Family life and economic status are closely intertwined. Fertility, family formation, family structure, parental relationship dissolution, multiple-partner fertility, and family complexity patterns vary by socioeconomic status, as do parenting behaviors and the quality of children’s home environments. The family contexts in which children are born and raised are, in turn, associated with their own economic and social well-being throughout their lives.
Unmarried parents in college: Pathways to success
- Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2011
Promising antipoverty strategies for families
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Deborah Reed
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- August 2010
Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy An Introduction to the Issues
- Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel, and Ronald B. Mincy
- Discussion Paper
- August 2010
Policies that Strengthen Fatherhood and Family Relationships: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know?
- Virginia Knox, Philip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan, and Elana Bildner
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010
Child Support: Responsible Fatherhood and the Quid Pro Quo
- Maria Cancian, Daniel R. Meyer, and Eunhee Han
- Discussion Paper
- June 2010
Early findings from New York City’s conditional cash transfer program
- James A. Riccio
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- May 2010
Intergenerational Relationships and Union Stability in Fragile Families
- Robin S. Högnäs and Marcia J. Carlson
- Discussion Paper
- December 2009
Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
- Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger
- Discussion Paper
- April 2009
Effects of the Full Child Support Pass-Through/Disregard on Marriage and Cohabitation
- Maria Cancian and Daniel R. Meyer, with the assistance of Youseok Choi
- Report
- June 2006
Recent Trends in Children’s Placement Arrangements in Divorce and Paternity Cases in Wisconsin
- Steven T. Cook and Patricia Brown
- Report
- May 2006