The Relationship Between Family Life and Young People's Lifestyles
This paper explores the impact of family life and structure on educational, social, and health outcomes for adolescents.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • April 01, 1996

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 Youth
• The Heritage Foundation • October 20, 2003

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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• The Future of Children • 2004

Child and Spousal Support: Maintenance Enforcement Survey Statistics
This report provides data on the characteristics of marital and child support cases registered under the Maintenance Enforcement Program for 2008-2009.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Statistics Canada, Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics • November 2009

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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• Statistics Canada • September 17, 2009

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 Youth
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 2001

National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse VII: Teens, Parents and Siblings
This report presents the findings of a 2002 survey that asked teens and their parents about their attitudes on substance abuse and the role that siblings play in either encouraging or discouraging abuse.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • August 01, 2002

Family Structure Transitions and Adolescent Well-Being
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Adolescent Health, this study examines the influence of family instability, particularly changes in parental living arrangements, on adolescent delinquency, depression, and academic difficulties.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • 2004

Family Boundary Ambiguity and the Measurement of Family Strucutre: the Significance of Cohabitation
This paper discusses the difficulties encountered when attempting to measure the prevalence and effects of cohabitation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • 2004

Father Absence and Youth Incarceration
This study examines the effect of father absence on youths' risk of arrest and incarceration.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • March 01, 2004

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 Youth
• The Future of Children • Spring 1994

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 Youth
• Statistics Canada • June 09, 1999

Back to School 1999--National Survey of American Attitudes on Substance Abuse V: Teens and Their Parents
This report presents the findings of a 1999 survey of the attitudes of teens and their parents towards substance abuse.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University • August 01, 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 Youth
• The Future of Children • Winter 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 Youth
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

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 Youth
• Center for Law and Social Policy • November 01, 1998

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 Youth
• Vanier Institute of the Family • January 15, 2009

Parental Cohabitation Experience and Adolescent Behavioral Outcomes
This paper examines the effects of parental cohabitation on the behavioural outcomes of adolescent girls.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Center for Family and Demographic Research • January 2003

Adolescent Work Intensity and Substance Use: The Mediational and Moderational Roles of Parents
Previous studies have demonstrated that high school students who work have higher rates of alcohol and marijuana use.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Journal of Marriage and Family • August 2008

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Family Research Council • December 16, 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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• Department of Justice Canada • 2002

Background for Community-Level Work on Mental Health and Externalizing Disorders in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This paper examines theories, antecedents, and preventions of adolescent mental health disorders, including anxiety, depression, drug and alcohol use, and eating disorders.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• John S. and James L. Knight Foundation • December 2001

Growing up: School, Family and Area Influences on Adolescents’ Later Life Chances
Using data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper explores how the relationship between school, family, and location influences adolescents’ development and their adult economic outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • September 01, 2001

What Do Adolescents Need for Healthy Development? Implications for Youth Policy
This report examines youth development and the ways in which adolescents' home, leisure, and school environments can either contribute to or hinder healthy development.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Society for Research in Child Development • 2000

Can Married Parents Prevent Crime?
This paper examines 23 peer-reviewed studies published between 2000 and 2005 that examine family structure and crime.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Marriage and Public Policy • September 21, 2005

The Impact of Education and Training on the Labour Market Experiences of Young Adults
This paper discusses factors that affect the employment, earnings and educational opportunities and choices of young people.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Fiscal Studies • April 20, 2000

Disruptive Events during the High School Years and Educational Attainment
This paper examines how high school attendance, dropout rates, and the pursuit of post-secondary education are affected by family structure and family relocation.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Research on Poverty • August 01, 1998

The Effect of Neighborhood Characteristics on Young Adult Outcomes: Alternative Estimates
This paper examines the impact of neighbourhood composition on adult outcomes for young women and finds that past research on this subject overstates the effect of neighbourhood factors.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Research on Poverty • September 01, 1996

Would Higher Tuition Fees Restrict Access to University Studies?
Using Quebec as an example, this paper argues that lowering tuition fees does not lead to increased enrolment in universities.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Montreal Economic Institute • February 01, 2004

Background for Community-Level Work on Positive Reproductive Health in Adolescence: Reviewing the Literature on Contributing Factors
This report provides an extensive literature review of the individual, family, peer, partner, school, neighbourhood and societal factors that influence adolescents' sexual behaviour and reproductive health.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Child Trends • December 01, 2001

Youth Assets and Sexual Risk Behavior: The Importance Of Assets for Youth Residing in One-Parent Households
This report explores the ways in which the sexual risk behaviour of youth in single-parent families is affected by their aspirations for the future, health practices, peer role models, and family communication.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • March 2005

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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• Human Resources Development Canada • May 01, 2001

Can We Learn from America
In this essay the authors examine the American youth crime data from the National Youth Survey.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Civitas • February 2005

Family Structure, Early Sexual Behaviour, and Premarital Births
This paper discusses the perceived relationship between family structure and the risk of nonmarital childbearing, and looks at the way that this relationship can be mediated by the age of first sexual encounter.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Research on Poverty • March 01, 1997

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 Youth
• University of San Diego Law School • October 12, 2005

The Busy Lives of Teens
This study examines the average number of daily hours Canadian teens spend on housework, paid work and school-related activities.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• 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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Research on Poverty • July 01, 1998

Variations in Child Development Outcomes Among Children Living in Lone-Parent Families
This study uses data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY) to document differences in developmental outcome variables between children living in lone-parent families and all other children.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Human Resources Development Canada • October 01, 1998

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 Youth
• The Youth Transition Funders Group Foster Care Work Group with the Finance Project • 2003

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 Youth
• American Experiment Quarterly • Summer 2001

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 Youth
• The Vanier Institute of the Family • September 2005

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 Youth
• The Urban Institute • July 01, 2002

Australia's Young People: Their Health and Wellbeing 2003
This report provides comprehensive information relating to the physical, mental, and emotional well-being of Australian youth.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare • 2003

The Long Term Impact of Adolescent Risky Behaviors and Family Environment
Using measurements of adult health, economic success, family formation, and incarceration, this study demonstrates that participation in risky behaviours at a young age is associated with less positive outcomes in adulthood.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• National Opinion Research Center • August 2001

Effects of Parental Marital Status, Income, and Family Functioning on African American Adolescent Self-Esteem
This article explores the different ways that family factors affect the self-esteem of African American adolescent boys and girls.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• American Psychological Association • 2000

The Role of Psychological Factors
This paper looks at the psychological factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy and parenthood.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Welfare Reform Academy • March 06, 1998

Good Things Come in 3’s: Single-Parent Multigenerational Family Structure and Adolescent Adjustment
This study examines the effect of single parenthood on adolescent behaviours and finds that youth living with a single mother are more likely than other teens to drink, smoke, and initiate sexual activity.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies • October 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 Youth
• ISUMA • Autumn 2000

A Comparison of Highschool Dropout Rates in 1982 and 1992
This paper compares the American high school drop-out rates for 1982 and 1992 and looks at how the changing demographics of high school students may have impacted students’ educational attainment.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• National Center for Education Statistics • October 1996

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 Youth
• Health Canada • October 2000

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 Youth
• Washington State Institute for Public Policy • February 1996

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 Youth
• Wirthlin Worldwide • August 2000

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: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• American Enterprise Institute • January 1, 1997

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 Youth
• The Institute for Youth Development • November 2003

Marriage or Partnering? Effects of Cohabitation and Family Structure Changes on Early Adolescent Well-Being
This paper investigates the effects of marriage, cohabitation and relationship stability on adolescents' cognitive, social, and emotional well-being.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• National Poverty Center • September 2003

Parental Separation and Well-Being of Youths
This paper compares the subjective well-being of adolescents in intact and broken families.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for the Study of Labor • October 2003

Exploring the Effects of Childhood Family Structure on Teenage and Young Adult Labour Force Participation
This analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) looks at the relationship between family structure, adolescent participation in the labour force, and teenage educational attainment.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 01, 1996

Home-Alone America
This paper discusses “whether and just how much children need their parents — especially their mothers” and examines increasing divorce rates, out-of-wedlock births, youth crime, violence, and murder.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Hoover Institute • July 01, 2001

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 Youth
• The Christian Institute • 1995

Beyond the Two-Parent Family: How Teenagers Fare in Cohabiting Couple and Blended Families
This paper explores the relationship between teens' living arrangements and their behavioural outcomes.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Urban Institute • May 01, 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 Youth
• CIVITAS – The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • September 01, 2002

Congress's Role in Improving Juvenile Delinquency Data
This paper critiques both the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency, and Congress for their failure to include family breakdown in their research and data on delinquency.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Heritage Foundation • March 10, 2000

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 Youth
• Families Northwest • November 01, 2001

The Youth Divide: Diverging Paths to Adulthood
This study found that, despite increasing investment in education and training, inequality among young people in the United Kingdom continues to increase.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Joseph Rowntree Foundation • 2002

Welfare Reform’s Impact on Adolescents: Early Warning Signs
This article discusses the negative impact of welfare reform on adolescents whose mothers left welfare and returned to the workforce.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Child Trends • July 01, 2001

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 Youth
• 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 Youth
• The Heritage Foundation • March 17, 1995

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 Youth
• Institute for Women's Policy Research • June 01, 2003

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 Youth
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Teen Relationships Study: TeenTalk on Parents, Marriage and Sex
This paper discusses both the significant role of parents in the lives of adolescents, and the views of teenagers on sex, marriage and relationships.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• Families Northwest • February 01, 2001

Early Predictors of Nonmarital First Pregnancy and Abortion
In an attempt to discover what factors predict nonmarital first pregnancies and abortions, this paper studies the psychosocial characteristics and family structures of young women.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • June 01, 1996

Family Characteristics and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Men in the United States
This study demonstrates that family structure, particularly maternal employment and parental marital status, affects the sexual behaviours of black adolescent and adult males.
• Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • October 01, 2002

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 Youth
• National Center for Children in Poverty • 1991