Does Marriage Matter?

Five New Themes:

1. Children are less likely to thrive in cohabiting households, compared to intact, married families.
2. Family instability is generally bad for children.
3. American family life is becoming increasingly unstable for children.
4. The growing instability of American family life also means that contemporary adults and children are more likely to live in what scholars call complex households.
5. The nation’s retreat from marriage has hit poor and working class
communities with particular force.

Source: Why Marriage Matters, Third Edition - by Wilcox and others

Click here to read the Executive Summary from Why Marriage Matters, Third Edition.

View this short video (created a few years ago) to learn about marriage in the USA and why First Things First is working upstream to help.