EVALUATING THE EFFECT OF ECONOMIC INTERVENTIONS ON RELATIONSHIP OUTCOMES IN THE BUILDING STRONG FAMILIES STUDY

这项研究的目的是对建立强大家庭(BSF)数据集进行二次分析，使用倾向得分分析来控制选择效果，并允许做出因果推断。四个研究问题将被解决：1)经济干预是否改善了关系结果？2A)经济干预的有效性取决于关系满意度吗？2B)经济干预的有效性取决于同时接受关系干预吗？3)经济干预的效果是通过改善财务状况还是改善对伴侣适婚性的看法来调节的？这项研究的结果将决定帮助改善经济状况是否会导致更多的情侣结婚。它还将讨论经济改善是否足够，或者两国关系是否也必须同时改善，或者已经有了高质量的经济干预措施才能发挥作用。这些结果将为旨在支持健康婚姻的公共政策提供信息，指明最适合投资的干预措施类型以及他们最有可能为哪些夫妇工作。

The aim of the study is to conduct secondary analyses on the Building Strong Families (BSF) dataset, using propensity score analysis to control for selection effects and allow for causal inferences to be made. Four research questions will be addressed: 1) Do economic interventions improve relationship outcomes? 2a) Is the effectiveness of economic interventions dependent upon relationship satisfaction? 2b) Is the effectiveness of economic interventions dependent upon concurrent receipt of relationship interventions? 3) Is the effect of economic interventions mediated through improved finances or improved perception of partner's marriageability? The results of this study will determine whether helping improve economic conditions leads more couples to marry. It will also address whether economic improvements are sufficient, or whether the relationship must also be improved concurrently or be high-quality already for the economic interventions to work. These results will inform public policies aimed at supporting healthy marriages by indicating the best types of interventions to invest in and which couples they are most likely to work for.