Contents
Introducing the Issue
Sara McLanahan, Irwin Garfinkel, Ronald B. Mincy and Elisabeth Donahue
Parental Relationships in Fragile Families
Sara McLanahan and Audrey N. Beck
Mothers' Economic Conditions and Sources of Support in Fragile Families
Ariel Kalil and Rebecca M. Ryan
Capabilities and Contributions of Unwed Fathers
Robert I. Lerman
Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing
Jane Waldfogel, Terry-Ann Craigie and Jeanne Brooks-Gunn
Race and Ethnicity in Fragile Families
Robert A. Hummer and Erin R. Hamilton
An Ounce of Prevention: Policy Prescriptions to Reduce the Prevalence of Fragile Families
Isabel Sawhill, Adam Thomas and Emily Monea
Incarceration in Fragile Families
Christopher Wildeman and Bruce Western
Unmarried Parents in College
Sara Goldrick-Rab and Kia Sorensen
Marriage and Fatherhood Programs
Phillip A. Cowan, Carolyn Pape Cowan and Virginia Knox