Family Facts: Social Science Research on Family, Society & Religion
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science data present a clear picture: Economic well-being and marital
status are linked. This association is particularly strong for women. According to a study published in 2003, women who had ever been married were a third less likely to live in poverty than their never-married peers, regardless of race, family background, out-of-wedlock childbearing, and high school education. For currently married women, marriage provided an even stronger protection against poverty: Their risk of falling into poverty was two-thirds lower than that of their unmarried peers. Read this finding The Heritage Foundation's familyfacts.org catalogs social science findings on the family, society and religion gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books and government surveys. Serving policymakers, journalists, scholars and the general public, familyfacts.org makes social science research easily accessible to the non-specialist. |
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Findings on Marriage and Poverty:
 Marriage increases the likelihood of moving from a poor to non-poor neighborhood...(more) Marriage increases the likelihood of being affluent...(more) Family Research Experts:
Pat Fagan William H. G. FitzGerald Research Fellow in Family and Cultural Issues Christine Kim Policy Analyst, Domestic Policy Studies Jennifer Marshall Director, Domestic Policy Studies For Interviews call Media Relations at (202) 675-1761 |
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Events:Religious Practice and Civic Life: What the Research Says October 4, 2007 |