Does Premarital Education Make a Difference?
- Nearly one-third (31%) of currently married individuals
reported somesort of premarital education experience.
- The percentage of individuals who received premarital
education has increased from 22% in the 1960s, to 32% in the
1980s, and 44% in the recent period.
- Premarital education is associated with roughly a 30% decline
in the odds of divorce for the couple.
- The amount of time a couple spends in premarital education
positvely effects the couple's relationship. The longer a couple
spent in premarital education (up to 10 hours, and 20 hours
respectively), marital conflict decreased, and marital
satisfaction increased.
- Individuals who participated in premarital education reported
a higher level of marital satisfaction then couples who did not
participate in premarital education.
from "Premarital Education,
Marital Quality, and Marital Stability: Findings From a Large,
Random Household Survey" by Scott Stanley, Paul Amato,
Christine Johnson, and Howard Markman. Journal of
Family Psychology 2006, Vol 20, No.1, pgs. 117-126.
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