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

本研究的目的是对构建强大家庭（BSF）数据集进行二次分析，使用倾向得分分析来控制选择效应，并允许进行因果推论。将解决四个研究问题：1)经济干预是否改善关系结果？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婚姻能力的看法来调解？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，或者是否也必须同时改善这种关系，或者经济干预措施是否已经达到高质量，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，指出应投资的最佳干预措施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.