This article reviews key developments in the past decade of research on divorce,
repartnering, and stepfamilies. Divorce rates are declining overall, but they remain high and …

Whether, and under what circumstances, people become parents has implications for
individual identity, family relationships, the well‐being of adults and children, and population …

This article reexamines the thesis that marriage is becoming deinstitutionalized. It first
reviews relevant theoretical literature on social institutions, including the “new …

This third edition of Family Communication carefully examines state-of-the art research and
theories of family communication and family relationships. In addition to presenting …

Research has shown that parents with higher socioeconomic status provide more resources
to their children during childhood and adolescence. The authors asked whether similar …

The majority of US nonmarital births today are to cohabiting couples. This study focuses on
transitions to cohabitation or marriage among pregnant unmarried women during the period …

Introduction Out-of-pocket payments for healthcare remain a significant health financing
challenge in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), preventing women from using maternal health …

Objective This study examines family structure differences in parents' financial investments
in children. Background Family structure in the United States is undergoing important …

The rapid growth in cohabitation over the past quarter-century necessitates studies of
changes in the stability and outcomes of cohabitation. We utilized data from the 1988 …

Using the marital events data from the American Community Survey for the first time, we
examine the association between the quantity and characteristics of unmarried men and first …