This paper investigates the association between maternal life satisfaction and the developmental functioning of two- to … three-year-old children as well as the socio-emotional behaviorof five- to six-year-old children. We use data from the … to use the mother's life satisfaction before the birth of her child as an instrument to eliminate potential reverse …

instead on fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in a way that accounts for fundamentalÑand sometimes obviousÑmale …-female differences in concerns and objectives in family life. Elementary sex differences in reproductive biology constitute the basic … building blocks of studies of family behavior in many disciplines, but despite recent progress they get far less attention than …

-specific, this difference will be shown to be driven by birth planning; children born in auspicious years are more likely to have …

and female cancer patients with children experience a lower mortality than the childless, although without a special … advantage associated with adult children. This suggests a social effect, perhaps operating through a link between parenthood … effect is set off against an adverse physiological effect of motherhood for this particular cancer. Among men, both marriage …

instead on fathers, mothers, sons and daughters in a way that accounts for fundamental--and sometimes obvious …--male-female differences in concerns and objectives in family life. Elementary sex differences in reproductive biology constitute the basic … building blocks of studies of family behavior in many disciplines, but despite recent progress they get far less attention than …

fairly well understood, relatively little is known about their effects on marriage or child well-being. The authors review a … small number of studies that provide such information here. Their discussion of marriage is couched in terms of a … couch their review of results on children is likewise consistent with the observed variation between programs and among …

children. Moreover, a broader range of factors than material well-being matter for child development; family and community play …Child poverty matters directly because children constitute a large share of the population, and indirectly for future …

Existing research shows that marriage and marital stability are positively associated with health and well-being. Thus … possible health effects associated with changes in family formation. Using latent trajectory models and data from the Fragile … Families and Child Well-Being Study (FFCWS) this paper examines trajectories of mothers’ mental and physical health …