“Have we found the secret to a long-lasting marriage? How U.S. census shows more couples are staying together”
Read a May 19, 2011, Daily Mail article on census data showing that couples remain married longer and are more loyal.
Category: Marriage & family
“Sex and the married American”
Read a May 22, 2011, blog item on how infidelity among politicians and celebrities is not symptomatic of most American marriages.
“Married Couples Are No Longer a Majority, Census Finds”
Read a May 26, 2011, New York Times article on new census data, analyzed by the Brookings Institution, showing that married couples represented 48 percent of American households in 2010. A fifth are traditional families, down from a quarter a decade ago and 43 percent in 1950.
“Will the Declining Marriage Rate in the United States Affect the Country’s Overall Happiness Level?”
Read a May 31, 2011, Science and Religion Today article on whether a declining marriage rate will affect the country’s overall happiness.
“How Divorce Lost Its Groove”
Read a June 17, 2011, New York Times article on changes in divorce trends among highly educated women.
“Is marriage a ‘dying’ institution?”
Read a June 17, 2011, Associated Baptist Press article about whether marriage is a dying institution.
“Gay Marriage: A Milestone”
Read a June 26, 2011, New York Times editorial on the state’s acceptance of gay marriage.
“Marriage Haves and Have-Nots”
Read a July 3, 2011, essay in The New York Times about the increasing disparity in marriage patterns of the affluent and the poor.
“The Growing Stigma Against Adultery”
See a July 28, 2011, post by The Daily Beast’s Andrew Sullivan on Americans’ shifting attitudes about premarital and extramarital sex.