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Foundations for Strong Families 101

January 8, 2009
ABOUT THIS ISSUE BRIEF

Foundations for Strong Families 101: Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability

January 8, 2009
This is the first of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development. This brief provides an overview of existing programs and practices.

Foundations for Strong Families 201: Healthy Relationships and Financial Stability

January 8, 2009
This is the second of two briefs that examine the interplay between education and skills-building programming for lower income individuals and families in the areas of marriage and relationships, financial literacy, and asset development.

Foundations for Strong Families 201

January 8, 2009
ABOUT THIS ISSUE BRIEF

National Evaluation of the Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage, and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-Entering Fathers and Their Partners: Program Models of MFS-IP Grantees

December 29, 2008
The research brief provides an overview of the program models used by the twelve Responsible Fatherhood, Marriage and Family Strengthening Grants for Incarcerated and Re-entering Partners grantees. [10 PDF pages]

Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Adolescent Religiousity and Religious Practice

December 14, 2008
This report focuses on family processes and adolescent religious attendance and personal religiosity among youth who were raised primarily in married-parent families. The study used data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, 1997 cohort (NLSY97). Sample includes only youth living in married-parent families at the time of the first wave of data collection.

Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Educational Outcomes for Youth

December 14, 2008
This research examines the effects of parental marital quality and the quality of the parent-child relationship on the educational progress of adolescents. Previous research indicates that family structure and economic capacity have significant effects on educational achievement and high school graduation rates.

Effects of Holding Assets on Social and Economic Outcomes of Families: A Review of Theory and Evidence

November 29, 2008
This report provides a conceptual framework on the effects of asset holding and reviews the empirical literature based on this framework. The report distills the main findings on how assets influence economic, social, psychological, and child well-being and provides empirical support for the benefits of asset building. [39 PDF pages]

Marital Quality and Parent-Adolescent Relationships: Effects on Sexual Activity Among Adolescents and Young Adults

November 14, 2008
The link between growing up outside of an intact family, and the likelihood of engaging in risky sexual behaviors as an adolescent has been explored extensively.

American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions

October 14, 2008
  ASPE RESEARCH BRIEF American Community Survey: New Survey Questions Enable Measurement of Marital Transitions October 2008 This Research Brief is available on the Internet at:http://aspe.hhs.gov/hsp/09/MarriageDivorceStats/ACSBrief/rb.shtml