Family & Partnering

Family life and economic status are closely intertwined. Fertility, family formation, family structure, parental relationship dissolution, multiple-partner fertility, and family complexity patterns vary by socioeconomic status, as do parenting behaviors and the quality of children’s home environments. The family contexts in which children are born and raised are, in turn, associated with their own economic and social well-being throughout their lives.

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Poverty and parenting young children

  • Focus on Poverty & Classroom Supplement
  • 2017
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Weighing the Benefits of a Universal vs. Targeted Child Safety Net

  • Christopher Wimer and James Ziliak
  • Webinar
  • 2017
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What Does it Cost to Raise a Child?

  • Harry Brighouse
  • Podcasts
  • 2017
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TANF turns 20

  • Fast Focus Policy Brief
  • 2017
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Abandoned Families: Social Isolation in the Twenty-First Century

  • Kristin Seefeldt
  • Webinar
  • 2017
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Wisconsin Poverty 101 Updated

  • Helen Powling
  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • 2016
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Which Families Are Poor and Why?

  • Poverty Fact Sheet
  • 2016
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How Economic and Social Disadvantage Affects Health and Life Opportunities

  • Geoffrey Swain, Sheri Johnson, and Katie Ports
  • Webinar
  • 2016
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Financial Security: How to Measure it and Why it Matters for Families

  • Caroline Ratcliffe and J. Michael Collins
  • Webinar
  • 2016
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Vetting and Letting: Cohabiting Stepfamily Formation for Low-Income Black Families

  • Megan Reid
  • Podcasts
  • 2016