This brief discusses the importance of tailoring healthy marriage marketing messages so that they reach African American couples. Marketing ideas are shared that are based on interviews, collaborations, and direct involvement with public information campaigns addressing the needs of a variety of cohorts within the African American community. Findings are cited that indicate African Americans are more likely to be unmarried or divorced than Whites and Hispanics, and strategies are described for reaching African Americans through the radio, television, bus wraps, community newspaper, street…
NRFC Quick Statistics and Research Reviews, Brief
This fact sheet provides statistics from 2001 on fathers' age distribution, household income distribution, residential status, marital and cohabitation status, region of origin, and educational attainment distribution for U.S.-born infants by father's nativity.
In 2006, there were almost 36 million immigrants in the U.S., representing over 12 percent of the population. Immigrant parents represent a diverse group from across the globe, and the population of immigrant fathers has varied characteristics. Immigrant fathers are less likely than native-born fathers to have a high school education--a factor associated with lower income--but immigrant fathers are also more likely to reside with their children--due to marriage or cohabitation. This fact sheet discusses the implications of immigrant fathers' diversity and its impact on involvement with…
