Same-sex marriage and children’s well-being: Research roundup
2014 review of scholarly research papers and studies on psychosocial and educational outcomes for children raised by same-sex parents.
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Changes in Americans’ attitudes about sex: Reviewing 40 years of data
2015 study in Archives of Sexual Behavior reviewing the complex research literature on changes in U.S. attitudes about sex and analyzing data from the General Social Survey.
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Neighborhood circumstances and children’s life chances: Landmark study from Harvard
2015 study from Harvard showing how neighborhood circumstance can have a substantial impact on a child’s future earnings.
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What children experience when mothers, fathers or both parents are incarcerated: Research brief
2015 research brief on the experiences of boys and girls who have had incarcerated parents compared to those who had not, by Allison Dwyer Emory of Cornell University.
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Child cognitive development and socioeconomic status: What do we know?
2015 study in Nature Neuroscience showing the relationship between a child’s family income and parental education levels and the amount of brain surface area.
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Daycare and early childhood education in the United States: Research roundup
2015 review of research literature relating to daycare issues, as well as relevant studies and other data sources on early childhood education in the United States.
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The nature and nurture of high IQ: An extended sensitive period for intellectual development
2013 study from Pennsylvania State University and other institutions published in Psychological Science on the interplay of nature and nurture in IQ development.
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Long-term educational and economic impacts of increasing access to contraceptives
2013 working paper for the National Bureau of Economic Research on the relationship between family planning access and long-term economic outcomes.
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Family structure and the well-being of children in youth and adulthood
2013 study from Syracuse and Georgetown University in Social Science Research on how single parenthood can affects children’s life outcomes.
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The Affordable Care Act, contraceptives, abortion and unintended-pregnancy rates
2013 research on contraception policies and pregnancy rates, including a 2012 study from Washington University in St. Louis on the relationship between free access to birth control and abortion rates.
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