title: Promoting marriage as welfare policy: looking at a public role in private lives.
abstract: This paper discusses the interest in and politics surrounding government's using welfare reform legislation to carve out a stronger role in promoting marriage. It examines trends in family formation, their impact on society, and the effect of single parenting, divorce, and step-parenting on child well-being. The paper also looks at the treatment of marriage in current government programs, new state activities to promote marriage, proposals for a stronger government role, and marriage experts' expectations for the success of marriage education programs.
authors.forename: Jane
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Koppelman
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D004243:Divorce / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005544:Forecasting; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008393:Marriage / Q000706:statistics & numerical data / Q000639:trends; D011203:Poverty; D011640:Public Policy; D015406:Single Parent / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012946:Social Welfare; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013219:State Government; D014481:United States