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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Racial and ethnic infant mortality gaps and socioeconomic status
- Steven J. Haider
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
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Whose money matters?
- Alexandra Killewald
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Spring/Summer 2014
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Fathering after Deployment
- Tova Walsh
- Podcasts
- May 2014
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Less-educated workers’ unstable employment: Can the safety net help?
- Heather D. Hill and Marci A. Ybarra
- Fast Focus Policy Brief
- March 2014
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Young Dads and Disadvantage
- Dan Simon
- Poverty Fact Sheet
- February 2014
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Family complexity in America
- Marcia J. Carlson and Daniel R. Meyer
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Family structure and children’s behavior
- Rebecca Ryan, Amy Claessens, and Anna J. Markowitz
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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The cost of breaking up
- Laura Tach and Alicia Eads
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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Neither here nor there: Incarceration and family instability
- Kristin Turney
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014
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How did the Great Recession affect fertility?
- Christine Percheski and Rachel Kimbro
- Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
- Fall/Winter (2013-2014) 2014