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Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Heritage Foundation
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October 25, 2002
For Richer or Poorer? Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in the United States
This paper provides a critique of policies that promote marriage as a route to economic stability for single mothers.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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July 01, 2003
Encouraging Marriage and Discouraging Divorce
This paper describes initiatives, both government-based and private/religious, aimed at reducing divorce and encouraging strong marriages.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Heritage Foundation
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March 26, 2001
The State of Our Unions 2007: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This essay examines how the institution of marriage has lost some of its meaning in American family life today.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The National Marriage Project
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July 2007
Family Portrait: Continuity and Change in Canadian Families and Households in 2006, 2006 Census
This report based on data from the 2006 census examines family structure including marital status, household and living arrangements across Canada.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Statistics Canada
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September 2007
Cohabitation: An Elusive Concept
This paper demonstrates that there is no easy definition or measurement of a cohabiting relationship, and argues that relationships between unmarried parents can be perceived as a continuum, from a marriage-like cohabiting relationship on one end, to the absence of any contact on the other.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Columbia University School of Social Work
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2004
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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October 2001
Single motherhood and mental health: implications for primary prevention
This paper provides an extensive survey of research done on the health of single mothers.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Canadian Medical Association
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March 01, 1997
Australian Social Trends 1994: Family - Living Arrangements: Living With Parents
This document looks at statistics on the number of young Australians living with their parents, and examines the characteristics and demographics of this population, such as educational goals, marital status, and income.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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February 22, 2001
Divorce Law: Questions and Answers
This brochure provides information on divorce and divorce-related issues in Canada.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Department of Justice Canada
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2006
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Focus on the Family (Canada)
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June 01, 2002
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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American Experiment Quarterly
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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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center of the American Experiment
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Summer 2001
Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Social Justice Policy Group
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December 2006
Report on the Demographic Situation in Canada 2003 and 2004
This paper provides a wide range of Canadian demographical information covering statistical data on fertility, mortality, immigration, marriage, divorce and abortion.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Statistics Canada
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June 2006
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Child Support Team of the Department of Justice Canada
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2005
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Bristol Community Family Trust
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September 2006
Marriage Decline in America
This paper reports on the declining rates of marriage in America and emphasizes the negative impact this has on children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The National Marriage Project
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May 22, 2001
Child Issues
The "Features" section of this paper contains a compilation of articles relating to the well-being and best interests of children.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Fraser Institute
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June 01, 2001
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 ...
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Family Law Council
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January 01, 1993
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Department of Justice Canada
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2002
The Marriage License as a Hitting License: A Comparison of Assaults in Dating, Cohabiting, and Married Couples
This study uses a single measure to evaluate the prevalence, frequency, severity and perpetrators of domestic violence across dating, cohabiting, and married relationships.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Family Research Laboratory
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1989
Major Trends Affecting Families in the Gulf Countries
This report describes recent trends in urbanization, family structure, family functions and values, female employment, marriage and divorce patterns, globalization, the AIDS pandemic, and aging as they have affected families and the institution of the family in the Gulf countries.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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May 2003
Trends Affecting Families: El Mashrek El Araby
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization as they affect families and the institution of the family in Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon, and Palestine.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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2003
Major Trends Affecting Families in Sub-Saharan Africa
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization that are affecting families in sub-Saharan Africa.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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2003
Family in The New Millineum: Major Trends Affecting Families in North Africa
This report describes major trends in family structure, migration, demographic aging, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization that are affecting families in Arab North Africa.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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September 2003
Major Trends Affecting Families: South America in Perspective
This report examines changes in family structure, household composition, fertility, relationship formation, aging, and household size as they affect the institution of the family in South America.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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April 2003
Major Trends Affecting Families in East and Southeast Asia
This report discusses trends relating to family structure, demography, migration, AIDS/HIV, and globalization as they affect families in East and Southeast Asia.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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March 31, 2003
Demographic and Social Trends Affecting Families in the South and Central Asian Region
This book chapter describes major social and demographic trends in South and Central Asia, including changing family structures, increased mobility and migration, an aging population, the AIDS pandemic, and globalization.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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2003
Major Trends Affecting Families in Central and Eastern Europe
This paper examines changes in family structure, fertility, and household composition in Central and Eastern Europe, and examines factors such as increased mobility, an aging population, globalization, and the AIDS pandemic that have contributed to these trends.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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2003
Major Trends Affecting Families in the New Millenium: Western Europe and North America
This book chapter describes recent changes to the family in Europe and North America, with an emphasis on family structure and relationship formation, reproductive behaviour, and the living conditions of older adults.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development
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2003
Cohabitors’ Prerequisites for Marriage: Individual, Relationship, and Sociocultural Influences
This paper examines subjective relational dynamics in a cohabitation arrangement.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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2004
Childbearing in Cohabiting Unions: Racial and Ethnic Differences
This paper examines fertility patterns in cohabiting unions and investigates racial differences in attitudes concerning the acceptability of cohabitation.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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2000
Union Formation Among Men in the U.S.: Does Having Prior Children Matter?
This paper looks at the relationship between parenthood status and men's union formation in the US.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Family Demographic Research
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2002
“Everything’s There Except Money”: How Economic Factors Shape the Decision to Marry Among Cohabiting Couples
This paper examines cohabitors' perception of the relationship between financial stability and marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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2004
Union Status and Well-being among Older Adults: The Significance of Cohabitation
This paper examines the psychological well-being of older adults who are either married or cohabiting.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Family and Demographic Research
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November 19-22, 2003
Psychological Adjustment to Sudden and Anticipated Spousal Loss Among Older Widowed Persons
This article examines the psychological adjustment of older adults to widowhood in order to determine whether the loss is more difficult if it is sudden rather than anticipated.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Gerontological Society of America
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2001
Marital Status and Quality in Middle-Aged Women: Associations With Levels and Trajectories of Cardiovascular Risk Factors
This study compares the risk factors for cardio-vascular disease among happily married, unhappily married, single, divorced and widowed women.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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American Psychological Association
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2003
Taxes, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Marital Status
This paper examines the effect of tax incentives and welfare waivers on people's decisions about marriage and divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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August 2000
Changes in Intergenerational Relationships Across the Life Course
This paper examines the extent to which the parent-child relationship is affected by children's maturation to adulthood, marriage, childbearing, and/or divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Population Studies Center
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April 1995
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