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Families, Fertility, and Maternity Leave
This paper explores the causes of decreasing fertility and marriage rates and makes suggestions as to the development of public policy to address these concerns.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The Centre for Independent Studies
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September 16, 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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The Heritage Foundation
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October 25, 2002
Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy
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2002
The Role of the Federal Government in Strengthening Marriage
This paper discusses the historical and current relationship between the federal government and marriage and examines the debates surrounding this relationship.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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2002
Family Formation Trends and Analysis U.S. Overview 2007: Children
This report examines family trends in the United States with regard to children.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Focus on the Family
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2007
The State of Our Unions 2004: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This annual report from the National Marriage Project provides information on marriage, divorce, unmarried cohabitation and attitudes towards marriage in 2004.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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June 2004
The State of Our Unions 2005: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This report provides information on marriage, divorce, unmarried cohabitation, and family attitudes in America during 2005.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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July 2005
The Changing Role of Education in the Marriage Market: Assortative Marriage in Canada and the United States Since the 1970s.
This study utilizes census data from the United States and Canada to examine the growing tendency of people marrying someone of the same level of education.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Statistics Canada
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May 2007
Then Comes Marriage?: Religion, Race and Marriage in Urban America
This paper examines the role that religious institutions play in encouraging new, unmarried parents to choose marriage rather than single parenthood.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Religious Inquiry Across the Disciplines
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2006
Profile of Canadian Families and Households: Diversification Continues
This report on the Canadian census from 2001 highlights changes in Canadian households over the past two decades.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Statistics Canada
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October 22, 2002
Marriage and Government: Strange Bedfellows?
This paper discusses the role that government should play in promoting marriage.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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August 01, 2001
Beyond Marriage Licenses: Efforts in States to Strengthen Marriage and Two-Parent Families - A State-by-State Snapshot
This report provides a state-by-state review of government programs that have been implemented since the mid-1990s to promote and strengthen marriages and lower divorce rates.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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April 01, 2004
Will Extending Medicaid to Two-Parent Families Encourage Marriage?
This paper hypothesizes that the restriction of Medicaid to single-parent families acts as a disincentive to marry and that changes in the marriage rate would occur if this restriction was removed .
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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January 01, 1997
Learning, Family Formation and Dissolution
This paper investigates the effect that educational attainment has on people's decisions about marriage and childbearing, as well as on their risk of experiencing a divorce.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The Centre for Research on the Wider Benefits of Learning
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June 01, 2002
Australian Social Trends 1995: Family - Family Formation: Trends in Marriage and Divorce
This article examines trends in marriage and divorce, remarriage, and the number of children who experience parental divorce in Australia.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 25, 2001
Australian Social Trends 1994: Religion - Special Feature: Religion and Marriage
This article looks at the influence of religion on marriage ceremonies, and the role of religious affiliation in marital relationships.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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February 22, 2001
Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper examines characteristics of the poor and looks at how these factors are influencing the declining marriage rate of low income couples.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center on Law and Social Policy
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2002
How an Earnings Supplement Can Affect the Marital Behaviour of Welfare Recipients: Evidence From the Self-Sufficiency Project
This paper examines the impact of the Self Sufficiency Program (SSP) on the marriage patterns of the participants.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Social Research and Demonstration Corporation
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2001
The State of Our Unions 2006
This paper explores the cultural shift away from childbearing to childlessness and evaluates the causes and outcomes of this shift.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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July 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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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May 22, 2001
How Do Sex Ratios Affect Marriage and Labor Markets? Evidence from America’s Second Generation
This paper examines the effects of sex ratios on the union formation, labour force participation, and earnings of the children and grandchildren of immigrants.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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September 2001
Staying Single: The Effects of Welfare Reform Policies on Marriage and Cohabitation
This paper examines the effects of 14 different American welfare and employment programs on marriage and cohabitation decisions among single-parent families.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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MDRC
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April 2003
State Policies to Promote Marriage
This report describes state policies and legislation designed to promote marriage and two-parent families, as partial fulfilment of the aims of the 1996 welfare reforms in the United States.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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September 2002
The Long-Term Effects of the Minnesota Family Investment Program on Marriage and Divorce Among Two-Parent Families
This report examines the long term effects of a welfare-to-work reform program in Minnesota on the marriage and divorce outcomes of two-parent families who participated in the reform initiative.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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MDRC
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October 2003
Incarceration, Marriage, and Family Life
This paper examines how rising incarceration affects the formation of stable, two-parent married families, particularly among low-income, urban populations.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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September 2004
The Impact of Welfare Reform on Marriage and Divorce
This paper studies the impact of welfare reform on marriage and divorce in the US and finds that reform is associated with decreased marriage and divorce rates.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta
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June 2002
The Impact of Attitudes on Marriage Behaviour
This paper studies the way in which attitudes concerning such issues as gender roles, work, financial stability, and the economic and emotional implications of marriage affect the likelihood and timing of marriage in contemporary America.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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John Hopkins University
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1996
Parental Divorce in Childhood and Demographic Outcomes in Young Adulthood
This study found that young adults whose parents divorced were more likely to leave home due to conflict, be involved in cohabiting relationships, and to have a child out of wedlock than those whose parents were married.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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John Hopkins University
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1995
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.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Population Studies Center
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March 2004
The World Still Revolves Around Families
This paper discusses the findings of a 1999 international poll which reported that, overall, the world's population values marriage, children and the family.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The Maxim Institute
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Autumn 2002
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.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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American Enterprise Institute
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January 1, 1997
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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Health Canada
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Autumn 1997
Twenty Years of Marriage
According to this paper, the marriage rate in Canada is on the decline due to a number of factors, such as growing acceptance and practice of common-law relationships, divorce, and pre-marital sex.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Statistics Canada
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Autumn 1996
Finding a Mate? The Marital and Cohabitation Histories of Unwed Mothers
This paper examines marital outcomes for unwed mothers.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Russell Sage Foundation
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November 1999
Reassessing Delayed and Forgone Marriage in the United States
This paper, using measures of race and educational attainment, examines trends in the proportion of women in the United States who will marry by age 45.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Russell Sage Foundation
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June 2004
Understanding Young Women's Marriage Decisions: The Role of Labor and Marriage Market Conditions
This paper examines the effects of marriage and labour markets on the marriage rate among women aged 16 to 24 from 1970 to 1990.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Russell Sage Foundation
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April 1998 (Revised December 1999)
Explaining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Marriage among New, Unwed Parents
In this paper the authors seek to understand why white and Hispanic parents are far more likely to marry within one year of a non-marital birth than are African American parents.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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Revised June 2004
The Effect of Welfare and Child Support Policies on Union Formation
This paper investigates the effect that changing child support enforcement and welfare benefit eligibility policies have on family formation.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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June 2002/October 2003
Measure and Dynamics of Marriage Squeezes: From Baby Boom to Baby Bust in Italy
This paper examines the dynamics and characteristics of the marriage market in Italy from 1969 to 1995, a period encompassing both a baby boom and later a baby "bust.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 2001
Is Marriage Losing its Centrality in Italy?
This article examines the delayed spread of cohabitation as a widely accepted form of union in Italy.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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September 14, 2004
Demographic Trends in Sweden: An Update of Childbearing and Nuptiality through 2002
This article examines trends in marriage, divorce and childbearing in Sweden from the early twentieth century to 2002.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2003
Marriage in Russia: A Reconstruction
This study examines marriage rates and individuals' marital histories in Russia over the course of the twentieth century.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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February 26, 2004
The Fertility Gap: Recrafting American Population
This paper discusses changing family size patterns and attitudes in America in the twentieth century and analyzes the American laws affecting population.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Family Research Council
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July 22, 2003
From This Day Forward...: A Look at the Attitudes and Behaviours Shaping the Institution of Marriage in Washington
This report presents the findings of a survey that asked residents of Washington state about their perception of the importance of marriage and family, about the health of their marriages and their confidence in marriage, and about sexual activity outside of marriage.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Washington Family Council
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November 01, 1998
Sex Without Strings, Relationships without Rings: Today's Young Singles Talk About Mating and Dating
This study found that, although most young people hope and expect to enter into a lasting marriage, in reality their dating culture does not lay the foundations for this.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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2000
High Hopes But Even Higher Expectations: The Retreat From Marriage Among Low-Income Couples
This paper looks at unmarried parents' attitudes towards marriage and the likelihood that they will marry by the time their child is a year old.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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June 01, 2003
On the Future of Marriage
This paper looks at the current state of marriage in North America and suggests ways to restore a marriage-based society.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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November 01, 2002
Why Men Won't Commit: Exploring Young Men's Attitudes About Sex, Dating, and Marriage
This study of young, unmarried men found that many are reluctant to marry due to the increasing acceptability of cohabitation which has been an important contributor to this increasing trend.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The Barna Group
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August 06, 2001
Understanding the Rise in Illegitimacy
This paper discusses the extent to which illegitimacy is replacing marriage as the means of child bearing and raising in the US.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Welfare Reform Academy
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June 05, 1998
Teen Pregnancy: An American Dilemma
This paper outlines the increasing problem of teenage pregnancy in America and suggests that its root causes are increased sexual activity at an earlier age, changing attitudes of young people towards premarital sex, and the attitudes of parents towards sex and marriage.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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July 16, 1998
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:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society
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May 01, 2002
Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda
This paper looks at the increase in non-marital childbearing since the 1960s, and discusses whether or not recent federal marriage initiatives, such as marriage education programs, will be successful in encouraging marriage and improving child well-being.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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December 01, 2003
Employment, Family Union, and Childbearing Decisions in Great Britain
This paper explores the extent to which changes in family life and employment are linked.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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April 01, 2004
The Age of Unwed Mothers: Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem?
In this paper the author argues that the growing problem of unmarried motherhood is the result of increased childbearing among unwed women in their twenties.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Institute for American Values
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1999
What's Happening to Marriage?
This paper reports on long-term trends that point to the weakening of the institution of marriage.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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The National Marriage Project
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1999
Student Loans and the Retreat from Family: A Modest Proposal
In this paper the authors argue that high levels of student debt are causing students to delay marriage and childbearing.
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Category:
Marriage > Marriage Rate
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Family Research Council
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May 14, 2003
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