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Exploring Cross-Domain Instability in Families

Exploring Cross-Domain Instability in Families with Children

Studies in a range of disciplines document high levels of instability for many families and the negative effects this insecurity can have on child development, adult well-being, and family self-sufficiency. This study examines the nature and extent of instability for children and their families using nationally representative data on nearly 15,000
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Homeless Families Research Briefs

Homeless Families Research Briefs

This project produced a series of research briefs on issues related to the well-being and economic self-sufficiency of families and children experiencing homelessness. The briefs are based on data collected as part of the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development’s (HUD) Family Options Study, a multi-site random assignment experiment desi
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Child and Partner Transitions among Families

Child and Partner Transitions among Families Experiencing Homelessness

New analysis of data from HUD's Family Options Study finds that about 30 percent of sheltered homeless families reported a separation from at least one family member. Family transitions continued in the following 20 months, with 10 percent of families experiencing new child separations and 8 percent reporting reunification with children who had no
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American Community Survey: New Survey Questions

American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions

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Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent

Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Well-Being

From: Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Adolescent and Young Adult Well-Being
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Strengthening the Couple and Family Relationships

Strengthening the Couple and Family Relationships of Fathers Behind Bars: The Promise and Perils of Corrections-Based Programming

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Bringing Partners into the Picture: Family-

Bringing Partners into the Picture: Family-Strenghtening Programming for Incarcerated Fathers

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Impact of Marital and Relationship Status on

Impact of Marital and Relationship Status on Social Outcomes for Returning Prisoners

From: Impact of Marital and Relationship Status on Social Outcomes for Returning Prisoners
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Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families

Marriage and Health Care Coverage Among Families with Children

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Assessment of Survey Data for the Analysis of

Assessment of Survey Data for the Analysis of Marriage and Divorce at the Federal, State, and Local Levels

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Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of

Charting Parenthood: A Statistical Portrait of Fathers and Mothers in America

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Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics by

Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics by States Final Report

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Electronic Collection of Marriage and Divorce

Electronic Collection of Marriage and Divorce Statistics: Findings from Seven States Final Report

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References

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. References

Abma, J.C., G.M. Martinez, W.D. Mosher, and B.S. Dawson. "Teenagers in the United States: Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and Childbearing, 2002." National Center for Health Statistics. Vital and Health Statistics , series 23, no. 24, December 2004. Amato, Paul R. "Children of Divorce in the 1990s: An Update of the Amato and Keith (1991) Me
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Directions for Future Research

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Directions for Future Research

We end this report with a few thoughts on promising directions for future research. As reported in Chapter II , our analysis of MTF data indicates that the likelihood of dating among high school students has declined substantially in recent years. As noted in that chapter, it is possible that this decline represents a change in adolescent vocabul
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Overview of Main Results

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Overview of Main Results

Teens live in a mix of family structures, but most live with married parents — 50 percent with both biological parents and 13 percent with a parent who has remarried. The likelihood of living with two married biological parents varies substantially across various subgroups of teens, with African-American and low-income teens particularly unlike
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Contents

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Contents

Overview of Main Results Directions for Future Research
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V. Conclusion

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. V. Conclusion

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Endnotes

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Endnotes

1.  Among the 6,646 respondents to the NLSY97 1999 wave discussed in Chapter II , 976 did not respond to the 2005 wave. The analysis sample for this chapter is limited to the 5,670 original sample members who also responded to the 2005 wave.
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Summary of Main Results

Pathways to Adulthood and Marriage: Teenagers’ Attitudes, Expectations, and Relationship Patterns. Summary of Main Results

In this chapter, we have used data from the 2005 wave of the NLSY97 to examine the romantic relationships of our NLSY97 sample members in early adulthood, when they were 21 to 24 years old. We find that most of these young adults were in a romantic relationship in their early 20s, but relatively few were married. Cohabitation was much more common

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