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: Parenthood/Childrearing > Cohabiting Parents 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 Family Structure > Impact of Family Structure on Youth   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