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Does it matter if couples get and stay married?
In Why Marriage Matters, a diverse group of leading family scholars summarizes the findings on the difference that marriage makes
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Identical study in New Zealand: "Fiscal Benefits of Marriage And Reducing Family Breakdown in New Zealand"
Identical study in Canada: "Private Choices, Public Costs: How Failing Families Cost us All"
Identical study in England: "When Relationships Go Wrong: Counting the cost of family failure"
The National Marriage Project provides research and analysis on the state of marriage in America and educates the public on the social, economic and cultural conditions affecting marital success and child well being.
Learn more at their website at http://www.virginia.edu/marriageproject/
Top Ten Myths of Divorce by David Popenoe from the National Marriage Project (http://www.virginia.edu/marriageproject)
Research posted at the Center for Marriage and Family at the Institute for American Values at http://familyscholars.org/
Additional recent updates for Why Marriage Matters: Twenty Six Conclusions from the Social Sciences
Hear what our recent webinar said about new alarming research about why marriage is an urgent national issue with Brad Wilcox, Elizabeth Margquardt, and Chuck Stetson.
http://www.marriagewebinar.org/mw1/Video/FOTF/indexintro.htm
The National Center on African American Marriages and Parenting (NCAAMP) is committed to transforming marriages, empowering parents, and strengthening families in the African American community and others. Suggested resources: The Hampton Proclamation, and the NCAAMP "What is a Healthy Marriage?" brochure.
Visit their website for more information: http://www.hamptonu.edu/ncaamp/resources/
Why Marriage Matters: Twenty-Six Conclusions from the Social Sciences http://www.americanvalues.org
"The Marriage Index," a report from Institute for American Values and National African American Center on Marriages and Parenting. Reveals 40% of American babies now born outside of marriage, 72% of African American babies born outside of marriage, and marriage rate dropped from 79% in 1970 to 57% in 2008. http://www.americanvalues.org
"The Taxpayer Costs for Divorce and Unwed Childbearing" (costs a minimum of $112 billion a year, with state by state analysis provided in this report.) http://www.marriagedebate.com
