Cohabitation, Marriage and Well-Being
The latest edition of iMapp Marriage News references this paper by David Popenoe of the National Marriage Project. He writes:
. . . In this brief analysis, drawing on the best and latest empirical data, I shall review the reasons for the swift rise of non-marital cohabitation, discuss its practice in a number of advanced Western nations, analyze its social consequences to the best of our current knowledge, especially for child wellbeing, and discuss reasonable public-policy responses. The nations specifically included in the analysis, in addition to the United States, are the major nations of Western Europe and Scandinavia—Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom—together with Canada, Australia and New Zealand. These nations harbor important data, experiences, and scholarly documentation that can be helpful for better understanding the cohabitation situation in the United States, particularly the likely consequences and what the best public responses might be . . .
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All who are concerned about traditional marriage in our country,
We have some work to do with the marriage amendments. Please visit the following site to find out what can be done and how to get involved. Thanks! Links to meetup groups are available there as well.
http://www.traditionalwedlock.org