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September 20, 2023

Do Two Parents Matter More Than Ever?

…leaves everyone better off, including the children.”3 Meanwhile, some family scholars have speculated that “the consequences of divorce should become smaller when the divorce rates increase, because the higher these…

September 17, 2023

Tracking ‘two-parent privilege’ in Utah

…Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. David Bass is the director of communications for the Institute for Family Studies. Derek Monson is chief growth officer at Sutherland…

August 17, 2023

The ‘Utah Family Miracle’ and Why It Matters

…Project, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at the Sutherland Institute. Patrick T. Brown is a fellow at the Ethics…

August 16, 2023

How to Strengthen the ‘Success Sequence’ in Utah

…sociology at the University of Virginia and director of the National Marriage Project, is the Future of Freedom Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies and a visiting scholar at…

June 11, 2023

Now Political Polarization Comes for Marriage Prospects

…stronger; scholars call such relationships, in which the two partners share important characteristics, “homogamous.” Homogamy matters for marriage when it predicts how a person thinks about their life goals, their ways…

May 26, 2023

The Power of the Success Sequence

Introduction The “Success Sequence,” a formula to help young adults succeed in America, has been discussed widely in recent years, including by Brookings Institution scholars Ron Haskins and Isabel Sawhill….