The State of Our Unions 2004: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This annual report from the National Marriage Project provides information on marriage, divorce, unmarried cohabitation and attitudes towards marriage in 2004.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Marriage Project • June 2004

Ten Important Research Findings on Marriage and Choosing a Marriage Partner: Helpful Facts for Young Adults
This article provides a list of ten helpful research facts young adults should know about marriage as they choose a partner.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Marriage Project • November 2004

The State of Our Unions 2005: The Social Health of Marriage in America
This report provides information on marriage, divorce, unmarried cohabitation, and family attitudes in America during 2005.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Marriage Project • July 2005

A Portrait of Well-Being in Early Adulthood
This study uses measures such as financial self-sufficiency, educational attainment, health behaviours and civic involvement to gauge the well-being of 25-year-olds in the United States.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Child Trends • October 2003

Sex, Marriage, and Fathering: A Profile of Latin American and Caribbean Men
This report provides information about the sexual health, behaviours, attitudes, and needs of men in seven different Latin American and Caribbean countries.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • 2004

Making a Love Connection: Teen Relationships, Pregnancy, and Marriage
This paper argues that teen sexual education programs place too much focus on managing the risks of teen sexual behaviour and not enough focus on the nature of male-female relationships.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy • 2006

Australian Social Trends 1994: Religion - Special Feature: Religion and Marriage
This article looks at the influence of religion on marriage ceremonies, and the role of religious affiliation in marital relationships.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • February 22, 2001

Canadian Attitudes on the Family
This survey asked a broad range of questions dealing with all aspects of the attitudes of Canadians toward marital and family satisfaction, work/family balance, taxation, family size, the impacts of cohabitation, divorce, same-sex marriage, parenting and the impact of children on marital satisfaction, and the significance of religion.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

Is a Baby a Good Reason to Marry?
This article examines the reasons which lead women and men to decide not to marry the other parent of their child.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

The State of Our Unions 2006
This paper explores the cultural shift away from childbearing to childlessness and evaluates the causes and outcomes of this shift.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Marriage Project • July 2006

The Divorced and Who Divorces?
This paper looks at the background and characteristics of the divorced population in Britain in order to better understand the breakdown of marriage.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion • May 1998

Wage Work and Marriage: Perspectives of Egyptian Working Women
This paper examines values and attitudes concerning the competing roles of marriage and work among young Egyptian working women.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Population Council • 2003

Marriage in Transition: Evidence on Age, Education, and Assets in Six Developing Countries
This paper examines trends in the educational attainment, age, and assets of individuals who are getting married in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Mexico, the Phillippines, and South Africa.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Population Council • 2003

Marital Disruption in the Czech Republic: The Role of Personal Characteristics, Individuality, and Premarital Cohabitation
This paper explores possible predictors of divorce in the Czech Republic, a country with very high rates of marital dissolution.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • October 2002

The Impact of Attitudes on Marriage Behaviour
This paper studies the way in which attitudes concerning such issues as gender roles, work, financial stability, and the economic and emotional implications of marriage affect the likelihood and timing of marriage in contemporary America.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• John Hopkins University • 1996

High School and Beyond: 1992 Descriptive Summary of 1980 High School Sophomores 12 Years Later
Using data from 1992, this report provides information about the educational attainment, employment outcomes, voting behaviours, attitudes and family formation decisions of a sample of inviduals who had been sophomores in 1980.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• National Center for Education Statistics • January 1995

Competing Choices: Men's and Women's Paths After Earning a Bachelor's Degree
This report examines the choices that men and women make regarding marriage, parenthood, employment and graduate school following the completion of a bachelor's degree.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• National Center for Education Statistics • March 2001

Twenty Years of Marriage
According to this paper, the marriage rate in Canada is on the decline due to a number of factors, such as growing acceptance and practice of common-law relationships, divorce, and pre-marital sex.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Statistics Canada • Autumn 1996

Understanding Young Women's Marriage Decisions: The Role of Labor and Marriage Market Conditions
This paper examines the effects of marriage and labour markets on the marriage rate among women aged 16 to 24 from 1970 to 1990.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Russell Sage Foundation • April 1998 (Revised December 1999)

Is Teen Marriage a Solution?
This paper suggests that marriage is often not the best option for pregnant teens.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 2002

The Cultural Evolution of Age-at-Marriage Norms
This study uses modelling and simulation techniques to explore the evolution of societal norms for marital ages.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • March 11, 2002

Transitions from Home to Marriage of Young Americans
This paper examines the effects of young adults' earnings on their transition from home to independent living to first marriage in the United States.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • January 2001

The Effect of Education on the Timing of Marriage in Kenya
This article explores the effects of education on the marital age of Kenyan women across several generations.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • February 23, 2005

Family Formation in Times of Social and Economic Change: An Analysis of the 1971 East German Cohort
This paper explores the union formation and childbearing patterns of East Germans who entered adulthood during the period of upheaval and uncertainty caused by the reunification of East and West Germany.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • April 2004

Marriage in Russia: A Reconstruction
This study examines marriage rates and individuals' marital histories in Russia over the course of the twentieth century.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • February 26, 2004

Education and Union Formation as Simultaneous Processes in Italy and Spain
This paper examines the interrelationship between education and marriage in Spain and Italy.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research • July 2003

Sex Without Strings, Relationships without Rings: Today's Young Singles Talk About Mating and Dating
This study found that, although most young people hope and expect to enter into a lasting marriage, in reality their dating culture does not lay the foundations for this.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The National Marriage Project • 2000

Into A New World: Young Women's Sexual and Reproductive Lives
This summary of a longer report discusses the sexual and reproductive lives of young women in countries around the world.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute • 1998

How Do Prior Experiences in the Family Affect Transitions to Adulthood?
This paper examines the impact of family structure on child outcomes, including educational attainment, sexual activity, and premarital union formation and childbearing.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Center for Demography and Ecology, University of Wisconsin-Madison • July 02, 1998

Delayed Life Transitions: Trends and Implications
This paper outlines the trend of delayed life transitions such as leaving home, first marriage and first childbirth.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Vanier Institute of the Family • May 01, 2004

Australian Social Trends 1997: Family - Family Formation: Age at First Marriage
This document explores trends and changes in the ages of Australian couples at their first marriage.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Australian Bureau of Statistics • December 21, 2000

Born Again Adults Less Likely to Co-Habit, Just as Likely to Divorce
This article provides the results of a survey which examined the cohabitation, marriage, and divorce rates of born again and evangelical Christians.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The Barna Group • August 06, 2001

Early Marriage Among Women in Developing Countries
This study of marriage patterns in developing countries examines current patterns in marital age among women and the influence of socio-economic factors, such as women's educational and employment opportunities, on marital age.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• The Allan Guttmacher Institute • December 01, 1996

The Age of Unwed Mothers: Is Teen Pregnancy the Problem?
In this paper the author argues that the growing problem of unmarried motherhood is the result of increased childbearing among unwed women in their twenties.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Institute for American Values • 1999

Student Loans and the Retreat from Family: A Modest Proposal
In this paper the authors argue that high levels of student debt are causing students to delay marriage and childbearing.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Family Research Council • May 14, 2003

Understanding Racial Differences in Marital Disruption: Recent Trends and Explanations
This paper demonstrates that, while divorce rates for white Americans have leveled off since the 1980s, rates for African-Americans continued to increase into the 1990s.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• California Center for Population Research • August 12, 2003

The World's Youth 2000
This report provides a profile of young people around the world, covering topics such as education, marriage, sexual activity, childbearing, sexually transmitted disease, sexual violence against women, and contraception.
• Category: Marriage > Marital Age
• Population Reference Bureau • April 01, 2003