Jayson, Sharon. "Holding Up the Value of Marriage." USA Today Feb. 18, 2009: N.p. DB - SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 11 Mar. 2016.Jayson, Sharon. "Holding Up the Value of Marriage." USA Today Feb. 18, 2009: N.p. DB - SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 11 Mar. 2016.
The average age at first marriage is now almost 26 for women and 28 for men. And a growing percentage of Americans aren't marrying at all: Provisional federal statistics released Tuesday report 7.1 marriages per 1,000 people in 2008, down from 10 per 1,000 in 1986.
Research suggests a bevy of benefits for those who marry, including better health, greater wealth and more happiness for the couple, and improved wellbeing for children.
To find out how to tailor the media campaign, the resource center commissioned a Chicago-based youth research company called TRU to get inside the heads of the 18-to-30 age group. Through online surveys of 3,672 men and women over the
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23 percent have a practical view of marital unions and often live together first.
19 percent are enmeshed in the magic of love.
22 percent have a strong belief in the institution of marriage.
Of those surveyed, 69 percent were single, 29 percent married, and 2 percent were separated, widowed or divorced. Of the singles, 47 percent were in a committed relationship, 18 percent were dating but not in a committed relationship, and 35 percent were not dating.
II. Marano, Hara Estroff. "The Expectations Trap." Psychology Today Vol 43, No. 2 mar: 62-70 DB - SIRS Issues Researcher. Web. 15 Mar. 2016
Most of the discontent couples encounter today is really culturally inflicted, although we're conditioned to blame our partners for our unhappiness. Yet research points to ways couples can immunize themselves against unseen pressures now pulling them apart Americans have the highest rate of romantic breakup in the world, says Andrew J. Cherlin, professor of sociology and public policy at Johns