Conclusion

2019 ◽  
pp. 203-224
Author(s):  
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Keyword(s):  
Social Policy ◽  
Social Roles ◽  
Relationship Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Human Connection

Relationship education programs do little to deliver on their original promise of addressing financial poverty, turning the tide on state divorce rates, or increasing state marriage rates, but participants see their relationships and their children benefiting nonetheless. An underlying reason is because these programs seem to address factors related to parents’ risk for social poverty—unclear expectations for their new social roles, techniques for carrying out these roles successfully, and trust in themselves and one another. Social Poverty offers a set of recommendations for social policy and relationship education programs. This includes the idea that policy must be constructed using the lens of social poverty, such as by designing programs to promote dignity and human connection.

Domestic Integration and Suicide in the Provinces of Canada

Crisis ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 59-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antoon A. Leenaars ◽  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Social Factors ◽  
Positive Association ◽  
Negative Association ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Suicide Rates ◽  
The Social ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Low Levels ◽  
Over Time

Canada's rate of suicide varies from province to province. The classical theory of suicide, which attempts to explain the social suicide rate, stems from Durkheim, who argued that low levels of social integration and regulation are associated with high rates of suicide. The present study explored whether social factors (divorce, marriage, and birth rates) do in fact predict suicide rates over time for each province (period studied: 1950-1990). The results showed a positive association between divorce rates and suicide rates, and a negative association between birth rates and suicide rates. Marriage rates showed no consistent association, an anomaly as compared to research from other nations.

The Effects of the Movement of Women into the Workforce on Income Trends

2020 ◽  
pp. 153-176
Author(s):  
Diana Furchtgott-Roth ◽  
Beila Leboeuf
Keyword(s):  
Life Expectancy ◽  
Labor Force Participation ◽  
The Other ◽  
Women's Labor ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Professional Careers ◽  
Household Inequality ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
Dual Income ◽  
Women's Labor Force Participation

This chapter presents evidence suggesting that the movement of women into the workforce, combined with changing trends in marriage, divorce, and life expectancy, may have contributed to rising household inequality. Over the past four decades, women’s labor force participation has risen, especially in skilled occupations and particularly for mothers. Women’s educational attainment has also risen, facilitating entry into professional careers in record numbers. As more women went to school and work, declining marriage rates, changing selection into marriage, and assortative mating may have contributed to a rise in high dual-income households. On the other hand, high divorce rates and higher life expectancy may have led to more single-female led low-income households. While the empirical evidence is mixed, results are generally consistent with the conclusion that women’s professional progress may have indirectly and unintentionally contributed to rising inequality.

The Alliance in Relationship Education Programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 40 (2) ◽  
pp. 178-192 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kelley Quirk ◽  
Jesse Owen ◽  
Leslie J. Inch ◽  
Tiffany France ◽  
Carrie Bergen
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Education ◽  
Education Programs

Introduction

2019 ◽  
pp. 1-16
Author(s):  
Sarah Halpern-Meekin
Keyword(s):  
Human Behavior ◽  
Low Income ◽  
Social Resources ◽  
Relationship Education ◽  
Education Programs ◽  
Family Expectations

This chapter explains the concept of social poverty and how it offers a new way of analyzing policy and of understanding human behavior. For example, it helps to explain the puzzle of why relationship education participants are enthusiastic about these programs, even though commentators and researchers are often critical of them. The low-income, unmarried, new parents who attend relationship education programs often face a great deal of instability in their lives, which can challenge their social resources. Parents see relationship education programs, such as Oklahoma City’s Family Expectations program, studied here, as offering tools they need to build these social resources and guard against social poverty.

Increasing Marriage Rates Despite High Individualization: Understanding the Role of Internal Reference in Swedish Marriage Discourse

2017 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 75-95 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacob Strandell
Keyword(s):  
Close Relationships ◽  
Theoretical Explanation ◽  
Fertility Rates ◽  
Internal Reference ◽  
Demographic Trends ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
The World ◽  
Divorce Rates ◽  
The 1960S

Individualization remains the most prominent theoretical explanation for the shifts in European demographic trends since the 1960s, including decreasing marriage and fertility rates and increasing divorce rates. Demographic theorists suggest that a shift from traditional to individualized values, such as autonomy and self-realization, has been driving these trends. However, conceptualizing individualization as a set of values cannot account for why Swedish marriage rates have increased since 1998, despite highly individualized values. This article suggests re-thinking individualization as a form of internally referring attributions in causal and moral reasoning about human behavior, emphasizing agency and internal causes over structure or context. As such, individualization shapes peoples’ perceptions and understandings of the world, including their expectations of marriage and close relationships. Data from focus groups support this conceptualization and show how participants individualize risks, while perceiving marriage itself as inconsequential. In line with previous research, individualized reasoning obfuscated assumptions that were less individualized and implicit.

scholarly journals A more optimistic perspective on government-supported marriage and relationship education programs for lower income couples.

2013 ◽  
Vol 68 (2) ◽  
pp. 110-111 ◽  
Author(s):  
Alan J. Hawkins ◽  
Scott M. Stanley ◽  
Philip A. Cowan ◽  
Frank D. Fincham ◽  
Steven R. H. Beach ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Relationship Education ◽  
Lower Income ◽  
Education Programs

Regional Variation of Divorce in Germany

2002 ◽  
Vol 95 (3) ◽  
pp. 886-886
Author(s):  
David Lester
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
Regional Variation ◽  
West Germany ◽  
Birth Rates ◽  
Marriage Rates ◽  
Divorce Rates

The correlates of provincial divorce rates in Germany in 1966 were marriage rates, birth rates, population density, and formerly East versus West Germany.

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