Family Well-Being Research
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 StudiesHeather 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 MenAdam Carasso, Harry Holzer, Elaine Maag, C. Eugene Steuerle, Tax Policy Center, October 2008
Cohabitation and Marriage Rules in State TANF ProgramsRobert 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 PovertyIsabel V. Sawhill, The Public Interest, Fall 2003
Work and Marriage: The Way to End Poverty and WelfareRon 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 MeansIsabel 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 MarriagesJennifer Ehrle Macomber, Julie Murray, and Matthew Stagner, Urban Institute, February 2005