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

该研究的目的是对建立强大的家庭（BSF）数据集进行二次分析，使用倾向得分分析来控制选择效应并进行因果推断。四个研究问题将被解决：1）经济干预改善关系的结果？2a）经济干预的有效性取决于关系满意度吗？2b）经济干预的有效性是否取决于同时接受关系干预？3)经济干预的效果是否通过改善财务状况或改善对伴侣适婚性的看法来调节？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夫妇结婚。它还将讨论经济改善是否足够，或者关系是否也必须同时得到改善，或者已经是高质量的，以便经济干预措施发挥作用。这些结果将为旨在支持健康婚姻的公共政策提供信息，指出投资的最佳干预类型以及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.