McLanahan, Sara; Knab, Jean; Meadows, Sarah - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Using data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study this paper examines associations between family …-traditional families. Among families with stable structures, married-parent families have the highest economic wellbeing, followed by … cohabiting-parent families and then single mothers. Among unstable families, exits from marriage and cohabitation are associated …