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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
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
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
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
When Relationships Go Wrong / When Relationships Go Right
This double paper examines the fiscal cost to taxpayers of family breakdown and then argues how policy can enable healthy family relationships that have a pro-social impact on society.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Relationships Foundation
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2008
Census Snapshot of Canada – Families
This brief report summarizes the 2006 Canadian census data on families, concluding that married parent families represent the majority of Canadian families.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Statistics Canada
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Fall 2007
The Relationship Between Teenage Motherhood and Marriage
This research brief provides statistical information about the disadvantages teenage mothers and their children face as well as mothers' expectations to marry.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Child Trends/The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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September 2004
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
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
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
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
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
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 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
Marital Status Stability, Marital Transitions, and Health: A Life Course Perspective
This paper examines the effect of marital status continuity and change on an individual's physical health and well-being, and finds that these effects vary considerably according to an individual's gender and age.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Population Research Center
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2001
Religious Participation Over the Early Life Course: Age and Family Life Cycle Effects on Church Membership
This paper identifies factors which influence church membership among young adults, including age, family formation and attitudes towards marriage and family.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Population Research Center, University of Chicago
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July 1994
Why Wed? Young Adults Talk About Sex, Love, and First Unions
This report looks at the results of a focus group study on attitudes towards marriage, cohabitation, and the related issues of gender roles, individual autonomy, premarital sex, and financial stabilty.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey
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1999
Revisiting the Structure of American Households: 1985-2000
This paper gives an overview of the changes in household composition and family structure between the years 1985 and 2000.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Population Research Institute, Pennsylvania State University
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April 2001
Report to Congress on Out-of-Wedlock Childbearing
This paper investigates trends in non-marital childbearing and related information on sexual activity and behaviour.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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September 1995
Cohabitation, Marriage and Union Stability: Preliminary Findings from NSFH2
This paper examines popular attitudes towards sex, relationships, and non-marital childbearing, as well as trends in cohabitation and the stability of cohabiting versus married relationships.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison
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May 1995
Marital Status Continuity and Change Among Young and Midlife Adults: Longitudinal Effects on Psychological Well-Being
This report looks at the effects of divorce, separation, marriage, singleness, and widowhood on psychological health and well-being.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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October 1996
The Declining Significance of Marriage: Changing Family Life in the United States
This paper looks at the impact of divorce, nonmarital childbearing, and cohabitation on the living arrangements of children in the US.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Demography and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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1995
Welfare Recipients' Attitudes Towards Welfare, Nonmarital Childbearing, and Work: Implications for Reform?
This paper explores welfare recipients' attitudes toward welfare, childbearing, and employment, as well as the impact of welfare on work and pregnancy.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Urban Institute
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June 2001
Does Divorce Make People Happy? Findings from a Study of Unhappy Marriages
This study investigates the assumption that divorced people are happier than those who remain in unhappy marriages.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Institute for American Values
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2002
Divorce in the 1990s
This article provides divorce rate statistics from 1970-1995, with particular attention paid to divorce rates in the 1990s.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Health Canada
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Autumn 1997
The White Picket Fence Dream: Effects of Assets on the Choice of Family Union
This paper seeks to determine what, if any, relationship exists between an individual's housing and financial status and his or her transition into a cohabiting or marital union.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Research on Families
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March 17, 2005
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.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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National Marriage Project
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2002
Cohabitation: A Snapshot
This paper examines patterns of cohabitation in the United States, the characteristics of cohabiters, the quality and length of their relationships, and the relationship between cohabitation, marriage, and divorce.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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May 1998
Cohabitation: Sharpening a Fuzzy Concept
This paper discusses the reliability of measures of cohabitation, the prevalence of part time cohabitation, and the extent to which characteristics commonly associated with cohabitation are affected by the measurement of part-time cohabiting arrangements.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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May 2005
The Price of Parenthood
This paper examines the impact and benefits of taxes on families in Britain.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Centre for Policy Studies
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January 2005
Dissolutions of Unions in Europe: A Comparative Overview
This paper provides an overview of patterns and trends in marital survival and dissolution in various countries in Western and Eastern Europe.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 7, 2003
Love and Death in Germany: The Marital Biography and its Impact on Mortality
This paper examines the effects of changes in marital status as a result of marriage, divorce, or widowhood on mortality in Germany.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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April 2002
Marital Status and Substance Use Among Women
This paper demonstrates that, compared to divorced, separated, cohabiting and never-married women, married women are significantly less likely to smoke, engage in binge drinking, or use illegal drugs.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Office of Applied Studies: Substance Abuse and Mental Health
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May 28, 2004
Major Trends Affecting Families in Central America and the Caribbean
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 Central America and the Caribbean.
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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 23, 2003
Roles of Couple's Relationship Skills and Father's Employment in Encouraging Marriage
This paper looks at the factors which contribute to healthy marriages among low-income couples, who were unmarried when their child was born, but have since married.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Heritage Foundation
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December 06, 2004
Why Marriages Last: A Discussion of the Literature
This paper discusses the existing literature on the factors that contribute to creating a lasting marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Australian Institute of Family Studies
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July 01, 2002
The Dreams and the Reality: Assets, Debts, and Net Worth of Canadian Households
This report examines assets, debts and net worth of Canadians by using Statistics Canada data from 1999.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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2000
Social Factors in Suicide in Australia
This paper addresses suicide rates in Australia, and examines trends in suicide by age and gender demographics.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Australian Institute of Criminology
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February 01, 1996
Australian Social Trends 1996: Family - Living Arrangements: People Who Live Alone
This article examines the marital status and housing arrangements of people who live alone in Australia.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 12, 2001
Economic Status in Later Life Among Women Who Raised Children Outside of Marriage
This paper examines the economic status of older women who, at some point in their lives, spent ten years or more raising children outside of marriage.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Urban Institute
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February 01, 2004
Delayed Life Transitions: Trends and Implications
This paper outlines the trend of delayed life transitions such as leaving home, first marriage and first childbirth.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Vanier Institute of the Family
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May 01, 2004
"Honey I'm Home." Changes in Living Arrangements in the Late 1990s
This study found that, in the late 1990s, there was a decline in the number of families led by single mothers and a rise in cohabitation.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Urban Institute
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June 01, 2001
Understanding the Stick (or Is It the Carrot?): The Effect of Welfare Beliefs on Family Formation Decisions
This paper examines the extent to which low-income parents are aware that two-parent families may be eligible for welfare benefits under the 1996 welfare reform laws.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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November 01, 2002
Born Again Adults Less Likely to Co-Habit, Just as Likely to Divorce
This article provides the results of a survey which examined the cohabitation, marriage, and divorce rates of born again and evangelical Christians.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Barna Group
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August 06, 2001
Multiple-Risk Behaviour in Adolescents and Young Adults
This paper explores the factors that contribute to multiple-risk behaviour in adolescents, the characteristics of those involved in such behaviour, and possible deterrents to participation in risky actions such as smoking, binge drinking, and high-risk sexual behaviour.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Statistics Canada
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October 01, 1998
Halpern et al v. Attorney General of Canada et al
This document states the judicial decision on whether the exclusion of same-sex couples from the traditional and common law definition of marriage breaches ss. 2(a) or 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of ...
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO
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June 10, 2003
The Lone-Parent Trap: How the Welfare System Discourages Marriage
Using a variety of case studies, this paper examines the impact of the current British welfare system, and attempts to determine why marriage rates are low among the poor.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society
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May 01, 2002
What Influences Young Canadians to Pursue Post-Secondary Studies?
This paper discusses post-secondary education enrolment and the factors that affect enrolment, such ...
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Human Resources Development Canada
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November 01, 2002
Low Income, Labour Force Participation and Women in Housing Need, 1991
Using data from 1991 housing cost surveys, this paper discusses core housing need and demonstrates its connection to low household income and lack of workforce participation.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Depository Services Program
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1991
Men’s Behavior Change Following Infection With a Sexually Transmitted Disease
This study looks at how race, religious affiliation, marital status, level of education, and age of first sexual encounter affect the likelihood that a man will change his sexual behaviour if he learns that he is infected with a sexually transmitted disease.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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August 01, 1997
A Study of Family, Child Care and Well-Being in Young Canadian Families
Using the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth (NLSCY), this study examined the effects child care has on child development, and what factors predict a family’s use of child care.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Human Resources Development Canada
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March 01, 2001
Cohabitation and Divorce Across Nations and Generations
This paper assesses the extent to which parental separation or divorce during childhood affects adulthood relational outcomes.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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March 01, 2003
Cleaning Up Their Act: The Impacts of Marriage and Cohabitation on Licit and Illicit Drug Use
This paper examines the impact of marriage or cohabitation on the risk behaviours of young adults, such as binge drinking, smoking, and marijuana consumption.
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Category:
Family Structure > Marital Status
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Northwestern University
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August 25, 2003
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