This report uses data collected as part of the Growing Up in Ireland study. Collectively this represents work by a large group of people who contributed to the design, fieldwork, and data preparation, as well the authors. We are particularly grateful to our colleagues...
For more than 30 years, what we would call an ‘individual choice’ paradigm has been dominant in social demographic thinking and empirical research on family formation processes in western, industrialized societies. Demographic behaviors such as decisions to leave the...
The tumultuous year of 2020 may be over, but the coronavirus pandemic and the significant financial insecurity facing many women and their families are not. As the year closed out, the nation’s employment numbers for December revealed that the nonfarm payroll job...
The extent of intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment is unclear due to methodological limitations in previous studies. In this study, we aimed to examine factors associated with intergenerational transmission of child maltreatment and quantify its extent...
Many Americans are concerned about children falling behind academically and socially due to the coronavirus outbreak, and there is broad public support for summer school and tutoring programs to help children catch up.
The 2020 #RealCollege Survey documents a wide range of basic needs insecurities that are significantly more common among parents than among nonparents.