More than two decades of his work on this topic, yielding “mountains of data”, he writes, proves that “the happiest, least lonely, and most financially secure people in America today are those who are in stable marriages—and the happiest children with the best outcomes are in married families.”

On this day, my wife and I celebrate our 52nd anniversary. When we married, we had scarcely any idea what we were doing. I am glad to announce that even as boneheaded as we are, we have learned something.

A forgotten British anthropologist has some surprising answers.

‘State of Our Unions 2022’ shows little evidence that those marrying over the age of 25 have stronger marriages than those in their early 20s.

The leader of the Israeli Labor Party is radically opposed to marriage, families, and babies. But she has just announced a happy event. What gives?

Personal relationships, and marriage in particular, bear substantially on self-inflicted mortality risk, including suicide.

It’s actually commitment and contentment that 'go together like a horse and carriage'

Estar casados puede suponer una diferencia –para bien– en la salud de los cónyuges, pues de alguna manera los aleja de la posibilidad de adoptar hábitos dañinos. La ventaja se observa en comparación tanto con los solteros y separados, como con los que viven en uniones de hecho.

A checklist every young person should know

En Estados Unidos, un informe del Pew Research Center ha vuelto a mostrar lo que llevan años diciendo otros estudios: que las parejas casadas están más satisfechas con su vida familiar, por término medio, que las de hecho. Sin embargo, estos datos no terminan de calar en los jóvenes, entre los que crece la cohabitación. Lo paradójico es que esta forma de convivencia aleja a muchos de ellos del ideal al que aspiran, observa Alysse ElHage en el blog del Institute for Family Studies (IFS).

Only half of British teenagers plan to marry

A long-term US study shows marital quality does not inevitably decline.

Part memoir, part argument, author Jennifer Johnson walks you through parts of her childhood as a child of divorce. She uses unique diagrams, illustrations and stories to explain the many ways lifelong marriage between one man and one woman upholds equality for children. 

She shows how inequalities to and among children multiply when they are not raised inside the marriages of their own mothers and fathers. She identifies three types of inequality, plus an additional type that is best illustrated by looking at kids of anonymous donor conception. She also addresses adoption.

It is a short read that takes than an hour to finish. You will gain a perspective on the marriage issue that has not been explored elsewhere

Children born in cohabiting unions experience more family instability, a new study finds.

Conducted by a team of researchers at Case Western University, this new study parses data from 148 suicide victims against comparison data from 257 individuals who died suddenly as a result of accidents or medical problems.

The researchers are hardly surprised that marital status stands out in their study as a predictor of suicide. Indeed, they interpret their findings as “consistent with extensive research that has demonstrated the close link between suicide risk and marital status,” and they cite earlier research documenting “the negative effect of divorce, separation, and widowhood on suicide risk .