Family structure has an impact on a child’s economic mobility prospects, according to the Pew Economic Policy Group’s report "Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children." The group’s Economic Mobility Project found that only 26 percent of children of divorced parents who start in the bottom third of the income ladder move to the middle or top third as adults. This compares to 42 percent of children who are born to unmarried mothers and 50 percent of children with continuously married parents in the same income category.
Women, Men and the New Economics of Marriage
The institution of marriage has undergone significant changes in recent decades as women have outpaced men in education and earnings growth. These unequal gains have been accompanied by gender role reversals in both the spousal characteristics and the economic benefits of marriage.
The Harried Life of the Working Mother
Women now make up almost half of the U.S. labor force, up from 38% in 1970. The public approves of this trend, but the change has come with a cost for many women -– particularly working mothers of young children, who feel the tug of family responsibility much more acutely than do working fathers, according to a Pew Social & Demographic Trends nationwide survey. Most working moms would prefer to work part time, but relatively few do. About four in ten working moms say they always feel rushed, compared with about a quarter of working dads and stay-at-home moms.
Marriage and Health: What's the Connection?
The health benefits of marriage have been much hailed by researchers, public officials and practitioners involved in the emerging marriage movement, publications and resources. This is an annotated collection of carefully selected key research publications and program information that explore the connections between marriage and health for scholars, practitioners and the public. The aim is to help readers understand the findings of soundly conducted research about what is currently known about this subject, to stimulate additional high quality research to fill in the gaps, and encourage the design and testing of innovative interventions.
The State of Our Unions: Marriage in America 2009- Money & Marriage
The State of Our Unions monitors the current health of marriage and family life in America. Produced annually, it is a joint publication of the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia and the Center for Marriage and Families at the Institute for American Values.The 2009 State of Our Unions makes clear that money matters for contemporary American marriages.
How Science Can Help You Fall in Love
The best way to get students interested in scientific studies is to give them hands-on experiences that get them excited about the subject matter. In chemistry courses, teachers accomplish that with test tubes and mysterious liquids. In a course I taught recently at the University of California, San Diego, on relationship science, I piqued my students’ interest with exercises on, well, love.
What helps us the most to thrive, as individuals and as a society? Money or marriage? Assets or relationships? Here’s what we know: A large body of research suggests that the status of our marriages influences our well-being at least as much as the status of our finances.
There is great news to report on National Fatherhood Initiative’s most basic measure of father absence in America – nearly 2 million more children live in the same homes as their biological fathers today than in 2004.
Teen dating violence runs across race, gender, and socioeconomic lines. Both males and females are victims, but boys and girls are abusive in different ways.
Couples who refer to themselves as 'we' are happier than those who say 'I', 'me' or 'you': study
If you want a happier marriage, use the magic word: We. “We-ness” is a language that spouses who are better able to resolve conflicts speak, according to new study from the University of California, Berkeley.
Divorce Rate: It's Not as High as You Think
How many American marriages end in divorce? One in two, if you believe the statistic endlessly repeated in news media reports, academic papers and campaign speeches.
