Family Well-Being Research

2010 KIDS COUNT Data Book
Annie E. Casey Foundation, July 2010

U.S. Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children Young Disadvantaged Men: Fathers, Families, Poverty, and Policy. An Introduction to the Issues
Timothy M. Smeeding, Irwin Garfinkel and Ronald B. Mincy, Institute for Research on Poverty, June 2010

U.S. Family Structure and the Economic Mobility of Children
Thomas DeLeire and Leonard M. Lopoo, Economic Mobility Project, The Pew Charitable Trusts, May 2010

U.S. Teenage Pregnancies, Births and Abortions: National and State Trends and Trends by Race and Ethnicity (pdf)
Guttmacher Institute, January 2010

The Strengths of Poor Families (pdf)
Sherylls Valladares and Kristin Anderson Moore, Child Trends, May 2009

Changing Poverty and Changing Antipoverty Policies
Maria Cancian and Sheldon Danziger, Institute for Research on Poverty, April 2009

Births: Preliminary Data for 2007 (pdf)
United State Department of Health and Human Services, March 2009

National Campaign Analysis: Preliminary 2007 Teen Birth Data
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, March 2009

Navigating the Child Support System: Lessons from the Fathers at Work Initiative
Laura Wyckoff, Mary McVay and Dee Wallace, Public/Private Ventures, February 2009

Reducing Poverty by Revitalizing Marriage in Low-Income Communities: A Memo to President-elect Obama
Robert E. Rector, The Heritage Foundation, January 2009

Rebuild the Nation's Child Welfare System (pdf)
The Annie E. Casey Foundation, January 2009

Fragile Families and the Reproduction of Poverty
Sara McLanahan, The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science, January 2009

Teen Births: Examining the Recent Increase (pdf)
Kristin Anderson Moore,Child Trends and the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, October 2008

The Enduring Challenge of Concentrated Poverty in America: Case Studies from Communities Across the U.S.
Community Affairs Offices of the Federal Reserve System and the Brookings Institution, Metropolitan Policy Program, October 2008

The Impact of Government Programs on Reproductive Health Disparities: Three Case Studies
Heather Boonstra, Guttmacher Policy Review, Summer 2008

Why it Matters: Teen Pregnancy, Poverty and Income Disparity (PDF)
The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

The Next Stage for Social Policy: Encouraging Work, Family Formation among Low-Income Men
Adam Carasso, Harry Holzer, Elaine Maag, C. Eugene Steuerle, Tax Policy Center, October 2008

Cohabitation and Marriage Rules in State TANF Programs
Robert A. Moffitt, Robert T. Reville, Anne Winkler, and Jane Mcclure Burstain, RAND Corporation, June 2008

State Strategies to Reduce Child and Family Poverty
Susan Golonka and Linda Hoffman, National Governors Association Center for Best Practices, June 2008

Parents Work, Depressive Symptoms, Children, and Family Economic Mobility: What Can Ethnography Tell Us?
Roberta R. Iversen, and Annie Laurie Armstrong, University of Pennsylvania Business, July 2007

The Behavioral Aspects of Poverty
Isabel V. Sawhill, The Public Interest, Fall 2003

Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and Welfare
Ron Haskins and Isabel V. Sawhill, Brookings Institution, September 2003

Ending Poverty in America: Using Carrots and Sticks
Ron Haskins and Isabell V. Sawhill, The American Prospect, May 2007

Testimony before the Subcommittee on Income Security and Family Support of the House Committee on Ways and Means
Isabel Sawhill, Ph.D., The Brookings Institution, April 2007

By the Numbers: The Public Costs of Teen Childbearing (PDF)
Saul D. Hoffman, Ph.D., The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, October 2006

Service Delivery and Evaluation Design Options for Strengthening and Promoting Healthy Marriages
Jennifer Ehrle Macomber, Julie Murray, and Matthew Stagner, Urban Institute, February 2005
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