ERIC Number: EJ969567
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012
Pages: 25
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ISSN: ISSN-0276-8739
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The Effects of Building Strong Families: A Healthy Marriage and Relationship Skills Education Program for Unmarried Parents
Wood, Robert G.; McConnell, Sheena; Moore, Quinn; Clarkwest, Andrew; Hsueh, JoAnn
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management, v31 n2 p228-252 Spr 2012
This article examines the impacts of Building Strong Families, a healthy marriage and relationship skills education program serving unmarried parents who were expecting or had recently had a baby. Based on a random assignment research design, the analysis uses survey data from more than 4,700 couples across eight research sites to estimate program effects. Results varied across sites, with one site having a pattern of positive effects (but no effect on marriage) and another having numerous negative effects. However, when impacts are averaged across all research sites, the findings indicate that the program had no overall effects on couples' relationship quality or the likelihood that they remained together or got married. (Contains 5 footnotes, 12 tables, and 1 figure.)
Descriptors: Marriage, Program Effectiveness, Family Relationship, Marital Satisfaction, Interpersonal Relationship, Marital Status, Family Programs, Pregnancy, Child Rearing, Program Evaluation, One Parent Family, Intervention, At Risk Persons, Parent Education, Parent Child Relationship, Racial Differences, Educational Attainment, Age Differences, Income, Mental Health, Religion, Parents, Surveys
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