This article reviews key developments in the past decade of research on divorce,
repartnering, and stepfamilies. Divorce rates are declining overall, but they remain high and …

In the social sciences, empirical results are often inconclusive or contradictory, as different
studies may, for example, use different concepts, measurements that are more or less …

In this study, I examined gender differences in the consequences of divorce by tracing
annual change in 20 outcome measures covering four domains: economic, housing and …

The COVID‐19 pandemic has caused significant stress for individuals, couples, and
families. Divorced and separated couples with children face unique stresses amid the …

This article develops a framework for analyzing the risks of poverty in terms of prevalences
(share of the population with a risk) and penalties (increased probability of poverty …

Objective This study offers a new approach to analyzing life course inequalities and applies
it to the link between divorce and poverty. Background Previous research has suggested …

Thanks to advances in technology, medicine, Social Security, and Medicare, old age for
many Americans is characterized by comfortable retirement, good health, and fulfilling …

During the past decade, scholars continued to focus on how larger economic trends
impacted families across the income spectrum. From income and wealth inequality to …

The declining prevalence of two-parent families helped increase income inequality over
recent decades. Does family structure also condition how economic (dis) advantages pass …

This brief review article discusses marital dissolution and health with a focus on two specific
themes. First, we introduce and discuss the search for plausible causal pathways that link …