Introduction : social class and family patterns in the United States / Marcia J. Carlson and Paula England -- Birth control use and early, unintended births : evidence for a class gradient / Paula England, Elizabeth McClintock, and Emily Fitzgibbons Shafer -- Thinking about demographic family difference : fertility differentials in an unequal society / S. Philip Morgan -- Between poor and prosperous : do the family patterns of moderately-educated Americans deserve a closer look? / Andrew J. Cherlin -- Daddy baby, momma maybe : low income urban fathers and the "package deal" of family life / Kathryn Edin, Timothy Nelson, and Joanna Miranda Reed -- Family instability and complexity after a nonmarital birth : outcomes for children in fragile families / Sara McLanahan -- Social class and the transition to adulthood : differences in parents' interactions with institutions / Annette Lareau and Amanda Cox -- Family change, public response : social policy in an era of complex families / Timothy M. Smeeding and Marcia J. Carlson -- The recent transformation of the American family : witnessing and exploring social change / Frank F. Furstenberg, Jr.

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