A Defining Moment: Marriage, the Courts, and the Constitution
The issue of homosexual marriage has become very controversial in the US in recent years, and this paper argues that the government must take action to uphold the traditional definition of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Heritage Foundation • May 17, 2004

Fatherhood in the Twenty-first Century
This essay discusses how current cultural trends affecting fatherhood will continue to influence future child rearing.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Society for Research in Child Development • January/February 2000

Does Policy Affect Outcomes for Young Children? An Analysis with International Microdata
This paper examines the hypothesis that outcomes for children are impacted by micro-level socioeconomic conditions, social context, and social policy.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Human Resources Development Canada • August 01, 1999

The Prevalence of Physical Aggression in Canadian Children: A Multi-Group Latent Class Analysis of Data from the First Collection Cycle (1994-1995) of the NLSCY
Using Latency Class Analysis on data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Children and Youth, this study identifies the rates of excessive physical aggression among children ages 2-11, and suggests potential policy solutions.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Human Resources Development Canada • December 01, 1999

Family Formation Trends and Analysis U.S. Overview 2007: Children
This report examines family trends in the United States with regard to children.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Focus on the Family • 2007

The End of the Fertility Transition in the Developed World
This paper examines the effects of changes in the timing of childbearing on fertility rates in the developed world.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Population Council • September 2002

Population Policy Dilemmas in Europe at the Dawn of the Twenty-First Century
This paper discusses some of the political and social problems Europe faces as a result of declining birthrates.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Population Council • March 2003

The Global Baby Bust
This paper examines the problem of falling birthrates in the developed world as well as the economic and social consequences that may result.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Council on Foreign Relations • May/June 2004

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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The National Marriage Project • July 2007

Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage: Revisiting the Channelling Function of Family Law
This paper examines how the law has responded to changes in the traditional social sequence of love, marriage and procreation.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• SSRN Electronic Paper Collection • April 4, 2007

Births 2005
This study reports on Canadian birth data including number births, fertility and stillborn rates, as well as statistical information about mothers and babies.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Statistics Canada • September 2007

The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation
This paper discusses the cognitive, social and emotional benefits children receive growing up in a happily married two biological parent family.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Future of Children • Fall 2005

Marriage as a Public Issue
This paper examines the national marriage debate, arguing that the shifting role of marriage and family has been influenced by the development of fertility technologies which have separated childbearing from marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Future of Children • Fall 2005

How Focused on the Family? Christian Conservatives, the Family and Sexuality
In this essay the author describes how family breakdown has been harmful to self governance, respect for persons and for democratic societies as a whole.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Russell Sage Foundation • 2007

Portrait of the Canadian Population in 2006, by Age and Sex, 2006 Census
This report of the 2006 Canadian census finds that the number of seniors has increased while the percentage of people under 15 years of age has fallen over the previous five years.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Statistics Canada • July 2007

The Postponement of Childbearing in Europe: Driving Forces and Implications
This introduction to the Vienna Institute of Demography's annual Yearbook of Population Research explains the trend towards delayed childbearing in European countries.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Vienna Institute of Demography • 2006

Polygamy in Canada: Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children- A Collection of Policy Reports
This report provides an examination of Canada's anti-polygamy law, as well as an examination of claims that banning polygamy is an impingement on religious freedom.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

The Role of the Family in Democracy: Obstacle or Necessity?
This paper discusses democracy and the family, and looks at how these two roads intersect in terms of parental authority, educational autonomy and definition of family.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • 1997

How Have Policy Approaches to Polygamy Responded to Women's Experiences and Rights? An International, Comparative Analysis
This paper examines how women's social, economic and physical well-being is affected by polygamy and compares policies on polygamy from different countries.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

The Relationship Context of Births Outside of Marriage: The Rise of Cohabitation
This brief examines the growing rate of births to unmarried women in the United States, particularly among women in cohabitating relationships.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Child Trends • May 2007

Expanding Recognition of Foreign Polygamous Marriages: Policy Implications for Canada
The authors of this report explore why they think foreign polygamous marriages should be recognized in Canada.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

Abstract
This paper is an international review of social science research on polygamy and legal trends.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

Canadian Marriage Policy: A Tragedy for Children
This paper explores the long-term costs of "companionate" vs.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Institute of Marriage and Family Canada • May 31, 2006

The Revolution in Parenthood: The Emerging Global Clash Between Adult Rights and Children's Needs
This report discusses how redefining parenthood through government legislation (i.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Institute for American Values, Institute of Marriage and Family Canada, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • September 25, 2006

The Effect of China’s One-Child Family Policy after 25 Years
This paper examines the implementation of China’s one-child policy in 1979 and the current effect the policy on the man to woman ratio and the adult child to elderly parent ratio.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• New England Journal of Medicine • September 15, 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Breakdown Britain
This report examines the nature and extent of social breakdown and poverty in Britain.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Social Justice Policy Group • December 2006

The Future of Family Law: Law and the Marriage Crisis in North America.
This paper contends that the current debate in family law is centrally about competing visions of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Institute for American Values, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • June 2005

Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
This report prepared for the French National Assembly sets out 100 proposals to amend statutory or regulatory provisions in order to protect the rights of children.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• National Assembly of France • January 26, 2006

Why Marriage Matters: The Case for Normal Marriage
This is the testimony of Maggie Gallagher before the U.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary • September 4, 2003

Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Heritage Foundation • September 27, 2000

Family and Faith: The Roots of Prosperity, Stability and Freedom
This paper addresses the state of the family and discusses issues such as marriage, divorce, child abuse, cohabitation, poverty, and the impact of family structure on children.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Heritage Foundation • March 21, 2000

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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • May 2003

Major 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Major Trends Affecting Families in the New Millennium: 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • 2003

Marriage: One Man, One Woman
This paper explores the definition of marriage as a union between one man and one woman and offers support for the preservation of this definition ...
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Family Research Council • 2005

No Basis: What the Studies Don't Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting
In this paper the authors point out serious and discrediting research flaws in 49 studies that claim to demonstrate that growing up with same-sex parents has no effects on a child's outcomes.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Marriage Law Project • January 2001

Americans Rank Strengthening Families As High Priority
This public opinion poll on the state of the family found that most Americans believe that the preservation of the family is critical for the future stability and prosperity of the United States.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Wirthlin Worldwide • August 2000

Where is Government Taking the Family?
This article investigates recent marriage, parenting and same-sex legislation in New Zealand, specifically the Family Commissions Bill and the Care of Children Bill.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Maxim Institute • Spring 2003

Proposed Reforms of Marital Institutions
This paper makes several proposals about reforming marriage and the family.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The University of Chicago • May 2000

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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• United Nations, Division for Social Policy and Development • May 23, 2003

Thinking of Getting Married?: Same Sex Couples Win the Right to Marry in Ontario
This document summarizes: 1) the Ontario Court of Appeal decision to grant couples of the same sex the rights to marry, 2) the federal government's reaction to the court of appeal decision, and 3) the implications of that decision on homosexual marriages.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Nelligan O'Brien Payne • June 19, 2003

Quebec Family Policy: Impact and Options
This paper offers an overview of Quebec’s policy reforms and social policy objectives regarding government assistance to families, accessibility of daycare, poverty, work incentives for low-income families, and education changes.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• IRPP • January 01, 2000

How Effective is the British Government’s Attempt to Reduce Child Poverty?
This paper looks at the extent of child poverty in Great Britain, examines its causes, and assesses the government's attempts to reduce this national concern.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • March 01, 2000

Gay Marriage a Voting Issue, But Mostly for Opponents: Constitutional Amendment Rates as Low Priority
This paper presents the results of a national survey of Americans' opinions on homosexual marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press • February 27, 2004

Quebec's Baby Bonus: Can Public Policy Raise Fertility?
This paper assesses the impact and effectiveness of Quebec's child incentive program and weighs it against the program costs in order to determine whether or not it is a feasible strategy for the future.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• C.D. Howe Institute • January 24, 2002

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 ...
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO • 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.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Civitas: The Institute for the Study of Civil Society • May 01, 2002

Can Government Strengthen Marriage: Evidence from the Social Sciences
This paper explores how and why the government should implement public policies that support the institution of marriage and work towards the reduction of divorce and unmarried childbearing.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Understanding the President’s Healthy Marriage Initiative
This paper discusses the benefits of marriage as opposed to the negative outcomes of single-parent homes and concentrates specifically on the explanation of the President's Healthy Marriage Initiative.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• The Heritage Foundation • March 26, 2004

Comparative Family Policy: Six Provincial Stories
This paper examines three policy realms that actively address the needs of families and children: income security, work-family balance, and developmental programs.
• Category: Public Policy > Future of the Family
• Canadian Policy Research Networks • 1999