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Single Lone Mothers
This paper discusses the nature, experiences, and outcomes of lone motherhood.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Joseph Rowntree Foundation
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October 01, 1995
The Characteristics of Mothers Separated from a Young Child
This paper investigates the determinants of maternal absence by examining the characteristics and life situations of mothers who live separately from a young child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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April 29, 1999
The Living Arrangements of New Unmarried Mothers
This paper investigates the living arrangements of unwed mothers, and examines the factors that influence their decisions in this regard.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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May 01, 2002
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Heritage Foundation
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March 26, 2001
Teenage Childbearing
This paper looks at the increasing rates of teenage pregnancies in the US and explores the effect that this trend has on adolescent girls and their infants.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Future of Children
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1992
Disestablishing the Paternity of Non-Marital Fathers
This paper discusses the problems faced in establishing paternity in cases where the parents are not married.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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March 01, 2003
Non-Marital Fertility in the European Economic Area
This paper discusses differences in non-marital childbearing between countries in the European Economic Area.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Statistics Netherlands, Division of Social and Spatial Statistics
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February 26, 2003
Ten Important Research Findings on Marriage and Choosing a Marriage Partner: Helpful Facts for Young Adults
This article provides a list of ten helpful research facts young adults should know about marriage as they choose a partner.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The National Marriage Project
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November 2004
The Absence of Father: Effects on Children's Development and Family Functioning
This paper investigates the effects of single parenthood on children’s social and cognitive development, academic achievement, and overall welfare.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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National Center on Fathers and Families
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August 01, 1995
Increasing Marriage will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty
Using information from the Fragile Families Study, this paper seeks to explain the relationship between marriage, economic status, and the reduction of child poverty.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Heritage Foundation
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May 20, 2003
Marriage Following the Birth of a Child Among Cohabiting and Visiting Parents
This paper examines factors that affect the likelihood that unmarried parents will marry after the birth of their child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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March 01, 2004
One-Parent Families: Characteristics, Causes, Consequences, and Issues
This study of Canadian single-parent families explores the structural and cultural causes of single-parenthood, the causes of unmarried teen births, the consequences for children living in single-parent households and the issue of children's rights.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Vanier Institute of the Family
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March 2006
The Spread of Single-Parent Families in the United States since 1960
This paper discusses the growth in the number of single-parent families in the United States since the 1960s, and highlights the implications of this for child development, economics, and the moral fabric of society.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government
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February 2004 (Revised June 2004)
The Effects of Poverty on Children
This article explores the physical, emotional, behavioural, educational, and health outcomes of children living in poverty, and explores how low income influences create adverse child outcomes.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1997
Fragile Families One Year Later: Oakland California
This paper examines the characteristics of unwed parents in Oakland, California and the degree to which they are economically stable.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Public Policy Institute of California
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October 01, 2002
Welfare Reform, Fertility, and Father Involvement
This article examines the unique role that fathers play in their children's lives, and demonstrates that public policies have considerable influence on childbearing patterns and a father's involvement with his children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Future of Children
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2002
Effects of Welfare Reform on Teenage Parents and their Children
This article discusses the effectiveness of the Teenage Parent Welfare Demonstration, a welfare-to-work program for teenage mothers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Future of Children
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Summer/Fall 1995
Mothers’ Labor Supply in Fragile Families: The Role of Child Health
This paper examines the extent to which unwed mothers' ability to work is affected by poor child health.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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December 01, 2003
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The National Marriage Project
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July 16, 1998
Science Says: The Relationship Between Teen Motherhood and Marriage
This paper provides statistical information pertaining to teen motherhood and marriage and discusses the outcomes and consequences of teenage childbearing for women and their children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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September 2004
The Taxpayer Cost of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing
The authors of this report estimate that divorce and unwed childbearing cost American taxpayers $112 billion annually.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for American Values, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Georgia Family council, Families Northwest
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2008
Trends in Hispanic Teen Births: Differences Across States
The research brief provides state-level information on births to Hispanic teens.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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November 2007
The Relationship Context of Births Outside of Marriage: The Rise of Cohabitation
This brief examines the growing rate of births to unwed parents.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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May 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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends/The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
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September 2004
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Bendheim-Thoman Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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July 2004
"Abstinence Unless Married" Education
This report looks at the abstinence-unless-married education provisions set out in the 1996 reform of the federal welfare law in the United States.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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July 01, 1998
When Teen Have Sex: Issues and Trends
This report provides statistical information pertaining to teenage pregnancy, birth, and abortion rates in the United States from 1991 to 1996.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Annie E. Casey Foundation
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January 01, 1999
Sexuality, Poverty, and the Inner City
This document contains two papers on poverty and sexuality in the inner-city and focuses on teenage sexual relationships and pregnancies, and the impact of increasing numbers of unwed mothers on the welfare system.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
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1994
Repeat Teen Childbearing: Differences Across States and by Race and Ethnicity
This research brief provides statistics on repeat teen childbearing in the United States.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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October 2007
The Relationahip Context of Births Outside of Marriage: The Rise in Cohabitation
This research brief reports that 37 percent of births in the United States occurred outside of marriage in 2005.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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May 2007
Children and Lone-Mother Families: An Investigation of Factors Influencing Child Well-Being
This paper examines the relationship between lone-mother status, mother and family characteristics, and child difficulties.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Human Resources Development Canada
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October 01, 1998
A Balancing Act: Sources of Support, Child Care, and Hardship Among Unwed Mothers
This report examines single mothers' patterns of reliance on social support, the child care arrangements they make, and the particular physical, emotional, and economic challenges that these women face.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Columbia University School of Social Work
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2002
The Changing Role of Child Support among Never-Married Mothers
This paper shows that more never-married mothers are receiving child support than were in the past, although it continues to be relatively uncommon.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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October 01, 1999
Family Change and Early Sexual Initiation
This paper investigates the influence of family structure on the age of a female's first sexual encounter.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1998
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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October 2001
No Minor Matter: Developing a Coherent Policy on Paternity Establishment for Children Born to Underage Parents
This report discusses the importance of being able to establish paternity for children born to unmarried parents and examines the particular challenges faced when the father is a minor.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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March 01, 2004
Work, Welfare, and Family Structure: A Review of the Evidence
This paper looks at a number of major American welfare reform programs, including Assistance for Families with Dependent Children, Medicaid, and food stamps.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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August 01, 1996
How Does Adolescent Fertility Affect the Human Capital and Wages of Young Women?
This paper investigates the impact of teenage childbearing on the educational attainment, employment, and income of young women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1997
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Religious Inquiry Across the Disciplines
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2006
Who Are “Fragile Families” and What Do We Know About Them?
This paper summarizes the findings of the first national study of unmarried parents, including information on their living conditions, financial security, and how they relate to one another.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Centre for Law And Social Policy
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January 01, 2004
Does Welfare Play Any Role in Female Headship Decisions?
This paper seeks to determine whether or not welfare policies affect women's decision to head their own household.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1995
Teen Parent Provisions in the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996
This paper examines the regulations, provisions, and purposes of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996, otherwise known as the Welfare Reform Act of 1996.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Law and Social Policy
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November 01, 1996
Welfare Benefits and Family-Size Decisions of Never-Married Women
This study investigates whether or not restricting benefits to unmarried, welfare dependent women who have children is an effective deterrent to illegitimate childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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September 01, 1993
Australian Social Trends 1996: Family - Family Formation: Trends in Fertility
This article examines trends in fertility, births, family size, and infant mortality in Australia.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Australian Bureau of Statistics
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January 12, 2001
AbstractThe Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study: Questions, Design, and a Few Preliminary Results
This paper looks at the characteristics of unwed parents, their attitudes towards parenting, marriage and relationships, as well as their economic, employment and educational status.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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May 01, 2000
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center of the American Experiment
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Summer 2001
Do Teens Make Rational Choices? The Case of Nonmarital Childbearing
This paper examines factors, particularly economic ones, that influence pregnant teenagers' decisions to give birth while unmarried.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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July 01, 1997
Effects of Pregnancy, Childbirth, and Motherhood on High School Dropout
Using information from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, this paper indicates that pregnant students and young mothers are more likely to drop-out than their peers and that the risk of dropping out decreases with age.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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December 01, 1993
Growing Up In Canada: Children With Single Mothers Have More Problems
This article is a summary of the Statistics Canada survey, "Growing Up In Canada".
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Joel Miller's Family Law Centre
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October 01, 1996
The Effects of Marriage and Maternal Education in Reducing Child Poverty
This report examines two questions: 1) Is marriage effective in reducing child poverty? and 2) What is the comparative effect of marriage and maternal education in combating child poverty? ...
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Heritage Foundation
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August 02, 2002
Looking for Murphy Brown: Are College-Educated Single Mothers Unique?
This paper looks at single-motherhood among college educated women, and explores the possibility that their attitudes towards marriage, and their reasons for becoming single mothers, differ significantly from less-educated women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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Revised June 2003
Pre-Marital Fertility and Labour Market Opportunities: Evidence from the 1970 British Cohort Study
This study examines the effects of employment opportunities on pre-marital childbearing and union formation decisions in Britain.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for the Study of Labor
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September 2004
The Growing Differences in Family Structure: What Do We Know? Where Do We Look for Answers?
This paper examines the literature on family change in the United States in order to determine how well social scientists are able to explain both changes over time and variations within population groups.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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John F. Kennedy School of Government
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August 2001
The Effect On Wisconsin’s Medicaid-Supported Birth Cost Recovery Policy
This report describes a Wisconsin program designed to help unwed mothers recover some of the costs of birth from the father of their child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly known as the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy)
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June 2004
Second Chance Homes: Providing Services for Teenage Parents and Their Children
This report examines "Second Change Homes," a strategy designed to provide safe, supportive, adult-supervised living arrangements for teenage mothers and their children who cannot live at home for a variety of reasons.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation
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October 2000
Changing Fertility Patterns, 1974 to 1994
This article discusses the fluctuations in fertility rates in Canada between 1974-1994 and pays specific attention to the increase in teenage pregnancies and out of wedlock births.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Statistics Canada
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1996
Nonmarital First Births and Women's Life Histories
This paper looks at the future outcomes of unwed mothers who remain unmarried after the birth of their child.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Population Studies Center
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May 2002
Spouses or Babies? Race, Poverty, and Pathways to Family Formation
This paper looks at racial and ethnic differences in the prevalence of non-marital childbearing as a pathway to family formation.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Population Research Center
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March 1994
Cohabitation, Marriage, and Non-Marital Fertility
This paper demonstrates that increasing trends of delayed marriage, marital disruption, and cohabitation place unprecedented numbers of women at risk of non-marital childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Population Research Center
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May 1997
Living Arrangements of Single Mother Families: Variations, Transitions, and Child Development Outcomes
This study finds that children living with single or cohabiting mothers have poorer developmental outcomes than children living with married parents or with a single mother who lives with her parents.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Population Research Center
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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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Disease Control and Prevention
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September 1995
The Changing Character of Stepfamilies: Implications of Cohabitation and Nonmarital Childbearing
This study discusses the definition of family in the context of stepfamily formation.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Demograpgy and Ecology University of Wisconsin-Madison
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March 1994
Diverse Family Living Situations and Child Development: A Multilevel Analysis Comparing Longitudinal Evidence From Britain and the United States
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child development, behaviour, and educational achievement.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Oxford University Press
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2003
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Urban Institute
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June 2001
Unwed Parents: Myths, Realities and Policymaking
This paper explores the characteristics of unwed parents, the quality of their relationship, their ability to provide for their children, and the health outcomes of their children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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July 2002
The Role of Marriage in Youth Development
This paper discusses how the absence of parental marriage has a detrimental impact on youth's physical, psychological, and emotional health as well as their academic performance, rates of participation in risky behaviours, and economic well-being.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Institute for Youth Development
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November 2003
Finding a Mate? The Marital and Cohabitation Histories of Unwed Mothers
This paper examines marital outcomes for unwed mothers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Russell Sage Foundation
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November 1999
An Update on State Policy Initiatives to Reduce Teen and Adult Nonmarital Childbearing
This paper reviews trends in teenage and unwed childbearing in the United States and provides an overview of changes from 1997 to 1999 in state policies designed to prevent teen pregnancy.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Urban Institute
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August 2004
Multiple-Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications for Child Support Policy
This paper documents the prevalence of multi-partnered fertility among welfare recipients in the United States and discusses its implications for child support and welfare policies.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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May 2005
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Russell Sage Foundation
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June 2004
Seven Decades of Nonmarital Childbearing in the United States
This paper examines out-of-wedlock childbearing in the United States from 1920 to 1993 and provides data on patterns across time periods and across and within birth cohorts.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology
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2004
Maternal Stress and Mothering Behaviors in Stable and Unstable Families
This paper examines the effect of family structure arrangements on maternal stress and parenting style.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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Revised May 2004
Teenage Expectations and Desires about Family Formation in the United States
This paper presents the results of a study that investigated high school seniors' attitudes, desires, and expectations concerning marriage, childbearing, and unwed parenthood.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Studies in Demography and Ecology, University of Washington
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2004
Crisis Pregnancy Agency Statistical Report 2005: Fertility and Crisis Pregnancy Indices
This report provides statistical information pertaining to fertility in Ireland, with particular attention paid to teenage pregnancy and childbearing.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Crisis Pregnancy Agency
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April 2005
Non-Marital Births in East Germany after Unification
This paper describes the dramatic differences in non-marital childbearing between East and West Germany both before and after unification.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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July 2001
Economic Resources and Single Motherhood: Incidence and Resolution of Premarital Childbearing among Young American Women
This paper examines the effect of economic resources on the likelihood of nonmarital childbearing and family formation outcomes after an out-of-wedlock birth.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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December 2000
The Impact of Union Formation Dynamics on First Births in West Germany and Italy: Are There Signs of Convergence?
This paper examines the changing relationship between union formation and the transition to parenthood in West Germany and Italy.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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October 2000
Cohabiting Unions in France and West Germany: Transitions to First Birth and First Marriage
This paper examines the contribution of cohabitation to differences in nonmarital childbearing in France and West Germany.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research
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December 17, 2002
Economic Correlates of Nonmarital Childbearing Among Adult Women
This study found that adult women who give birth out of wedlock have a similar socio-economic status and rate of poverty and welfare dependency as do women who give birth as adolescents.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 1997
Capabilities and Employability of Unwed Mothers
This paper examines economic hardship and barriers to employment among cohabiting and non-cohabiting unwed mothers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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January 01, 2001
Profiles and Transitions of Groups at Risk: Lone Parents
This paper attempts to determine what differentiates lone parents who escape poverty from those who do not.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Human Resources Development Canada
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November 01, 2002
Births Outside of Marriage: Perceptions vs. Reality
This paper discusses trends in non-marital childbearing and unwed motherhood, and challenges public perceptions of the nature and causes of out-of-wedlock births, and the characteristics of unwed mothers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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April 01, 2001
Experiments in Living: The Fatherless Family
This paper looks at factors leading to the decline of two parent families and outlines the effects of single-parenting and divorce on men, women, and children.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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CIVITAS – The Institute for the Study of Civil Society
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September 01, 2002
Effects of Family Structure on the Risk of First Premarital Birth in the Presence of Correlated Unmeasured Family Effects
This paper examines the effects of family structure on a woman's risk of a non-marital first birth.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Population Research Center
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April 26, 2004
Poverty Among Children Born Outside of Marriage: Preliminary Findings from the National Survey of American Families
This paper provides evidence from American families that children born to unmarried mothers are significantly more likely to experience poverty than children born to married parents.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Urban Institute
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December 01, 1999
Marriage and Economic Liberty
This paper examines the benefits of marriage, the harmful social costs of absentee parents, and the link between infant mortality and single-parenthood.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Acton Institute for the Study of Religion and Liberty
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December 01, 1995
Teenage Pregnancies, 1974 to 1994
Building on research from past studies, this article discusses the fluctuation in the pregnancy and abortion rates of teenagers in Canada since 1974.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Statistics Canada
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March 01, 1997
The ‘Illegitimacy Bonus’ and State Efforts To Reduce Out-of-Wedlock Births
This report discusses state efforts to reduce non-marital childbearing in response to the 'illegitimacy bonus,' a federal initiative that provides an award to states if they lower rates of unwed motherhood.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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April 01, 1999
Marriage From a Child’s Perspective: How Does Family Structure Affect Children, and What Can We Do About It?
This paper examines trends in family structure and children's living arrangements, and looks at the impact of family structure on child outcomes.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Child Trends
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June 01, 2002
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Welfare Reform Academy
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June 05, 1998
The Effects of Welfare and Tax Reform: The Material Well-Being of Single Mothers in the 1980s and 1990s
This paper examines the consumption patterns of single mothers before and after the implementation of welfare and tax reforms in the United States in order to examine the effect of these reforms on single-parent families.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Joint Center for Poverty Research
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September 28, 2000
Live Births Resulting From Unintended Pregnancies: Is There Variation Among States?
This article provides information about the number of live births resulting from accidental pregnancies in several states.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Alan Guttmacher Institue
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June 01, 1999
Marriage and Public Policy: What Can Government Do?
This report provides recommendations for government policies and programs that would help to reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing and prevent unnecessary divorce.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for American Values
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April 16, 2002
Gaining Ground: Women, Welfare Reform, and Work
This report demonstrates that Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), a program of welfare reform, was successful in getting many single mothers off welfare and into the workforce.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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National Center for Policy Alternatives
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February 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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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December 01, 2003
Trends over Time in the Educational Attainments of Single Mothers
Using data from the Current Population Survey, this paper explores the high rates of high school drop out and welfare participation of single mothers.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for Research on Poverty
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October 01, 1993
Early Predictors of Nonmarital First Pregnancy and Abortion
In an attempt to discover what factors predict nonmarital first pregnancies and abortions, this paper studies the psychosocial characteristics and family structures of young women.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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The Alan Guttmacher Institute
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June 01, 1996
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Institute for American Values
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1999
Neo-Conservatism and Child Care Services in Alberta: A Case Study
This paper looks at the child care system in Alberta, ...
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Childcare Resource and Research Unit
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1997
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:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion
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March 01, 2003
Is There an Advantage to Being Born to Married Versus Cohabiting Parents? Differences in Child Behavior
This paper demonstrates that children born to married parents have fewer behavioural problems than those born to parents in a cohabiting relationship.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Center for Research on Child Wellbeing
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July 01, 2003
Family Portrait (2003 Version)
This book contains a compilation of information on various family-related issues such as marriage, adoption, cohabitation, divorce, unmarried childbearing, childcare, stepfamilies, and teen issues.
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Category:
Parenthood/Childrearing > Unwed Mothers
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Family Research Council
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August 01, 2002
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