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Getting Inside the Family: How Parents’ Relationship Quality Is Linked to Children’s Behavior in Married and Cohabiting Families
Goldberg, Julia S.; Carlson, Marcia J. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
While an extensive literature has shown that family structure is linked with child wellbeing, less well understood is how the dynamics within similar types of families affect children. Family systems theory posits that parents’ couple relationship is important for promoting children’s...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720719
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The Academic Consequences of Early Childhood Problem Behaviors
Turney, Kristin; McLanahan, Sara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
Non-cognitive skills in childhood and adolescence are associated with a host of outcomes in adulthood, including educational and occupational attainment. One explanation for these associations is that poor non-cognitive skills in early childhood interfere with the development of cognitive skills...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149788
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Informal Labor Supply in the United States: New Estimates from the Fragile Families Survey
Gunter, Samara - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
Past studies of the informal economy in the US focused on small geographic areas and select populations. This paper uses a nationally representative panel survey of urban parents, the largest and most diverse data yet, to describe the nature of informal work in the United States. Informal work...
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Instability in Three-Generation Family Households and Child Wellbeing
Pilkauskas, Natasha V. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
This paper investigates to what extent stable and unstable three-generation family households (grandparent, parent and child) are associated with child socioemotional, cognitive and health outcomes over the first three years of a child’s life. Using longitudinal data from the Fragile Families...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149832
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Family Complexity, Childbearing, and Parenting Stress: A Comparison of Mothers’ and Fathers’ Experiences
Tach, Laura - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
-partnered fertility increases parenting stress for mothers and fathers. Using lagged regression models and longitudinal repeated reports … parenting stress following multi-partnered fertility are similar to increases in parenting stress following same …-partner fertility. I also find that transitions to new romantic partnerships are associated with increases in parenting stress for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011149857
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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
We use the package deal framework to study the trajectory of father involvement over time as a function of union status, while also examining reporting differences in father involvement by parent gender. Data on 4,224 mother-father pairs are from the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Study....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928122
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Paternal Incarceration and Father Involvement in Fragile Families
Geller, Amanda; Garfinkel, Irwin - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2012
High rates of incarceration, coupled with high rates of fatherhood among men in prison, has motivated a far-reaching literature that examines the effects of paternal incarceration on family stability and child development. Although a growing body of evidence documents significant disadvantage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928124
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Doubling Up as a Private Safety Net for Families with Children
Pilkauskas, Natasha V.; Garfinkel, Irwin; McLanahan, Sara S. - Center for Research on Child Wellbeing, Woodrow Wilson … - 2013
Low-income families rely on various sources of support, both public and private, to make ends meet. Although doubling up (moving in with relatives or nonkin) is a common source of support, previous research has not examined the economic value of doubling up as part of a family’s income...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928131
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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...
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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
Non-marital childbearing has increased dramatically over the past several decades in both the US and the UK. In 2008, 45 percent of British children were born outside of marriage, up from 8 percent in 1971. A similar trend appears in the US, with 41 percent of births in 2008 occurring to...
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