Research and Statistics on the Family
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National Center for Family and Marriage Research
Pew Research Social Trends (2015)
#1 The American Family Today (complexity/diversity of families and maternal employment)
#2 Satisfaction, Time, and Support [in family life] (financial well-being, feelings about parenting, time demands)
#3 Parenting Approaches and Concerns (parenting styles, uses of discipline, parenting values)
#4 Child Care and Education: Quality, Availability, and Parental Involvement (academic pressure on children; involvement with child’s school, reading to children, daycare)
#5 Children’s Extracurricular Activities (relationship to parental income, children’s use of media, children’s daily schedules)
provides key indicators related to demographics, family and social environment, economic circumstances, health care, physical environment & safety, behavior, education, and health.
Institute for Family Studies Fast Stats Sheet
Fast stats on family structure.
Mother Bodies, Father Bodies: How Parenthood Changes Us from the Inside Out
A 50+ page report that discusses changes to physical bodies as a result of parenthood, similarities and differences between fathers and mothers, synergy between the genders, and work-family balance across the life span.
Source: Kline, K. K., and Wilcox, W. B. (2014). Mother bodies, Father bodies: How parenthood changes us from the inside out. Institute for American Values.Retrieved from http://americanvalues.org/catalog/pdfs/mbfb.pdf.