Grandparents are often a key source of care provision for their grandchildren, yet they are
sidelined in caregiving research and policy decisions. We conducted a global, systematic …

Patterns of family formation have changed dramatically in the United States over the last
several decades. Cohabitation has replaced marriage as the preferred first union of young …

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER• A fascinating explanation for why white America has
become fractured and divided in education and class, from the acclaimed author of Human …

Childhood is the time when we forge our first social bonds, first learn how to express and
read basic human emotions, and first make sense of the physical world. In childhood …

This article analyzes data derived from the first detailed long-term follow-up of a sample of
serious adolescent female delinquents and similarly situated males. Neither marital …

In recent decades, social work and other social science research disciplines have become
increasingly reliant on large secondary data sets, which have increased in both number and …

A groundbreaking look at marriage, one of the most basic and universal of all human
institutions, which reveals the emotional, physical, economic, and sexual benefits that …

A seven-year randomized evaluation suggests education subsidies reduce adolescent girls'
dropout, pregnancy, and marriage but not sexually transmitted infection (STI). The …

The influx of multicultural and multiethnic immigrants to the United States following the
liberalization of immigration law in 1965 has resulted in a high representation of children …

This article examines the relationship between incarceration and health functioning. Using
data from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, the relationship between incarceration …