Books Websites Papers
Books:
1. W. Bradford Wilcox et al. 2005. Why Marriage Matters, Second Edition: Twenty-Six Conclusions from the Social
Sciences. New York: Institute for American Values.
2. Lorraine Blackman, Obie Clayton, Norval Glenn, Linda Malone-Colon, and Alex Roberts. 2005. The Consequences
of Marriage for African Americans: A Comprehensive Literature Review. New York: Institute for American
Values.
3. David Popenoe. 1988. Disturbing the Nest: Family Change and Decline in Modern Societies.
4. Aldine de Gruyter. Alan Wolfe. 1989. Whose Keeper? Social Science and Moral Obligation. Berkeley: University
of California Press.
5. Sara McLanahan and Gary Sandefur. 1994. Growing Up with a Single Parent. Cambridge: Harvard University
Press.
6. Wilcox et al. 2005. Elizabeth Marquardt. 2005b. Between Two Worlds: The Inner Lives of Children of Divorce.
New York: Crown.
7. Kyle Pruett. 2000. Fatherneed. New York: Broadway. P. 207.
8. See also Marquardt. 2005b and David Popenoe. 1996. Life Without Father. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. 9. Joseph Raz, The Morality of Freedom (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1986) 162.
10. Esther Rothblum and Sondra Solomon. 2003. Civil Unions in the State of Vermont: A Report on the First Year.
University of Vermont Department of Psychology.
11. David McWhirter and Andrew Mattison. 1984. The Male Couple. Prentice Hall.
12. Andrew Sullivan. 1995. Virtually Normal. New York: Knopf, first edition.
13. Judith Stacey. 1998. "Gay and Lesbian Families: Queer Like Us." In All Our Families: New Policies for a New
Century, edited by M.A. Mason, A. Skolnick, and S.D. Sugarman. New York: Oxford University Press. Pp. 117, 128-
129.
14. Paul Amato and Alan Booth. 1997. A Generation at Risk. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
15. Wilcox et al. 2005. Sara McLanahan and Gary Qandefur. 1994. Growing Up With a Single Parent: What Hurts,
What Helps. Cambridge: Harvard University Press.
16. Robert J. Sampson. 1995. "Unemployment and Imbalanced Sex Ratios: Race Specific Consequences for
Family Structure and Crime." In M.B. Tucker and C. Mitchell-Kernan (eds.). The Decline in Marriage among African
Americans. New York: Russell Sage. P. 249.
17. Isabel V. Sawhill. 1999. "Families at Risk." In H. Aaron and R. Reischauer, Setting National Priopities: the 2000
Election and Beyond. Washington: Brookings Institution.
18. George Akerlof et al. Nock. 1998. Linda Waite and Maggie Gallagher. 2000. The Case for Marriage. New York:
Doubleday.
19. James Dabbs. 2000. Heroes, Rogues, and Lovers: Testosterone and Behavior. New York: McGraw-Hill.
20. Eleanor Maccoby. 1998. The Two Sexes: Growing Up Apart, Coming Together. Cambridge: Harvard
University.
21. Timothy M. Smeeding, Daniel P. Moynihan, and Lee Rainwater. 2004. "The Challenge of Family System Changes for
Research and Policy." In The Future of the Family, edited by D. Moynihan, T. Smeeding, and L. Rainwater . New
York: Russell Sage Foundation. Popenoe and Whitehead. 2005. Wilcox et al. 2005.
22. Norval Glenn. 1996. "Values, Attitudes, and the State of American Marriages." In Promises to Keep, edited by D.
Popenoe, J. Elshtain, and D. Blankenhorn. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
23. Timothy M. Smeeding, Daniel P. Moynihan, and Lee Rainwater. 2004. "The Challenge of Family System Changes for
Research and Policy." In D.P. Moynihan, T. M. Smeding, and L. Rainwater (eds.), The Future of the Family.
New York: Russell Sage. For information on state spending around the globe, see
http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/.
24. David Schramm. 2003. Preliminary Estimates of the Economic Consequences of Divorce. Utah State
University. 25. Bruce Ellis. 2002. "Of Fathers and Pheromones: Implications of Cohabitation for Daughters' Pubertal
Timing." In A. Booth and A. Crouter (eds.) Just Living Together: Implications of Cohabitation on Families,
Children, and Social Policy. Mahwah, NY: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
26. Paul Amato. 1998. "More Than Money? Men's Contributions to Their Children's Lives." In Alan Booth and A.C.
Crouter, (Eds.), Men in Families: When Do They Get Involved? What Difference Does It Make? Mahwah, NJ:
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates.
27. Elaine Sorenson and Chava Zibman. 2000. To What Extent Do Children Benefit from Child Support?
Washington, DC: The Urban Institute.
28. Ross Parke. 1996. Fatherhood. Cambridge: Harvard University Press. p.101.
29. Sara McLanahan. 1997. "Parent Absence or Poverty: Which Matters More?" In G. Duncan and J. Brooks-Gunn,
Consequences of Growing Up Poor. New York: Russell Sage.
Websites
1. Bureau of Justice Statistics http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/glance/tables/exptyptab.htm
2. Institute for American Values http://www.americanvalues.org/pdfs/marriagemovement.pdf
3. The Daily http://www.statcan.ca/Daily/English/050712/d050712a.htm
4. U.S. Census Bureau http://www.census.gov/population/projections/MethTab1.xls
5. BYU Law http://www.law2.byu.edu/marriage_family/Charles%20Reid.pdf
Papers & Articles
1. Steven L. Nock. 2005. "Marriage as a Public Issue." The Future of Children. 15: 13-32.
2. Anne Case et al. 2000. "How Hungry is the Selfish Gene?" Economic Journal 110: 781-804. Wilcox et al. 2005. 3. Michelle J. Budig and Paula England. 2001. "The Wage Penalty for Motherhood." American Sociological Review 66:
204-225.
4. Wilcox et al. 2005. Daniel N. Hawkins and Alan Booth. 2005. "Unhappily Ever After: Effects of Long-Term Low- Quality Marriages on Well-Being." Social Forces 84: 451-472.
5. Sara McLanahan, Elisabeth Donahue, and Ron Haskins. 2005. "Introducing the Issue." The Future of Children 15: 3- 12.
6. Adam Carasso and C. Eugene Steuerle. 2005. "The Hefty Penalty on Marriage Facing Many Households with
Children." Future of Children 15: 157-175.
7. Steven Nock. 2001. Affidavit to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice regarding Halpern et al. v. Canada.
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Sociology Department.
8. William Meezan and Jonathan Rauch. 2005. "Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America's Children."
Future of Children 15: 97-115.
9. Patricia G. Schnitzer and Bernard G. Ewigman. 2005. "Child Deaths Resulting from Inflicted Injuries: Household
Risk Factors and Perpetrator Characteristics." Pediatrics 116: 687-693.
10. Wendy Manning, Pamela Smock, Debarum Majumdar. 2004. "The Relative Stability of Cohabiting and Marital
Unions for Children." Population Research and Policy Review 23: 135-159.103
11. Steven Nock. 2001. Affidavit to the Ontario Superior Court of Justice regarding Halpern et al. v. Canada.
Charlottesville, VA: University of Virginia Sociology Department.
12. William Meezan and Jonathan Rauch. 2005. "Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Parenting, and America's Children."
Future of Children 15: 97-115.
13. Steven L. Nock. 1998. "The Consequences of Premarital Fatherhood," American Sociological Review, 63: 250-
263.
14. Larry Bumpass and Hsien-Hen Lu. 2000. "Trends in Cohabitation and Implications for Children's Family
Contexts in the U.S.," Population Studies 54: 29-41.
15. Paul Amato and Stacy Rogers. 1999. "Do Attitudes Toward Divorce Affect Marital Quality?" Journal of Family
Issues 20: 69-86.
16. Scott Stanley et al. 2004. "Maybe I do: Interpersonal commitment and premarital or nonmarital
cohabitation." Journal of Family Issues 25: 496-519. Wilcox et al. 2005.
17. Adam Thomas and Isabel Sawhill. 2005. "For Love and Money? The Impact of Family Structure on Family
Income." The Future of Children 15: 57-74. 18. Charles Murray. 2005. "The Hallmark of the Underclass." Wall Street
Journal Sept. 29: A18.
19. George A. Akerlof. 1998. "Men Without Children." The Economic Journal 108: 287-309.
20. David Geary. 1998. Male, Female: The Evolution of Human Sex Differences. Washington, DC: American
Psychological Association. P. 104.
21. Wade Horn and Tom Sylvester. 2002. Father Facts. Gaithersburg, MD: National Fatherhood Initiative. P. 153.
Popenoe. 1996. P. 145.
22. Thomas G. Powers et al.1994. "Compliance and Self-Assertion: Young Children's Responses to Mothers
Versus Fathers." Developmental Psychology 30: 980-989.
23. Brian D'Onofrio et al. 2006. "A Genetically Informed Study of the Processes Underlying the Association
between Parental Marital Instability and Offspring Adjustment." Developmental Psychology. Forthcoming.
24. Brian D'Onofrio et al. 2005. "A Genetically Informed Study of Marital Instability and Its Association With
Offspring Psychopathology." Journal of Abnormal Psychology. 114: 570-586.
25. Sandra Hofferth and Kermyt Anderson. 2003. "Are All Dads Equal? Biology Versus Marriage as a Basis for
Paternal Involvement." Journal of Marriage and Family 65: 213-232. Wilcox et al. 2005.
26. Bruce Ellis. 2002. "Timing of Pubertal Maturation in Girls: An Integrated Life History Approach." Psychology
Bulletin 130: 920-958.
27. McLanahan and Sandefur. 1994. Bruce Ellis et al. 2003. "Does Father Absence Place Daughters at Special Risk
for Early Sexual Activity and Teenage Pregnancy?" Child Development 74: 801-821.
28. Marquardt. 2005a. Paul Amato. 2005. "The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and
Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation." The Future of Children 15: 75-96.
29. Cynthia Harper and Sara McLanahan. 2004. "Father Absence and Youth Incarceration." Journal of Research on
Adolescence 14: 369-397
30. Gunilla Ringback Weitoft, Anders Hjern, Bengt Haglund, and Mans Rosen. 2003. "Mortality, Severe Morbidity, and
Injury in Children Living with Single Parents in Sweden: A Population-Based Study." The Lancet 361: 289-295.
31. W. Bradford Wilcox and Steven L. Nock. 2006. "What's Love Got to Do with It? Ideology, Equity, Gender, and
Women's Marital Happiness." Social Forces 84: 1321-1345.
32. Vaughn R.A. Call and Tim B. Heaton. 1997. "Religious Influence on Marital Stability." Journal for the Scientific
Study of Religion 36: 382-392.
33. Council of Europe. 2004. Recent Demographic Developments in Europe. Strasbourg: Council of Europe
Publishing. Daniel P. Moynihan, Timothy M. Smeeding, and Lee Rainwater. 2004. The Future of the Family. New York:
Russell Sage Press.
34. David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. 2002. Should We Live Together? What Young Adults Need to
Know About Cohabitation Before Marriage: A Comprehensive Review of Recent Research. New Brunswick,
NJ: National Marriage Project.
35. Lawrence L. Wu and Barbara Wolfe. 2001. Out of Wedlock: Causes and Consequences of Nonmarital Fertility.
New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
36. Daniel T. Lichter, Christie D. Batson, and J. Brian Brown. 2004. "Welfare Reform and Marriage Promotion: The
Marital Expectations and Desires of Single and Cohabiting Mothers." Social Service Review 38: 2-25.
37. Daniel Lichter. Daniel T. Lichter, Deborah Roempke Graefe, and J. Brian Brown. 2003. "Is Marriage a Panacea?
Union Formation Among Economically Disadvantaged Unwed Mothers," Social Problems 50: 60-86.
38. David Popenoe and Barbara Dafoe Whitehead. 2005. The State of Our Unions. New Brunswick, NJ: National
Marriage Project.
39. Frank Furstenberg. 2001. "The Fading Dream: Prospects for Marriage in the Inner City." In Problem of the
Century, edited by E. Anderson and D. Massey. New York: Russell Sage Foundation.
40. Belsky, J., Youngblade L., Rovine, M., & Volling, B. 1991. Patterns of Marital Change and Parent-Child
Interaction. Journal of Marriage and the Family 53: 487-498. Wilcox et al. 2005.
41. Valarie King and Holly Heard. 1999. "Nonresident Father Visitation, Parental Conflict, and Mother's
Satisfaction: What's Best for Child Well-Being?" Journal of Marriage and the Family 61: 385-396.
42. Elizabeth Marquardt. 2005a. Family Structure and Children's Educational Outcomes. New York: Institute for
American Values.
43. Mary Parke. 2003. Are Married Parents Really Better for Children? Washington, DC: Center for Law and Social
Policy.
44. Sara McLanahan, Elisabeth Donahue, and Ron Haskins. 2005. "Introducing the Issue." The Future of Children
15: 3-12.
45. Kristin Anderson Moore, Susan M. Jekielek, and Carol Emig, 2002. "Marriage from a Child's Perspective: How
Does Family Structure Affect Children, and What Can be Done about It?" Research Brief, June 2002.
Washington, DC: Child Trends. p. 6.