| ||||||
The Implications of Multiple Partner Fertility for Efforts to Promote Marriage in Programs Serving Low-Income Mothers and Fathers |
|||||||||||||||||||
|
From Center for Law and Social Policy: The eleventh in a series on Couples and Marriage Research Policy, this brief summarizes what is known about multiple partner fertility in fragile families, discusses the implications for efforts to promote healthy marriage in this population, and suggests major issues for policy makers and healthy marriage programs in addressing the needs of targeted couples. Since the 1960’s, both divorced and non-marital child bearing have become increasingly common. While divorce rates have stabilized in recent years, non-marital birth rates are still on the rise, reaching 37 percent in 2006. As a result, there has been a three-fold increase in the proportion of children growing up in single parent families since 1960. The effect of these changes on the well-being of children has The research consensus is that, in general, children do best on all kinds of measures when raised by their married, biological parents; as long as the parents have a low-conflict relationship. Children in these families achieve higher levels of education and are less likely to become teen parents. They are also less likely to be poor and to experience health, behavior, and mental health problems.
|
|||||||||||||||||||
|
|||||||||||||||||||
