October 20, 2011

Marriage cuts child poverty 87% - state-level stats

"In Pennsylvania, Marriage Drops the Probability of Child Poverty by 87 Percent," according to just one of a set of 51 state-level reports comparing poverty rates in married and unmarried families. (They can be accessed via the page for Pennsylvania or any other state, though I don't see a link for the whole set).

This is part of a new report by the Heritage Foundation's Robert Rector, titled "Marriage: America’s Greatest Weapon Against Child Poverty".

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April 14, 2011

New Gov't Overview of Best Recent Marriage/Divorce Research

Romantic Relationships: Trends, Attitudes and Social Implications - National Healthy Marriage Resource Center.

Kelly M. Roberts writes: The Healthy Marriage research collection: Trends, Attitudes and Social Implications is now up. Dan Hubler and I put a great deal of time into that project; much thanks go to coordinator Courtney Harrison, and reviewers Bill Coffin and Theo Ooms. Great reasource - quick access to many of the seminal articles building the foundation for healthy marriage.

Posted by on April 14, 2011 in Costs to Economy, Taxpayers & Society, DIVORCE RATE IN US: Now 0.36% Annually, Divorce Rates: Understanding Divorce Rates, Divorce Statistics Generally, Effects on Children: Generally, Effects on Children: Poverty, Effects on Divorced People: Economic, Effects on Divorced People: Happiness, Effects on Divorced People: Physical & Mental Health, Marriage Skills Education, Polls / Public Attitudes | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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April 04, 2007

UK REPORT IDENTIFIES FAMILY BREAKDOWN AS KEY PATH TO POVERTY

See summary on the Family Scholars Blog.
Full report pdf here.

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March 27, 2007

Additional info on effects and correlates of divorce

To get complete information and citations, you should also review the Divorce Statistics Collection’s page on your topic:
Correlations with Other Factors: Age | Alcoholic parents | Children of Divorce Getting Divorced
| Cohabitation | Current Events| Gender of Children | Laws |   Marriage education programs | Occupation | Poverty | Race | Region | Religion |  Smoking | Unrealistic Expectations 
Effects on Society: Domestic Violence | Social-Economic-Taxpayer Costs | Effects on Black Community
Effects on Divorced People: Domestic Violence | Economic | Happiness | Physical and Mental Health
Effects on Children: Generally | Child Abuse | Poverty | Crime | Crime | Physical Health | Mental Health/Behavioral | Social Skills/Adjustment | Suicide | Teen & single parenthood | Exposure to family conflict | Stepfamilies | African American Children
Other:  Summary of Our Findings So Far| Causes of individual divorces

Posted by on March 27, 2007 in Costs to Economy, Taxpayers & Society, Divorce Rates: Correlations with Other Factors, Divorce Statistics Generally, Effects on African-American Community, Effects on Children: African American, Effects on Children: Becoming teen & single parents, Effects on Children: Child Abuse, Effects on Children: Crime, Effects on Children: Education, Effects on Children: Generally, Effects on Children: Mental health & behavior, Effects on Children: Physical health, Effects on Children: Poverty, Effects on Children: Social skills / adjustment, Effects on Children: Stepfamilies, Effects on Divorced People: Economic, Effects on Divorced People: Happiness, Effects on Divorced People: Physical & Mental Health | | Comments (1) | TrackBack (0)

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