Friday, March 30 / 12:30 PM - 2:15 PM   •   Westside Salon 2

Session 98:
Promoting Healthy Marriages: Can Government Play a Role?

Chair: Rachel Dunifon, Cornell University
Discussant: Paul Amato, Pennsylvania State University

  1. Trajectories of Couple Relationship Quality after Childbirth: Does Marriage Matter? • Marcia J. Carlson, Columbia University

  2. Economic Disadvantage and Relationship Outcomes among Married Couples • David J. Fein, Abt Associates Inc. ; Daniel B. Gubits, Abt Associates Inc. ; Futoshi Yumoto, Abt Associates Inc.

  3. Welfare to Work and Marriage? How the Transition from Welfare to Work Influences Relationships between Unmarried Parents • Laura M. Tach, Harvard University

  4. Family Structure Changes and Maternal Health Trajectories • Sarah O. Meadows, Princeton University ; Sara McLanahan, Princeton University ; Jeanne Brooks-Gunn, Columbia University

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