Family & Partnering

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.

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Child poverty in rural America

  • David Rothwell and Brian C. Thiede
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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A new federal law changes child welfare system financing as we know it

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2018
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Are recent increases in child welfare cases and the opioid epidemic related?

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2018
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Paid parental leave in the United States

  • Emma Caspar
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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How do parental welfare work requirements affect children?

  • Chris M. Herbst
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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How do paid leave and TANF generosity affect welfare participation and material hardship around a birth?

  • Marci Ybarra, Alexandra B. Stanczyk, and Yoonsook Ha
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2018
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Brad Wilcox on the “Success Sequence” for Millennials

  • Brad Wilcox
  • Podcasts
  • 2018
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Parental Substance Use, Opioid Misuse, and Child Welfare: A Mixed Methods Research Study

  • Robin Ghertner and Annette Waters
  • Webinar
  • 2018
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Neighborhood poverty and school readiness

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2018
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Making a difference over 50 years

  • Rebecca M. Blank
  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017