The Kids Are Alright? Children’s Well-Being and the Rise in Cohabitation

Author: Gregory Acs, Sandi Nelson Publisher: The Urban Institute Publication: Assessing the New Federalism: An Urban Institute Program to Assess Changing Social Policies Document Date:                  July 01, 2002 Category: Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth Related Categories: Children > Impact of Family Dysfunction Divorce and Remarriage > Impact of Divorce on Children Family Economics > Child Poverty Family Economics > Socio-economic Status Family Structure > Cohabitation/Common-Law Marriage Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Children Parenthood/Childrearing > Cohabiting Parents   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.          Click to read this article... (PDF) Send us feedback on this article Bookmark this link