Evidence Required to Know Whether Marriage Promotion Increases Other Social Benefits

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ID12927372
AuthorsL Feld (0000-0003-4820-1365, Purdue University West Lafayette, corresponding author), Jordan Meyer (0009-0005-8954-5705, Purdue University West Lafayette)
Year2018
Volume10
Issue4
Pages785-795
Publication date2018-08-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal of Family Theory & Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1756-2570 • E-ISSN: 1756-2589
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/jftr.12297
OpenAlexW2888400138
LanguageEN
Citations received3
References cited37

For marriage promotion interventions to be effective, social policy for increasing other social benefits (e.g., child welfare, family financial self‐sufficiency), they must increase numbers and/or quality of marriages in such a way to produce those other social benefits. Evidence should show that particular interventions (a) produce increases in numbers and/or quality of marriages, (b) produce increases in other benefits, and (c) produce increases in other benefits through the changes in marriages described in (a). There is some evidence that marriage promotion interventions have produced small increases in numbers and quality of marriages, but there is little evidence regarding the extent to which these interventions have produced other intended social benefits. We describe the nature of additional data and analyses that would enable us to determine the extent to which marriage promotion interventions are effective ways to increase other social benefits

Economic growth · Economics · Health care · Health promotion · Political science · Promotion (chess · Psychological intervention · Public economics · Quality (philosophy · Social benefits · Social Welfare · Welfare · Family Dynamics and Relationships · Gender, Labor, and Family Dynamics · Intergenerational Family Dynamics and Caregiving · Psychology

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