Publication Date: March 2005
Publisher: Center for Law and Social Policy
Author(s): Jodie Levin-Epstein
Research Area: Population and demographics; Social conditions
Type: Report
Coverage: United States
Abstract:
This paper discusses what the government has already done to promote abstinence-unless-married programs and marriage, and what it proposes to do with the reauthorization of the welfare law. The article then discusses the relationship between marriage and pregnancy prevention, including research findings on the influence of childbearing on marriage. It concludes with some welfare reauthorization recommendations for Congress on this topic.
