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.
Measuring Economic Mobility in the United States
- Video
- May 2024
IRP Book Talk: A Conversation With Jessica Calarco, Author Of Holding It Together: How Women Became America’s Safety Net
- Jessica Calarco and Alia Wong
- Webinar
- July 18 2024
Surveillance of Mothers Living in Poverty: Effects on Children, Families, and Communities
- Kelley Fong and Darcey Merritt
- Webinar
- May 15 2024
Incarceration, Child Support, and Family Relationships
- Pajarita Charles, Grace Landrum, Yoona Kim, and Daniel R. Meyer
- Report
- May 2024
Marci Ybarra on Challenges for Latina Mothers Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
- Marci Ybarra
- Podcasts
- April 02 2024
Interrupting Intergenerational Poverty: New Research and Recommendations for Policy and Practice
- Greg Duncan, Mary E. Pattillo, Michael R. Strain, and Rita Hamad
- Webinar
- March 20 2024
Fathers Supporting Fathers
- Tova Walsh, Darryl Davidson, Alan-Michael S. Graves, Eugene Crisler, and Joshua Zawadi
- Webinar
- February 07 2024
Jessica Pac on the Effects of Child Poverty Reductions on Child Protective Services Involvement
- Jessica Pac
- Podcasts
- January 08 2024
Supporting Engaged Fatherhood and Family Well-Being: The Role of Policy from the Community Level to the Federal Level
- Tova Walsh, David Pate, Jr., Congressman Jimmy Gomez, and Darryl Davidson
- Webinar
- November 29 2023
Tiffany Green on How Charging Dads for the Medicaid Costs of Their Baby’s Birth Affects Child Support
- Tiffany Green
- Podcasts
- November 08 2023