The Long Term Effects for Children of Different Parental Backgrounds
This paper examines the impact of childhood experiences relating to family structure on adulthood views on parenting, family life and expectations, satisfaction, and emotional well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 1997

The Impact of Mothers' Employment on Family Relationships
This paper looks at couples' perceptions of the impact maternal employment has on their relationship with each other and with their children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • July 01, 2003

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • June 01, 1998

Welfare Entries among Children Living With Grandparents
This paper examines economic well-being and the risk of welfare entry among grandparent-headed households with grandchildren present.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • 2000

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Hampton/Sussex, New Brunswick
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2003

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and other national data sources, this report assesses Saskatoon children’s outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors and discerns how to improve the impact of these factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • November 01, 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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • June 11, 1999

The Necessity of Marriage
This paper addresses why marriage is important for the foundation of a healthy, stable society.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • October 20, 2003

The Dynamics of Childhood Poverty
This paper explores trends in child poverty, the demographics of children living in poverty, and the duration of poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Summer/Fall 1997

Changing Demographics: Past and Future Demands for Early Childhood Programs
This paper examines historical changes to the structure of family life and the corresponding changes in the demand for non-parental child care.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Winter 1995

Immigrant Children and their Families: Issues for Research and Policy
This article discusses various disadvantages and challenges faced by children in immigrant families as they become an increasingly important segment of the American society and educational system.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Summer/Fall 1995

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• 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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• 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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

The Evolution of Kinship Care Policy and Practice
This article discusses the benefits and drawbacks of kinship foster care and emphasizes the need for a coherent government policy on this issue in order to ensure that children are receiving the best care possible.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • 2004

The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation
This paper discusses the cognitive, social and emotional benefits children receive growing up in a happily married two biological parent family.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Fall 2005

The One Hundred Billion Dollar Man The Annual Public Costs of Father Absence
This study provides an estimate of taxpayer costs in the US, in support of homes in which the father is absent.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Fatherhood Initiative • 2008

Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children
This report looks at the economic ability of adults to surpass the earnings of their parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Economic Mobility Project, Pew Charitable Trust • April 2010

Forty-year-old mothers: of pre-school children: A profile
This article examines the trend among Canadian women who delay motherhood until their mid to late thirties.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Statistics Canada • September 17, 2009

When Two Become One: The Unique Nature and Benefits of Marriage (Second Edition)
This publication looks at marriage from a biblical perspective and discusses the changes in Canadian marriage policy.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Evangelical Fellowship of Canada • 2006

Understanding the Early Years: Early Childhood Development in Niagara Falls, Ontario
Using data from the the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this report seeks to explain children's outcomes in terms of family background, family processes, and community factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • June 01, 2003

A Closer Look at Changes in Children’s Living Arrangements in Low-Income Families
This paper examines changes in the living arrangements of American children between 1999 and 2001, and discusses the stability of various family structures and their impact on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Johns Hopkins University • February 20, 2000

The Self-Sufficiency Project at 36 Months: Effects on Children of a Program that Increased Parental Employment and Income
This paper reports the effects of a welfare-to-work program for the participants' children including effects on their income, ...
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Social Research and Demonstration Corporation • June 01, 2000

Marriage and Government: Strange Bedfellows?
This paper discusses the role that government should play in promoting marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 2001

Recent Trends in the Inheritance of Poverty and Family Structure
This paper looks at the likelihood that daughters of poor single mothers will experience poverty and single-parenthood themselves.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• California Center for Population Research • January 2004

Instability in Fragile Families: The Role of Race-Ethnicity, Economics, and Relationship Quality
This study compares the prevalence of separation among married and cohabiting parents of young children, with attention paid to racial and economic differences in relationship stability.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • August 14-17, 2004

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Family Law Council • January 01, 1993

Should We Live Together? What Young Adults Need to Know about Cohabitation before Marriage
This article examines the characteristics of cohabiting couples and the harm caused to children by cohabitation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Marriage Project • 2002

The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This paper addresses the state of marriage in America and how it has been affected by changing attitudes towards divorce, cohabitation, gender differences, financial stability, childbearing, and sex.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey • June 01, 2002

The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This paper investigates the effects of single parenthood on children’s social and cognitive development, academic achievement, and overall welfare.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center on Fathers and Families • August 01, 1995

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Canadian Journal of Family Law • August 25, 1999

Cohabitation, Marriage and Child Wellbeing: A Cross-National Perspective
The author examines empirical data to chart the rapid rise of cohabitation across Western nations.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The National Marriage Project, Rutgers • 2008

One-Parent Families: Characteristics, Causes, Consequences, and Issues
This study of Canadian single-parent families explores the structural and cultural causes of single-parenthood, the causes of unmarried teen births, the consequences for children living in single-parent households and the issue of children's rights.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • March 2006

Portraits of Fathers
This study of fatherhood in Canada addresses issues such as the unique role of the father in the family and the impact that their absence or presence has on their families.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Vanier Insitute of the Family • 2002

The Role of the Father After Divorce
This article discusses the importance of and challenges to creating a meaningful role for fathers after a divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

An Overview of Child Well-Being in Rich Countries: A Comprehensive Assessment of the Lives and Well-Being of Children and Adolescents in the Economically Advanced Nations
This report measured child well-being in 21 OECD countries by examining children’s overall health and safety, education, peer and family relationships, behaviours and risks, and young people’s own subjective sense of well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• UNICEF • February 14, 2007

Crime and the Family: Improving Child-Rearing and Preventing Delinquency
This paper provides a summary of the February 3, 1994 conference on crime and the family.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Family Policy Studies Centre • February 3, 1994

Meeting the Challenges of Contemporary Foster Care
This article examines the current foster care system and looks at the challenges the system faces, such as the overrepresentation of children from ethnic minority backgrounds, the high attrition of foster parents, high rates of staff turnover, and heavy caseloads.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • 2004

Family Reunification
This article looks at patterns of children's reunification with their biological family after being placed in foster care.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • 2004

Fragile Families One Year Later: Oakland California
This paper examines the characteristics of unwed parents in Oakland, California and the degree to which they are economically stable.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Public Policy Institute of California • October 01, 2002

Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Early Parental Employment on Children of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth
This study looked at the impact of early parental employment, particularly maternal employment, on children's developmental outcomes and found that the effects were quite small.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• American Psychological Association • March 01, 1999

When Children Cannot Remain Home: Foster Family Care and Kinship Care
This article discusses the increasing usage of kinship care as a result of such factors as increased demand for foster care, a shortage of available spaces, and expense issues.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Spring 1998

Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • 2002

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The National Marriage Project • May 22, 2001

When Parents Separate: Further Findings from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth.
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this study examines the effects of parental separation on the family life course of children with particular attention to physical and economic well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Child Support Team of the Department of Justice Canada • 2005

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Statistics Canada • June 09, 1999

Prevalence and Effects of Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
This paper discusses the research regarding the extent and consequences of children's exposure to violence in the home .
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Future of Children • Winter 1999

The Denial: Downplaying the Consequences of Family Structure for Children
This paper discusses the history of the belief that family structure has no impact on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Institute for American Values • 2005

Effective Intervention in Wife Battering and Child Maltreatment Cases: Guidelines for Policy and Practice
This report provides information for those dealing with overlapping cases of wife abuse and child maltreatment.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The National Council of Juvenile and Family Court Judges, Family Violence Department • 1999

Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Physical Harm and Family Composition: Maltreated Children with Developmental Delay
This paper provides statistics on the abuse of children with developmental delay and shows that these children are most likely to be mistreated in family environments where there is one biological parent and another adult who is not the child's parent.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre of Excellence for Child Welfare • 2004

Children and Stepfamilies: A Snapshot
This report discusses the impact that being part of a stepfamily has on children's developmental outcomes and parent relationships.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Law and Social Policy • November 01, 1998

Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Social Justice Policy Group • December 2006

Child Poverty Profile 1998
This report offers a statistical analysis of child poverty in Canada in 1998 as compared to previous years, and considers various factors associated with child poverty.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Council of Welfare • 2000

Summary: Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
This is an English summary of a report commissioned by the French National Assembly which investigated the changing nature of the family and the subsequent need to change family law in order to protect children's rights.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Preserve Marriage- Protect Children's Rights • March 8, 2006

The Family Law Review
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines family law in the interest of encouraging a high-commitment culture to marriage and family.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Social Justice • November 2008

Work/Family Balance: What Do We Really Know?
This paper reviews research on the nature, scope and implications of work/family conflict and endeavours to (1) explain the fundamental causes of the work/family conflict, (2) demonstrate the impacts of this imbalance on families and organizations, (3) discuss the challenges families face, and (4) present possible strategies to improve the situation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Vanier Institute of the Family • January 15, 2009

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources and Skills Development Canada • January 01, 2002

Investing in Children: Ideas for Action
This paper summarizes the NLSCY conference which focused on family structures, parenting and work, school, community influences, health, problem behavior, childhood experiences, and vulnerable children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Child Maltreatment and Family Structure
This paper examines the incidence of different types of child abuse and maltreatment in single parent families and step-families.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Child Protection Clearinghouse, Australian Institute of Family Studies • Winter 1996

Living Arrangements of Children: 2004
This report provides an overview of children’s living arrangements in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Census Bureau, US Department of Commerce • February 2008

Homosexual Parenting: Placing Children at Risk
This paper argues that there are major methodological flaws in the research that supports homosexual parenting.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Family Research Council • 2002

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Kids’ Sports
This article examines factors influencing children’s participation in organized sports.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Statistics Canada • June 3, 2008

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee • November 01, 2002

Family Formation Trends and Analysis U.S. Overview 2007: Children
This report examines family trends in the United States with regard to children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Focus on the Family • 2007

Stepfamilies: Understanding and responding effectively
This brief examines the difficulty in identifying and calculating the growing number of stepfamilies in Australia.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Australian Family Relationship Clearinghouse • 2007

The Effects of Marriage on Health: A Synthesis of Recent Research Evidence
This policy paper examines research on the purported positive health effects of marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Mathematica Policy Research • June 19, 2007

Marriage as a Social Good: Why Get Married?
This paper argues that the institution of marriage is one of the keys to a healthy, well-functioning society because it enhances personal security, economic well-being and limits government intervention.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society • May 2007

Why Marriage Matters: Marriage, Lone Parenthood, Cohabitation, and Child Well-Being in the West
This paper examines the decline of marriage in the West and its consequences for children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Howard Center for Family, Religion & Society • May 2007

Prevalence of Methylphenidate Use Among Canadian Children Following Parental Divorce
This report based on data from Canada's National Longitudinal Study of Children and Youth (NLSCY) found that children were twice as likely to be prescribed the drug Ritalin in the period following their parents' divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Canadian Medical Association • June 5, 2007

Bringing Up Baby: Adoption, Marriage, and the Best Interests of the Child
This study argues that children waiting for adoption should be placed with married parents whenever possible.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Marshall-Wythe School of Law, Williamsburg Virginia • February 2006

Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
This paper examines the relationship between lone-mother status, mother and family characteristics, and child difficulties.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Are Public Housing Projects Good For Kids?
This paper finds that public housing projects have a positive effect on housing quality and children's educational attainment.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 1999

Trailing the Class: Sole Parent Families and Educational Disadvantage
This paper explores the relationship between lower levels of academic achievement and family structure.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Independent Studies • June 26, 2000

Five Million Children: 1992 Update
This report is the second in a series of annual reports on child poverty in the United States and discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1992

Neighbourhood Influences on Children's School Readiness
This study looks at the ways in which neighbourhood characteristics influence toddlers' and preschoolers' readiness to learn.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Rate of Children in Low-Income Families Varies Widely by State
This fact sheet outlines state differences in the percentage of children living in low-income families in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Children in Poverty • September 2004

Using Siblings to Investigate the Effects of Family Structure on Educational Attainment
This paper seeks to determine the extent to which family structure influences students' academic performance and educational choices.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

The Puzzle of Boys Educational Decline: A Review of the Evidence
This paper reviews past research on the growing inequalities between the academic perfomance and achievement of girls and boys.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Centre for Independent Studies • November 18, 1999

Multi-Level Effects on Behavior Outcomes in Canadian Children
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to compare the respective impact neighbourhood and family effects have on children’s physical and indirect forms of aggression.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • May 01, 2001

Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter to the Nurturing of Children?
This article shows that marriage is an institution worthy of state legal and financial support because of the positive effect marriage has on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• University of San Diego Law School • October 12, 2005

The Benefits of Marriage and Why Government Should Support It
This essay argues the state should support marriage and lays out the reasons why: improved child outcomes, improved economic and emotional outcomes for parents among them.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• American Values • 2004

Linking Family Change, Parents’ Employment and Income and Children’s Economic Well-Being: A Longitudinal Perspective
Using data from the first two phases of the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this paper examines family income before and after family transitions such as separation and divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 2003

The Changing Role of Child Support among Never-Married Mothers
This paper shows that more never-married mothers are receiving child support than were in the past, although it continues to be relatively uncommon.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1999

How Will Welfare Reform Affect Childbearing and Family Structure Decisions?
This paper provides evidence that reforms to the welfare system have been moderately successful both in encouraging marriage and in discouraging divorce, avoidance of child support, living separately from relatives, and childbearing while unmarried or on welfare.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 2001

Work, Welfare, and Family Structure: A Review of the Evidence
This paper looks at a number of major American welfare reform programs, including Assistance for Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, and food stamps.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1996

How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1997

The Effect of Changes in Maternal Employment and Family Structure on Child Behaviour
This paper explores the effect that changes in maternal employment and family structure have on children’s behavioural development.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources and Social Development Canada • May 01, 2002

Divorce Law: Questions and Answers
This brochure provides information on divorce and divorce-related issues in Canada.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 2006

A Child’s Day: 2000 (Selected Indicators of Child Well-being)
This report examines the well-being of children and the influence of parental interaction, participation in extracurricular activities, academic achievement, and educational expectations.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• U.S. Census Bureau • August 2003

A New Generation of Canadian Families Raising Young Children: A New Look at Data from National Surveys
This paper provides data and research relating to parenting and child development, such as maternal age and education, single and dual income families, employment, parental separation, marriage, infant mortality, child care, and child behaviour/outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada, Healthy Child Manitoba: Putting Children and Families First • September 01, 2003

Connected by 25: A Plan for Investing in Successful Futures for Foster Youth
This report discusses the unique challenges faced by young people growing up in foster care.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project • 2003

A Follow-up Study of Child Hunger in Canada
This is an analysis of child hunger data from the 1996 National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, and looks at the statistics of and factors associated with child hunger ...
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources and Skills Development of Canada • 2001

AbstractThe Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study: Questions, Design, and a Few Preliminary Results
This paper looks at the characteristics of unwed parents, their attitudes towards parenting, marriage and relationships, as well as their economic, employment and educational status.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • May 01, 2000

A Longitudinal Analysis of Family Relationships and Children’s School Achievement in One- and Two-Parent Families
This paper analyzes data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) and assesses how factors such as family structure, family processes, and child characteristics are associated with teachers’ judgments of children’s academic success.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Social Development Canada • June 2000

Child Well-Being and the Intergenerational Effects of Undocumented Immigrant Status
This paper discusses the health deficits experienced by children whose parents are illegal immigrants.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • June 01, 2000

Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? What Research Says About the Effects of Family Structure on Child Well-Being
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, well-being, family income and overall child welfare.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Law And Social Policy • May 01, 2003

One out of Every Five: Teenage Motherhood and Subsequent Childbearing
This paper looks at the factors that influence subsequent childbearing among teenagers and examines the impact that this has on both the mother and the children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 1998

Health and Disabilities Services in Early Head Start: Are Families Getting Needed Health Care Services?
This paper investigates the health of children and families in the Early Head Start program, focusing on specific health concerns such as birthweight, infections, and parental mental health and its impact on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Health and Human Services • January 2004

Reversing Teen Pregnancy and Single Parenthood
This article describes the current crisis of out-of-wedlock births, explains why this is a problem for children, and provides suggestions for how to promote childbearing within marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• American Experiment Quarterly • Summer 2001

Is a Baby a Good Reason to Marry?
This article examines the reasons which lead women and men to decide not to marry the other parent of their child.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

Risk and Resilience in Six- and Ten-Year-Old Children
This study uses the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to create an “index of adversity” to enable researchers to identify children whose development is most at risk due to various stress factors in their lives.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
This report prepared for the French National Assembly sets out 100 proposals to amend statutory or regulatory provisions in order to protect the rights of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Assembly of France • January 26, 2006

Cohabitation and Marriage: How are they related?
This paper reports on marriage and cohabitation trends in Canada and provides a comparative analysis of these family structures.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • September 2005

The Conflation of Marriage and Cohabitation in Government Statistics- A Denial of Difference Rendered Untenable by an Analysis of Outcomes
This paper discusses the findings from the Millennium Cohort Study in the U.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Bristol Community Family Trust • September 2006

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 1999

Custody, Access, and Child Support in Canada: Report on Federal-Provincial-Territorial Consultations
From April 2001 to June 2001, the Federal-Provincial-Territorial Family Law Committee asked for feedback on how the government could improve the laws and services it provided for children of separation and divorce.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • Fall 2001

Growing Up In Canada: Children With Single Mothers Have More Problems
This article is a summary of the Statistics Canada survey, "Growing Up In Canada".
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Joel Miller's Family Law Centre • October 01, 1996

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

The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
This report examines two questions: 1) Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? and 2) What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? ...
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • August 02, 2002

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • October 01, 1997

Marriage-Plus
This paper discusses the current debate concerning the government's interest in promoting marriage as a solution to many societal problems.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 08, 2002

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

The Kids Are Alright? Children’s Well-Being and the Rise in Cohabitation
Using data from the 1999 National Survey of America’s Families (NSAF), this article examines the relationship between cohabitation, poverty, food insecurity and the material well-being and socio-economic outcomes of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • July 01, 2002

Stress and Coping in Divorce: Children and Developmental Trajectories
This chapter, from an online book, summarizes previous research from multiple disciplines on the impact divorce has on children in order to clarify the areas of research that require further attention.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• CMHS/ Mental Health Statistics Improvement Program • June 01, 2003

Family and Faith: The Roots of Prosperity, Stability and Freedom
This paper addresses the state of the family and discusses issues such as marriage, divorce, child abuse, cohabitation, poverty, and the impact of family structure on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • March 21, 2000

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2002

Federation of Law Societies of Canada Consultation on Child Support Guidelines and Custody and Access
This paper offers an evaluation of family law by way of a summary of survey questionnaires and workshops provided to lawyers and judges involved in divorce and child custody cases.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Department of Justice Canada • 2001

Family Structure and Child Outcomes in the United States and Sweden
This paper compares the effects of family structure on children's educational and earning outcomes in the United States and Sweden.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for the Study of Labor • August 2004

How Equal Are Educational Opportunities? Family Background and Student Achievement in Europe and the United States
This paper examines educational equality and the effects of family background on students' educational performance in the United States and 17 Western European countries.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Economic Studies IFO • March 2004

Seldom Heard: The Child's Voice in Relationship Claims
This paper examines the role that children play in property relationship claims following parental separation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Children's Issues Centre, University of Otago • September 01, 2004

Children’s Elevated Risk of Asthma in Unmarried Families: Underlying Structural and Behavioral Mechanisms
This paper examines the correlation between parental marital status and asthma diagnoses among children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • 2005

Family Structures, Child Outcomes, and Environmental Mediators: An Overview of the Development in Diverse Families Study
This paper explores the effects of family structure on child development by examining the outcomes of children in different family types.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • January 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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• U.S. Department of Justice: Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention • September 1999

Subsidizing Child Care for Low-Income Families: A Good Bargain for Canadian Governments?
This paper examines the effects child care has on the employment and income of lone-mothers.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Public Policy • May 01, 1998

Child Health Statistics
This report presents statistical information pertaining to children's health and well being in England.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Statistics • 2000

Continuity and Change in Pathways to Young Adult Disadvantage: Results from a British Birth Cohort
In this paper, childhood and adolescent precursors to adult disadvantage are studied in order to determine whether or not childhood experiences affect educational, financial, social, and employment-related outcomes later in life.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • April 2003

How Do Cohabiting Couples With Children Spend Their Money?
This paper uses data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey to compare spending patterns in cohabiting and married households.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies • April 2002

Marital Transitions and Children’s Adjustments: Understanding Why Families Differ From One Another and Why Children in the Same Family Show Different Patterns of Adjustment
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this report examines the relationship between marital and family transition and developmental problems of children ages 4 to 11, and generally how stressors within the family affect children’s adjustment and well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • August 01, 2000

Cohabitation and Children’s Family Instability
This paper looks at the number of family transitions experienced by children in cohabiting households in order to determine the level of instability they experience.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Research Center • 2002

Household Composition, Race/Ethnicity and Maternal Reports of Child Health in the United States
This paper demonstrates that children living in nuclear families or with their mother and her partner have better health outcomes than children living in extended families or with a single parent.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Research Center • 2002

Cohabitation and the Measurement of Child Poverty
This paper looks at the effect that treating cohabiting couples like married couples would have on estimates of child poverty in the 1990 US Census.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • June 1998

Men's Financial Expenditures on Genetic Children and Stepchildren from Current and Former Relationships
This study demonstrates that men tend to invest less money in their step-children from former relationships than they do in their biological children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • September 2001

Marriage on the Public Policy Agenda: What Do Policy Makers Need to Know from Research?
This paper discusses the declining rates of marriage in the United States, some major reasons for this decline, and the implications of these changing family structures for the children involved.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • March 2004

Living Together Unmarried in the United States: Demographic Perspectives and Implications for Family Policy
This paper examines cohabitation in the context of current trends in union formation and dissolution, and discusses the effects of cohabitation on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • March 2004

Family Structure, Schooling Outcomes, and Investment in Education in South Africa
This paper examines the effect of family structure on South African children's school outcomes and the amount of money invested in their education.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • September 2003

Living Arrangements of Single Mother Families: Variations, Transitions, and Child Development Outcomes
This study finds that children living with single or cohabiting mothers have poorer developmental outcomes than children living with married parents or with a single mother who lives with her parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Research Center • 2001

Family Structure and Children’s Educational Outcomes: Blended Families, Stylized Facts, and Descriptive Regressions
This paper investigates the impact of family structure on children's educational outcomes by comparing the academic performance of children in traditional and blended families.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Research Center • May 2000 (Revised March 2004)

Child Poverty and Family Structure in Canada
This paper finds that, while smaller family sizes and delaying the age of first pregnancies has helped to offset child poverty levels, lone parenthood has significantly increased child poverty rates over the last several years.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • May 2001

The Implications of Parents' Conjugal Histories For Children
This paper examines the consequences of increasing levels of cohabitation, as opposed to marriage, as the basis for starting a family.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• ISUMA • Autumn 2000

Marriage: One Man, One Woman
This paper explores the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman and offers support for the preservation of this definition ...
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Family Research Council • 2005

The Social Context of Education
This paper examines of effect of factors such as family structure, family income, English language proficiency, and parental education on students' educational access and achievement.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Education Statistics • July 1997

The Effects of Time Use and Time Pressure on Parent-Child Relationships
This paper looks at how parent-child relationships have been affected by changes in the labour market, working arrangements, family structure, and division of labour over time.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Health Canada • October 2000

No Basis: What the Studies Don't Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting
In this paper the authors point out serious and discrediting research flaws in 49 studies that claim to demonstrate that growing up with same-sex parents has no effects on a child's outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Marriage Law Project • January 2001

Financial Disadvantage in Australia 1990 to 2000: The Persistence of Poverty in a Decade of Growth
This paper examines trends in poverty in Australia in the 1990s, with an analysis of differences based on age, gender, employment status, educational attainment, housing tenure, geographic location and family type.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Smith Family, National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling • 2001

Children and the Changing Labour Market: Joblessness in Families With Dependent Children
This report studies the extent to which unemployment has impacted Australian families with dependent children, and looks at differences in work distribution between genders and family structures.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Economic Policy Research • August 1999

Does a Mother’s Age and Marital Status at Birth Affect the Probability that Her Child Will Have a Juvenile Court Record?
This research paper found that a mother’s age and marital status were significantly related to the probability that her child will receive a juvenile court record.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • February 1996

Lone Parenthood and Family Disruption: The Outcomes for Children
This booklet reviews past research pertaining to the impact of family structure on child outcomes looking specifically at stepfamilies, single-parent homes, widowhood, and remarriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Family Policy Studies Center • January 1994

Does Family Background Affect Educational Attainment Differently According to Family Structure, Birth Order, and Sex?
This paper examines the differential effects of family background on children's educational attainment according to birth order and sex.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Demography and Ecology: University of Wisonsin-Madison • December 1995

Does Family Structure Affect Children’s Educational Outcomes?
This paper discusses the relationship between family structure and children's educational outcomes by comparing two-parent, single-parent, and blended families.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The MacArthur Network on the Family and the Economy • April 2002

Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence From Britain and the United States
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, behaviour, and educational achievement.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Oxford University Press • 2003

Americans Rank Strengthening Families As High Priority
This public opinion poll on the state of the family found that most Americans believe that the preservation of the family is critical for the future stability and prosperity of the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Wirthlin Worldwide • August 2000

Child Expenditure: The Role of Working Mothers, Lone Parents, Sibling Composition and Household Provision
This paper examines school-aged children's access to spending money and expenditure patterns in Britain.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for the Study of Labor • November 2001

Mediating Factors in Child Development Outcomes: Children in Lone-Parent Families
This paper examines the extent to which children from lone-parent families differ from those of two-parent families according to such factors as family income, parental resources, community resources, and family characteristics.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 1998

The Role of Marriage in Youth Development
This paper discusses how the absence of parental marriage has a detrimental impact on youth's physical, psychological, and emotional health as well as their academic performance, rates of participation in risky behaviours, and economic well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Institute for Youth Development • November 2003

Family Structure and Children’s Educational Outcomes: Blended Families, Stylized Facts, and Descriptive Regressions
This paper provides evidence that children in stepfamilies fare significantly worse than those raised in traditional married families and similarly to those in single parent families on measures of educational achievement.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Population Research Center • March 2004

Poverty and Economic Polarization among America's Minority and Immigrant Children
This paper examines changes in child poverty and economic inequality among racial minorities and immigrants in the 1990s.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Poverty Center • May 18, 2005

Social Policies, Family Types and Child Outcomes in Selected OECD Countries
This paper provides an overview of various child outcomes in a number of OECD countries and focuses particularly on child poverty in these nations.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• OECD • May 20, 2003

Why Not Just Live To g e t h e r ?
By examining Swedish and Canadian data, the author looks at the effects of cohabitation on future marriage and on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

Young Children’s Behavioral Problems in Married and Cohabiting Families
This paper examines child behavioural problems among children born to married and cohabiting couples.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • September 2004

Same-Sex Couples and Same-Sex Parent Families: Relationships, Parenting and Issues of Marriage
This paper examines the legal context of same-sex marriage in Canada, the characteristics of same-sex unions, and the dynamics and outcomes of same-sex parenting.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • 2005

Broken Hearts: Family Breakdown and the Consequences for Society
This paper provides an overview of evidence on family breakdown and its consequences for children in the United Kingdom.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Policy Studies • February 2002

Children’s Experience of Family Disruption and Family Formation: Evidence from 16 FFS Countries
This paper examines children's experience of family breakup, formation, and re-formation in Europe and the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • September 2001

Sibling Relationship in Out-of-Home Care Literature Review
This literature review examines the importance of sibling relationships in out-of-home care.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Children and Family Research Center • December 2002

Indicators of Child Development and Religious Commitment In Canada: A Factbook
This fact book examines various aspects of child development, and looks at the impact of religion on child outcomes, including academic performance and character development.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Christian Commitment Research Institute • April 01, 2003

Young Children in Poverty: A Statistical Update
This paper examines rising rates of child poverty in the United States, and discusses factors relating to ethnicity, family structure, geographic location, parental education, and family income that affect the likelihood that children will be poor.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Children in Poverty • June 01, 1999

Family Disintegration and the Retreat from Common Sense
This document discusses the church’s reaction to family disintegration in the latter half of the twentieth century.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Christian Institute • 1995

Aboriginal Children in Poverty in Urban Communities: Social exclusion and the growing racialization of poverty in Canada
This document highlights the problem of disproportionate Aboriginal poverty in Canada and argues that Canadian poverty is increasingly a racial problem.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Canadian Council on Social Development • March 01, 2003

The Effect of Changes in Maternal Employment and Family Composition on Children’s Behavior
This paper assesses whether changes in maternal employment and family composition, such as lone-parenthood and remarriage, are associated with the development of child behaviour, and uses information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) from 1994 to 1998
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • May 01, 2002

Increased Cohabitation Changing Children's Family Settings
This brief paper discusses trends in cohabitation and the impact that increasing rates of cohabitation has on the family structure and living arrangements of children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • September 01, 2002

Marriage and the Economic Well-Being of Families with Children: A Review of the Literature
This paper examines the impact of marriage on the economic well-being of families with children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 01, 2002

Shared Parenting in Fragile Families
This paper examines the effect of family structure and individual characteristics on mothers' and fathers' levels of interaction with their one-year-old children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • April 01, 2001

Do Mothers and Fathers Matter? The Social Science Evidence on Marriage and Child Well-Being
This paper reviews social science research that demonstrates the benefit of married, heterosexual parents for child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Marriage and Public Policy • February 27, 2004

Demographic Change, Children's Families, and Child Support Policy in the United States
This paper discusses the fact that many children do not live with their biological parents and criticizes reforms to the child support system that emphasize biological ties over social ties.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Research on Poverty • June 01, 1994

CAPTA Successes and Failures at Preventing Child Abuse and Neglect
This document discusses the issues related to child abuse including the rights of the child as opposed to the rights of the parent, the rights and responsibilities of the state, and actions that the government can take in order to prevent or limit child abuse in the future.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • August 02, 2001

Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Family
This paper looks at factors leading to the decline of two parent families and outlines the effects of single-parenting and divorce on men, women, and children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• CIVITAS – The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • September 01, 2002

How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood?
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child outcomes, including educational attainment, sexual activity, and premarital union formation and childbearing.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • July 02, 1998

Changes in Children's Time with Parents, U.S. 1981-1997
This paper examines the effect of increasing maternal employment, changing family structure, and parental education on the amount of time children spend with their parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Population Studies Center • May 02, 2001

What do "I Do's" Do? Potential Benefits of Marriage for Cohabitating Couples With Children
By examining the differences in child well-being of children from married couple and cohabiting families, this paper explores the negative emotional and economic effects of cohabitation on children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • May 01, 2004

2001 Family Time Report: It's Time for Families
This report presents information regarding the quality and quantity of time that families spend together in the state of Washington, and discusses various factors that affect this time.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Families Northwest • November 01, 2001

Children Exposed to Partner Violence
This paper reviews the research on the impact of intimate partner violence on the children who witness it.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Crimes Against Children Research Center • 1998

Work Ethic and Family Background
This study examines the relationship between parental reliance on welfare and the likelihood of their children being employed as adults.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Employment Policies Institute • April 10, 1997

The Positive Effects of Marriage: A Book of Charts
These charts highlight how the decline of marriage affects children and adults compared with the numerous benefits that marriage offers.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • April 01, 2002

Primary Childcare Arrangements of Employed Parents: Findings from the 1999 National Survey of America's Families
This paper provides information about working parents' primary care arrangements for their children aged 0-12.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • May 01, 2002

Children and Familial Economic Welfare: The Effect of Income on Child Development
The aim of this paper is to examine the economic welfare of a family, by examining the relationship between family income and child development.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • April 01, 2001

Promoting Marriage as Welfare Policy: Looking at Public Role in Private Lives
This paper explores the government's use of welfare reform as a means of promoting and strengthening the institution of marriage.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The George Washington University • February 15, 2002

Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
Using data of children ages 6 to 11, this paper analyzes the relationship between family characteristics (specifically lone-mother status) and child difficulties
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

Where Do Fathers Fit In?
This paper investigates the role of fathers in family life and in a child's development from infancy through to adolescence.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• CIVITAS: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • December 01, 2001

Marriage From a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children, and What Can We Do About It?
This paper examines trends in family structure and children's living arrangements, and looks at the impact of family structure on child outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Child Trends • June 01, 2002

Fathers’ Involvement in Permanency Planning and Child Welfare Casework: Literature Review
This paper provides an in-depth look at existing information on non-custodial fathers and the extent to which they are involved in the child welfare system.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • August 01, 2002

Perception Correction for Congress: New Study Indicates Poor Parents Want to Marry
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.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation Backgrounder • October 01, 2001

The Real Root Causes of Violent Crime: The Breakdown of Marriage, Family, and Community
This paper provides an in-depth look at the pyschological and sociological determinants of criminal behaviour, including lack of parental discipline, fatherless families, domestic violence, and parental abuse or neglect.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • March 17, 1995

How Do Marriage, Cohabitation, and Single Parenthood Affect the Material Hardships of Families with Children?
This paper examines the effect of marital status and family structure on the economic situations of families with children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services • July 01, 2002

Survival at the Bottom: The Income Packages of Low-Income Families with Children
This report examines the well-being of low-income families and seeks to correct some common misperceptions.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for Women's Policy Research • June 01, 2003

Restoring a Culture of Marriage: Good News for Policymakers From the Fragile Families Survey
This article discusses the findings of the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey and emphasizes the importance of promoting marriage among unmarried parents.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Heritage Foundation • June 01, 2002

For Better or For Worse: A Look at Marriage, Cohabitation, and Family Breakdown
This paper discusses marriage and the benefits of marriage from a Biblical perspective, ...
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• CARE • June 01, 2000

Sources of Support and Income Inequality Among America's Children
This papers examines differences in access to financial resources across the United States and in different living arrangements for children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • October 01, 1999

Effects of Child Health on Parents’ Relationship Status
This study suggests that unmarried parents' commitment to their relationship is likely to decline if they have a child with poor health, particularly in families with a lower socio-economic status.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • December 01, 2003

State Profiles of Child Well-Being: Results for the 2000 Census
This report uses data from the 1990 and 2000 censuses to provide state profiles of child well-being in the United States.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Annie E. Casey Foundation • March 01, 2003

Profiling Canada's Families II
This document contains comprehensive and detailed information pertaining to the contemporary Canadian family.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Vanier Institute of the Family • 1998

Attending Kindergarten and Already Behind: A Statistical Portrait of Vulnerable Young Children
This paper looks at the health, and cognitive, social and emotional development of children who begin lagging academically in their first year of education.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Child Trends • December 01, 2003

One in Four: America's Youngest Poor
This report provides an in-depth analysis of the characteristics of children living in poverty in the United States and suggests ways to deal with this growing problem.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The National Center for Children in Poverty • January 01, 1996

Can Government Strengthen Marriage: Evidence from the Social Sciences
This paper explores how and why the government should implement public policies that support the institution of marriage and work towards the reduction of divorce and unmarried childbearing.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Homosexual Parenting: Does it Make a Difference? A Re-Evaluation of the Research With Adoption and Fostering in Mind.
This paper examines past research on homosexual parenting and adoption, and evaluates its accuracy and legitimacy.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Christian Institute • February 16, 2002

It’s All in the Past? Exploring the Repercussions of Parents’ Early Conjugal and Parental Histories on the Family Life Course of Their Children
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey on Children and Youth (NLSCY), this paper examines the impact the parents’ conjugal and parental behaviour (prior to the union in which the target child was born) has upon the child’s outcomes
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Human Resources Development Canada • January 01, 2002

The Housing and Socio-Economic Conditions of Lone-Parent Families: 1991 Census Profile
This article uses unpublished data from the 1991 census to highlight the economic conditions of lone-parent families specifically with reference to their housing situation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation • June 01, 1997

Changes in Family Structure and Child Well-Being: Evidence from the 2002 National Survey of America’s Families
This paper shows that children living with married parents experience less material hardship than children living in single-parent or cohabiting homes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • August 15, 2003

Cohabitation and Divorce Across Nations and Generations
This paper assesses the extent to which parental separation or divorce during childhood affects adulthood relational outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • March 01, 2003

Is There an Advantage to Being Born to Married Versus Cohabiting Parents? Differences in Child Behavior
This paper demonstrates that children born to married parents have fewer behavioural problems than those born to parents in a cohabiting relationship.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • July 01, 2003

Should We Get Married in the Morning? A Profile of Cohabiting Couples with Children
Using data from the National Survey of America's Families, this paper explores the characteristics of cohabiting couples and the impact that this type of relationship has on child well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• The Urban Institute • March 01, 2004

Five Million Children: 1993 Update
This report discusses the relationship between child poverty and geographic location, ethnicity, family structure, parental income, and parental education.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1993

Five Million Children: 1991 Update
This report provides a profile of child poverty in 1989, and shows that poverty rates for children under age six were increasing substantially during this time.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1991