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Is a Bad Economy Good for Marriage? The Relationship between Macroeconomic Conditions and Marital Stability from 1998-2009
Harknett, Kristen; Schneider, Daniel - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
In the United States, the Great Recession has been marked by severe shocks to labor and housing markets. In this study, we combine longitudinal data from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study (FFCWS) with administrative data on local area unemployment rates and state-level mortgage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149786
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THE MENTAL HEALTH OF MOTHERS AND FATHERS BEFORE AND AFTER COHABITATION AND MARITAL DISSOLUTION
Dush, Claire M. Kamp; Adkins, Kate S. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2009
Using data from years one and three of the Fragile Families and Child Well-being Study, changes in depressive and anxious symptoms are compared for mothers and fathers who: 1) dissolve a cohabitating union versus remain intact; 2) dissolve a marital union versus remain intact; and 3) dissolve a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149795
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LONG-TERM COHABITATION AMONG UNWED PARENTS: DETERMINANTS AND CONSEQUENCES FOR CHILDREN
Bogle, Ryan Heath - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
consequences of different stable unions (marriage and cohabitation) for child wellbeing. Results indicate that relationship quality … is the key determinant to both long-term cohabitation and marriage among unwed parents. Moreover, there are only slight …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149800
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Partner Incarceration and Women’s Housing Insecurity
Geller, Amanda; Walker, Allyson - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
Housing security has long been recognized as an integral component of the economic, physical, and emotional health and wellbeing of individuals and families. The lack of access to safe and stable housing is viewed by many as an indicator of severe social exclusion, particularly for individuals...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149828
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Should We Get Married? The Effect of Parents’ Marriage on Out-of-Wedlock Children
Liu, Shirley H.; Heiland, Frank - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2007
Study, this study investigates whether marriage after childbirth has a causal effect on early child cognitive ability, using … a treatment outcome approach to account for the selection into marriage. Comparing children with similar background … least squares models indicates that the marriage effect is greater for children whose parents transition into marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149867
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Trajectories of Couple Relationship Quality after Childbirth: Does Marriage Matter?
Carlson, Marcia J.; VanOrman, Alicia G. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2013
examine relationship quality for co-resident couples over nine years after a child’s birth. Findings suggest that marriage at … birth is protective for couple relationship quality, net of various individual characteristics associated with marriage …, compared to all cohabiting couples at birth; however, marriage does not differentiate relationship quality compared to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149872
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Predictors of Social and Emotional Involvement of Non?Residential Fathers
Palmer, Jane E. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
Public policy initiatives to promote nonresidential father involvement tend to focus on economic involvement over social and emotional involvement. The 2006 reauthorization of the Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act (PRWORA) included funding for ‘responsible...
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A Better Deal for Cohabiting Fathers? Union Status Differences in Father Involvement
McClain, Lauren Rinelli; DeMaris, Alfred - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
than fathers report. Parents who remain in a continuous coresidential union, who transition from cohabitation to marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928122
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The Psychological Wellbeing of Involved, Low Income Fathers
Dush, Claire M. Kamp - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
Low income men are at particular risk for experiencing adverse health conditions such as depression which may reduce involvement with their children. Low income men may also face significant challenges in becoming and remaining involved with their children over time, as many fathers may cease to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928132
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Fragile Families in the US and UK
Kiernan, Kathleen; McLanahan, Sara; Holmes, John; … - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2011
, 45 percent of British children were born outside of marriage, up from 8 percent in 1971. A similar trend appears in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928134