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Talking to Russia, Racial Bias, Mine-Hunting Dolphins: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on preventing escalation of the war in Ukraine, how racial bias compounds over time, why the Navy should stick with its mine-hunting dolphins, and more.
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Jul 29, 2022

Pregnancy

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Abortion Is Power
The Supreme Court's recent decision to overturn Roe v. Wade will affect much more than women's access to abortions. Abortions allowed women to escape abusive and even deadly relationships. Now that door is closing, state by state.
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Jul 15, 2022
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Peacekeeping and Stability Operations

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A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap
This weekly recap focuses on why it may be time to consider a peacekeeping operation in northern Ukraine, supporting veterans with traumatic brain injury, a new response to synthetic opioids, and more.
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Apr 29, 2022
Social Services and Welfare

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The Marriage Plot
For more than a quarter century, the U.S. government has been sending an unmistakable message to poor, single mothers: Get married. If America genuinely wants to address poverty and achieve gender equality, this has to change.
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Apr 4, 2022
Kathryn A. Edwards @keds_economist
Sleep

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Is Sleeping in Separate Beds Bad for Your Relationship? A Sleep Scientist Answers
Sleep occupies about one-third of our lives, and there isn't a one-size-fits all sleeping strategy for all couples. That said, all couples should make sleep a priority—for both of them. That could mean sleeping apart.
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Mar 24, 2020
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Sleep

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Debunking 5 Myths of Sleeping Together
About a third of American adults choose not to sleep with their partner, and evidence suggests that their ranks are growing. This decision often results in social stigma, including some dubious assumptions that sleeping apart is a sign of a sexless or otherwise unhappy marriage.
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Sep 27, 2017
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel
Military Families

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The Impact of Deployments on Military Marriages
The evidence linking combat deployments directly to poorer marital functioning has been sparse and contradictory. Although marital satisfaction among military couples declined from 2003 to 2009, the divorce rate among them remained steady.
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Sep 2, 2016
Thomas E. Trail @TomETrail
Military Families

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'In the Deployment Life Study, I Saw My Own Family'
RAND's Deployment Life Study was designed to examine how deployment affects the health and well-being of military families. M.M. Smith, an active-duty military spouse, offers her response to the study.
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Jul 18, 2016
M. M. Smith
Military Families

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The Resilience of Military Families
Deployment of a spouse and parent can shake a military family to its core. But according to RAND research, these families display remarkable resilience.
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Jun 16, 2016
Military Force Deployment

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Study Finds Most Military Families Are Resilient in Face of Deployment
Despite the fact that service members, spouses, and their children experience frequent deployments to combat zones throughout the world, a recent study of more than 2,700 military families found that they generally fare well and adapt effectively to the stresses of deployment.
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Apr 22, 2016
Sarah O. Meadows @SarahOMeadows, Benjamin Karney
Gender Equity in the Workplace

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UK and Europe Are Behind the Times for Single Mothers and Their Children
Single parents head 10.4 percent of households with children across Europe — 20.4 percent in the UK — and the socioeconomic gap between single- and two-parent households continues to grow. Accessible and flexible work policies are needed to improve employment conditions for single parents, especially mothers.
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Mar 11, 2015
Chloe E. Bird @ChloeBirdPhD, Kai Ruggeri
Marriage and Divorce

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Gay Marriage Gains Support, but It's Still a Partisan Issue
Survey data provides evidence that the majority of American voters support the legalization of gay marriage and think it should be decided at the federal level. Republicans are substantially less likely to support legalization, and lower income, lower educational attainment, being older, and being non-white are significantly associated with lower levels of support.
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Dec 29, 2014
Katherine Grace Carman @KGCarman, Michael S. Pollard @MichaelSPollard
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Are Youth Putting Off Marriage Because of Their Student Loan Debt?
Women with higher loan balances may be less likely to get married than their peers with lower or no loan balances. But as time goes on, young adults adjust to their post-college financial situation and eventually get promotions, earn raises, obtain other assets, and get married.
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Jun 26, 2014
Robert Bozick
Sleep

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Some Tired Myths About Sleeping with Your Valentine, or Not
Two-thirds of U.S. adults report that they regularly sleep with a partner. Yet, through 60 years or so of sleep research, scientists have tended to view sleep as an individual behavior, largely ignoring the potential impact of bedmates.
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Feb 14, 2014
Wendy M. Troxel @wendytroxel

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Marriage and Divorce

Talking to Russia, Racial Bias, Mine-Hunting Dolphins: RAND Weekly Recap

Abortion Is Power

A Peacekeeping Operation in Ukraine, Synthetic Opioids, Geoengineering: RAND Weekly Recap

The Marriage Plot

Is Sleeping in Separate Beds Bad for Your Relationship? A Sleep Scientist Answers

Debunking 5 Myths of Sleeping Together

The Impact of Deployments on Military Marriages

'In the Deployment Life Study, I Saw My Own Family'

The Resilience of Military Families

Study Finds Most Military Families Are Resilient in Face of Deployment

UK and Europe Are Behind the Times for Single Mothers and Their Children

Gay Marriage Gains Support, but It's Still a Partisan Issue

Are Youth Putting Off Marriage Because of Their Student Loan Debt?

Some Tired Myths About Sleeping with Your Valentine, or Not

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