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.
Explaining the Patterns of Child Support among Unmarried Low-Income Noncustodial Fathers in Chicago, Milwaukee and New York
- Katherine A. Magnuson
- Report
- February 2006
Multiple-Partner Fertility: Incidence and Implications for Child Support Policy
- Daniel R. Meyer, Maria Cancian, and Steven T. Cook
- Discussion Paper
- August 2004
Children’s Living Arrangements in Divorced Wisconsin Families with Shared Placement
- M. L. Krecker, P. Brown, M. S. Melli, and L. Wimer
- Report
- June 2003
Wisconsin’s Family Care Long-Term Care Pilot Program: Care Managers’ Perspectives on Progress and Challenges
- Stephanie A. Robert
- Report
- September 2003
Early Evidence from Wisconsin’s Family Care Long-Term Care Pilot Program: Continuity and Change in the Provision of Formal Services
- Stephanie A. Robert
- Report
- July 2001
Child Care Quality: Does It Matter and Does It Need to Be Improved?
- Deborah Lowe Vandell; and Barbara Wolfe
- Report
- November 2000