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Marriage Rates Are Increasing For A Surprising Reason

Posted 05.03.2013 | Weddings
Read More: Marriage Research, Marriage, Marriage Rates and the Internet, Internet Acces, Dating Online, Marriage Rates Declining, Marriage and Internet, Online Dating, Marriage Rates, Weddings News

Overall marriage rates in the U.S. have been steadily declining over the last several decades. But new research from the University of Montreal sugges...

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If We're So Over Marriage, Why Do I Still Want A Wedding?

Colleen Crinion | Posted 03.29.2013 | Women
Read More: Staying Single, Being Single in Your 30s, Single Women 30s, Being Single, Marriage Rates, Single Women, Women News
Colleen Crinion

Even dry British economists are talking about it. It feels like it's been everywhere lately -- even the Supreme Court. Marriage rates: just in a slump, or do we need to talk?

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Sound Off: Can The Obamas Change Low Marriage Rates Among Blacks In The U.S.?

The Huffington Post | Jessica Cumberbatch Anderson | Posted 01.25.2013 | Black Voices
Read More: Black Love, Black Marriage Campaign, Black Marriage, Bv-Life, President Barack Obama, Barack Michelle Obama Marriage, Barack Michelle Obama, Barack Obama Michelle Obama, Poll, Marriage Rates, Barack Obama, Obama Marriage, Black Voices News

In the annals of black marriage, even iconic (albeit fictional) successes like Cliff and Clair Huxtable get drowned out by a constant narrative of glo...

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How To Stop The Marriage Rate From Declining

Posted 12.17.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Unwed Mothers, Marriage, Relationships, Marriage Advice, Marriage Study, Marriage-Decline, Marriage Rates, Weddings, Family, Parents, Weddings News

Marriage rates are declining in record numbers, and that can cause major social problems. A new report from the National Marriage Project and the Inst...

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The Surprising Sacrifice Men Are More Willing To Make Than Women

Posted 11.20.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Inexpensive Weddings, Marriage, Video, Men and Weddings, Economy, Annual-Survey-on-Weddings, Weddings 2.0, Wedding Costs, Marriage Rates, Weddings, Weddings News

Guys, your secret is out: you're even more excited about the wedding than your brides. That's according to financial services firm Barclays' new re...

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14 Signs And Consequences Of The End Of Men

Posted 09.13.2012 | Women
Read More: End of Men Book, Work Life Balance, Hanna Rosin the End of Men, Hanna Rosin, The End of Men and the Rise of Women, Seesaw Marriage, Marriage Rates, Time Sharing, Atlantic End of Men, Women and Crime, Lisa Belkin, Video, Women News

When journalist Hanna Rosin talks about the "End of Men," she doesn't mean that men are destined to die out (although statistics show that couples in ...

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DEBATE: Can Women Really Be Happy Single?

Posted 06.06.2012 | Women
Read More: Why You're Not Married, All the Single Ladies, Rebecca Traister, Single Life, Anna David, Tracy McMillan, Single Ladies, Marriage Rates, Single Women, Kate Bolick, Women News

When Tracy McMillan published her blog post "Why You're Not Married" on The Huffington Post in February 2011, she received ample criticism for telling...

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The Average Wedding Costs An Outrageous Amount

The Huffington Post | Khadeeja Safdar | Posted 05.22.2012 | Home
Read More: Marriage, Video, The Knot, Money News, Boomerang Generation, Wedding Rates, Cost of Wedding, Wedding Costs, Marriage Rates, Consumer Spending, Income, Weddings, Home News

Mark Zuckerberg just married his longtime girlfriend Priscilla Chan a day after Facebook's epic debut on the NASDAQ. But most people aren't lucky enou...

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The Dangers of Contraception Revealed

Robert Walker | Posted 06.19.2012 | Politics
Read More: Abortion, Population, Population Growth, Family Planning, Ross Douthat, Abortion Rights, Contraception, Reproductive Rights, Birth Control Debate, Contraception Debate, Marriage Rates, Birth Control Pill, Birth Control, Divorce Rates, Population Control, Reproductive Health, Women's Health, Politics News
Robert Walker

There's a basic misconception that clouds the thinking of many social and religious conservatives. Believing that contraceptive use is a moral wrong, they desperately want to make it into a social ill. To do that, they confuse correlation with causation.

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Is College Debt Affecting Your Marriage Plans?

Posted 03.29.2012 | College
Read More: Marriage, Marriage Trends, Millennial Study, College Loans, College Debt Marriage, College Tuition, College Tuition Hikes, Student College Debt, College Debt, Marriage Rates, College News

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau announced last week that student loan debts have surpassed the $1 trillion mark, leaving the majority of 201...

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Family Values: Not By Bread Alone

Tera W. Hunter | Posted 05.14.2012 | College
Read More: Economics and Race, Marriage Inequality Race, Unemployment Rate, Marriage Statistics, Marriage Inequality Economics, Marriage Rates Declining, Black Unemployment, Race and Marriage, Marriage and Race, Marriage-Rates, Youth Unemployment, Gay Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage, Marriage Equality, College News
Tera W. Hunter

As opponents to same-sex marriage make headlines, lost is the fact that the real threat to the institution of marriage isn't gender. It's economics.

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Does Going To College Ruin Your Chances Of Getting Married?

Posted 02.09.2012 | Weddings
Read More: College Educated Adults and Marriage, Marriage Rate, American Marriage Rate, Marriage Study, College Educated Adults, College Marriage, Marriage College, Marriage Rates, College Degrees, Weddings News

Contrary to popular belief, going to college may actually lower your chances of getting hitched. Researchers from Cornell University and the Univer...

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Is ANYONE Getting Married Anymore?

AP | LEANNE ITALIE | Posted 02.19.2012 | Weddings
Read More: Marriage Rates in America, Marriage, World Marriage Rates, State of Our Unions, Marriage Rates, Pew Research Center, Marriage Rates Declining, Weddings News

NEW YORK — As a 20-something, Erin Turner feels she made all the right moves dating wise. She graduated from college and spent three and a half ...

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Rick Santorum Needs to Join Occupy Wall Street

Algernon Austin | Posted 01.01.2012 | Politics
Read More: Rick Santorum 2012, Good Jobs, Economic Inequality, Marriage Rates, Occupy Wall Street, Rick Santorum, Politics News
Algernon Austin

Social conservatives, like Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, have looked just about everywhere for enemies to heterosexual marriage, but they have missed one place: the American economy.

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Why Aren't African-Americans Getting Married?

The Huffington Post | Stephanie Hallett | Posted 12.20.2011 | Weddings
Read More: Education and Marriage, Black Marriage, Education and Marriage Rates, African American Marriage, Personal Assets and Marriage, Wealth and Marriage, Marriage Rates Declining, African American Marriage Rates, Marriage Rates, Marriage Entry, Weddings News

Marriage rates in the United States have been declining steadily across races over the last decade, with those who do marry doing so much later in lif...

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Does Your State Have The Highest Marriage Rate?

Posted 12.10.2011 | Weddings
Read More: Highest Marriage Rates in the U.S., State Marriage Rates, Highest Marriage Rates, Las Vegas Weddings, Marriage Rates, Mormon Marriage, Weddings News

It's probably not surprising to learn that quickie-wedding capital Nevada and tropical paradise Hawaii have the highest marriage rates in the country....

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42% Of NYC Women Have Never Been Married

Posted 11.27.2011 | New York
Read More: Census, Divorce Rate, New York Women, Divorce, Patti Stanger, Marriage Rates, Single Women, New York News

According to a study done by the American Community Survey, women in New York state hold the highest percentage, 34.8 percent, of women who have never...

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Why Asian Women Are Saying No To Marriage

The Economist | Posted 10.21.2011 | Women
Read More: Marriage, Marriage Affects Happiness, Women Avoiding Marriage, Marriage in Asia, Marriage-and-Happiness, Economist, Marriage Rates, How Marriage Affects Women, Women and Marriage, Women News

WITH her filmy polka-dot dress, huge sunglasses and career as a psychologist, Yi Zoe Hou of Taiwan might seem likely to be besieged by suitors. Yet, a...

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