhappy marriages.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for American Values • 2002

Divorce in the 1990s
This article provides divorce rate statistics from 1970-1995, with particular attention paid to divorce rates in the 1990s.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Health Canada • Autumn 1997

The Costs of Killing the Family
This paper discusses the effects of divorce in terms of the financial costs, including welfare and social services, health, education, law and order, and lost production.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Maxim Institute • Winter 2002

Love and Death in Germany: The Marital Biography and its Impact on Mortality
This paper examines the effects of changes in marital status as a result of marriage, divorce, or widowhood on mortality in Germany.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • April 2002

To Tie the Knot or Not: Cohabitation, Marriage and Individuals' Attitudes to Risk
This paper proposes a theoretical model of the relationship between cohabitation and marriage.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • May 23, 2002

The Economic Effects of Parental Absence
This paper explores the impact of single-parenthood and parental absence on a family's economic resources.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • May 27, 2003

AbstractRe/Working Benefits: Continuation of Non-Cash Benefits Support for Single Mothers and Disabled Women
This study asked single mothers and women with disabilities about the importance of the non-cash benefits that they received while on welfare, such as childcare, housing, and transportation.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Status of Women Canada, Policy Research Fund • February 01, 2003

Is it Money or Marriage That Keeps People Alive?
This study examines the relative impact of marriage and income on longevity.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Warwick University Department of Economics • August 01, 2002

Child Support and the Postdivorce Economic Well-Being of Mothers, Fathers, and Children
This paper looks at the short-term financial situation of family members after a marital breakup.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for Research on Poverty • December 01, 1998

Making Contact: How Parents and Children Negotiate and Experience Contact After Divorce
This study examines different types of post-divorce contact arrangements, the impact of these arrangements on the well-being of parents and children, and the factors that influence the success of contact.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2002

Keeping Contact with Children: Assessing the Father/Child Post-separation Relationship from the Male Perspective
This paper summarizes findings from the 1995 General Social Survey (GSS) of the Family (cycle 10) regarding separated mothers and fathers, ...
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Department of Justice Canada • 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.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for American Values • April 16, 2002

Physical Custody in Wisconsin Divorce Cases, 1980-1992
This study examines child custody arrangements from 1980 to 1992 and finds that this period experienced an increase in fathers' involvement with their children, and in highly detailed custody arrangements.
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Institute for Research on Poverty • May 01, 1997

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: ...
• Category: Divorce and Remarriage > Effects of Divorce
• Law Commission of Canada • March 01, 2001