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Marriage Decline in America
This paper reports on the declining rates of marriage in America and emphasizes the negative impact this has on children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The National Marriage Project • May 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: Public Policy > Marriage
• Focus on the Family (Canada) • June 01, 2002

The Value of Family: Fiscal Benefits of Marriage and Reducing Family Breakdown in New Zealand
This report examines the private and social costs of divorce and family breakdown in New Zealand.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• NZIER, Family First New Zealand • 2008

Summary: Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
This is an English summary of a report commissioned by the French National Assembly which investigated the changing nature of the family and the subsequent need to change family law in order to protect children's rights.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Preserve Marriage- Protect Children's Rights • March 8, 2006

When Relationships Go Wrong / When Relationships Go Right
This double paper examines the fiscal cost to taxpayers of family breakdown and then argues how policy can enable healthy family relationships that have a pro-social impact on society.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Relationships Foundation • 2008

The Family Law Review
This continuation of the Breakthrough Britain series examines family law in the interest of encouraging a high-commitment culture to marriage and family.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Centre for Social Justice • November 2008

The Taxpayer Cost of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing
The authors of this report estimate that divorce and unwed childbearing cost American taxpayers $112 billion annually.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for American Values, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Georgia Family council, Families Northwest • 2008

American Courts on Marriage: Is Marriage Discriminatory? 1998-2008
This brief provides selected excerpts from all final state and federal court rulings since 1988 concerning whether marriage laws are discriminatory.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute of Marriage and Public Policy • May 2008

Marriage on Trial: Why We Must Privilege and Burden the Traditional Marriage Bond
In this speach, the author discusses the legal and social challenges to the traditional institution of marriage that have come from advocates of common-law and homosexual relationships.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Howard Center • June 12, 2003

A Defining Moment: Marriage, the Courts, and the Constitution
The issue of homosexual marriage has become very controversial in the US in recent years, and this paper argues that the government must take action to uphold the traditional definition of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • May 17, 2004

Redefining Marriage? A Case for Caution
This paper examines the ongoing same-sex marriage debate in Canada and includes a discussion of the history of this debate, past court cases, and existing legislation.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • February 12, 2003

The Future of Marriage in Canada: Is it Time to Consider “Civil Unions?”
The author argues that an appropriate response to the controversy over homosexual marriages would be to allow legally recognized civil unions as a practical compromise between the two opposing views.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Centre for Cultural Renewal • December 18, 2003

How Broken Families Rob Children of Their Chances for Future Prosperity
This paper discusses the economic benefits of marriage and the impact of family composition on children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • June 11, 1999

Marriage and Welfare Reform: The Overwhelming Evidence that Marriage Education Works
This article looks at the effects of the 1996 welfare reform law to strengthen and increase the number of two-parent families in the United States.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • October 25, 2002

The Case Against Same-Sex Marriage in Canada: Law and Policy Considerations
This paper provides an overview of the legal history of same-sex marriage in Canada, suggests reasons why Canada is facing this debate, and discusses the real issues at stake in this debate.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Brigham Young University • May 26, 2004

Increasing Marriage will Dramatically Reduce Child Poverty
Using information from the Fragile Families Study, this paper seeks to explain the relationship between marriage, economic status, and the reduction of child poverty.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • May 20, 2003

Marriage and Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Unions- A Discussion Paper
This paper forms the basis for public discussion of the value and redefinition of marriage in Canadian law.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Department of Justice Canada • November 01, 2002

The Necessity of Marriage
This paper addresses why marriage is important for the foundation of a healthy, stable society.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • October 20, 2003

Public Divided About Definition of Marriage
As several Canadian courts have ruled that the current definition of marriage is unconstitutional and invalid, respondents were asked whether they supported or opposed changing the definition to include same-sex marriages.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• NFO CFGroup • September 01, 2003

Strengthening Couples and Marriage in Low-Income Communities
This paper discusses the importance of and challenges to promoting marriage in low-income communities, with a particular focus on the situation among urban African-Americans.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Resource Center on Couples and Marriage Policy, Center for Law and Social Policy • 2002

The Role of the Federal Government in Strengthening Marriage
This paper discusses the historical and current relationship between the federal government and marriage and examines the debates surrounding this relationship.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • 2002

For Richer or Poorer? Marriage as an Anti-Poverty Strategy in the United States
This paper provides a critique of policies that promote marriage as a route to economic stability for single mothers.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • July 01, 2003

Why Religion Matters: The Impact of Religious Practice on Social Stability
This paper argues that religion serves to preserve marriage and sound moral judgement while discouraging social ills such as crime, divorce, cohabitation, suicide, out-of-wedlock births, and drug abuse.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • January 25, 1996

Questioning the Paternity of Marital Children
This paper discusses the approaches that courts and legislatures are taking with regards to disestablishing the paternity of children born within a marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 01, 2003

Domestic partnerships: A response to recent proposals on civic unions
This paper argues that the State should protect the unique status of marriage because of the social benefits to children and society.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Iona Institute for Religion and Society • 2007

Encouraging Marriage and Discouraging Divorce
This paper describes initiatives, both government-based and private/religious, aimed at reducing divorce and encouraging strong marriages.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • March 26, 2001

Love, Marriage, and the Baby Carriage: Revisiting the Channelling Function of Family Law
This paper examines how the law has responded to changes in the traditional social sequence of love, marriage and procreation.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• SSRN Electronic Paper Collection • April 4, 2007

The Impact of Family Formation Change on the Cognitive, Social, and Emotional Well-Being of the Next Generation
This paper discusses the cognitive, social and emotional benefits children receive growing up in a happily married two biological parent family.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Future of Children • Fall 2005

Marriage as a Public Issue
This paper examines the national marriage debate, arguing that the shifting role of marriage and family has been influenced by the development of fertility technologies which have separated childbearing from marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Future of Children • Fall 2005

The Effects of Marriage on Health: A Synthesis of Recent Research Evidence
This policy paper examines research on the purported positive health effects of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Mathematica Policy Research • June 19, 2007

Polygamy in Canada: Legal and Social Implications for Women and Children- A Collection of Policy Reports
This report provides an examination of Canada's anti-polygamy law, as well as an examination of claims that banning polygamy is an impingement on religious freedom.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

Evaluating Marriage: Does Marriage Matter to the Nurturing of Children?
This article shows that marriage is an institution worthy of state legal and financial support because of the positive effect marriage has on children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• University of San Diego Law School • October 12, 2005

An Economic Assessment of Same-Sex Marriage Laws
This paper examines the economics of same-sex marriage and concludes that a "one size fits all" model for heterosexual and homosexual marriages may prove economically inefficient.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Harvard Society for Law & Public Policy, Inc. • 2006

No-Fault Divorce in Canada: Its Cause and Effect
This paper provides a good summary and analysis of no-fault divorce legislation in Canada.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Elsevier Science • 1998

How Have Policy Approaches to Polygamy Responded to Women's Experiences and Rights? An International, Comparative Analysis
This paper examines how women's social, economic and physical well-being is affected by polygamy and compares policies on polygamy from different countries.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

Testimony of Barbara Dafoe Whitehead before the Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Subcommittee on Children and Families U.S. Senate
In this testimony the author answers three questions: What is marriage for? What do we know about the benefits of marriage for children and adults? How does marriage benefit society? The speaker explains the benefits of marriage for men, women and children and outlines economic, educational emotional advantages that marriage provides.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The National Marriage Project • April 28, 2004

The Benefits of Marriage and Why Government Should Support It
This essay argues the state should support marriage and lays out the reasons why: improved child outcomes, improved economic and emotional outcomes for parents among them.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• American Values • 2004

Expanding Recognition of Foreign Polygamous Marriages: Policy Implications for Canada
The authors of this report explore why they think foreign polygamous marriages should be recognized in Canada.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

Abstract
This paper is an international review of social science research on polygamy and legal trends.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Status of Women Canada • November 2005

How Will Welfare Reform Affect Childbearing and Family Structure Decisions?
This paper provides evidence that reforms to the welfare system have been moderately successful both in encouraging marriage and in discouraging divorce, avoidance of child support, living separately from relatives, and childbearing while unmarried or on welfare.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for Research on Poverty • October 2001

Canadian Marriage Policy: A Tragedy for Children
This paper explores the long-term costs of "companionate" vs.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute of Marriage and Family Canada • May 31, 2006

Why Congress Should Ignore Radical Feminist Opposition to Marriage
This article provides a historical review of feminism, as well as relevant research on marriage and family, ...
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • June 16, 2003

The Oklahoma Marriage Initiative
This policy brief outlines the Oklahoma Marriage Initiative which aims to reduce the state divorce and non-marital childbearing rates through instruction in marriage and relationship skills.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• US Department of Health and Human Services • December 2006

More than a Dating Service? State Activities Designed to Strengthen and Promote Marriage
This report describes some of the numerous and varied programs and policies that are being implemented in various states to promote marriage and two-parent families.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • October 01, 2002

Marriage and Government: Strange Bedfellows?
This paper discusses the role that government should play in promoting marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • August 01, 2001

Beyond Marriage Licenses: Efforts in States to Strengthen Marriage and Two-Parent Families - A State-by-State Snapshot
This report provides a state-by-state review of government programs that have been implemented since the mid-1990s to promote and strengthen marriages and lower divorce rates.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 01, 2004

Will Extending Medicaid to Two-Parent Families Encourage Marriage?
This paper hypothesizes that the restriction of Medicaid to single-parent families acts as a disincentive to marry and that changes in the marriage rate would occur if this restriction was removed .
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for Research on Poverty • January 01, 1997

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: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center of the American Experiment • Summer 2001

The Future of Family Law: Law and the Marriage Crisis in North America.
This paper contends that the current debate in family law is centrally about competing visions of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for American Values, Institute for Marriage and Public Policy, Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • June 2005

Parliamentary Report on the Family and the Rights of Children
This report prepared for the French National Assembly sets out 100 proposals to amend statutory or regulatory provisions in order to protect the rights of children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• National Assembly of France • January 26, 2006

Why Marriage Matters: The Case for Normal Marriage
This is the testimony of Maggie Gallagher before the U.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary • September 4, 2003

Marriage and the Public Good: Ten Principles
This online book outlines ten principles why marriage is good for society and policies that need to be adopted to make marriage more attractive.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Witherspoon Institute • June 2006

The Effects of Divorce on America
This Heritage Backgrounder provides a brief overview of the cost of divorce for children and makes recommendations on how to strengthen marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • June 05, 2000

Marriage-Plus
This paper discusses the current debate concerning the government's interest in promoting marriage as a solution to many societal problems.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • April 08, 2002

Making Marriage Matter
This lecture highlights the efforts of Frank Keating (the Governor of Oklahoma) to strengthen families and strengthen marriage in Oklahoma.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • September 27, 2000

Motherhood, Fatherhood: The Legal Balance
This article discusses the needs of children and parents within a divorce.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Australian Institute of Family Studies • December 1991

Family and Faith: The Roots of Prosperity, Stability and Freedom
This paper addresses the state of the family and discusses issues such as marriage, divorce, child abuse, cohabitation, poverty, and the impact of family structure on children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • March 21, 2000

The Price of Living Together
This paper discusses the instability of cohabiting relationships and why they should not be granted the same legal rights and protection as marriages.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Maxim Institute • Summer 2002

Rethinking Welfare Rules From a Marriage-Plus Perspective
This research brief discusses recent initiatives to encourage marriage among welfare recipients, and examines the relationship between public benefit rules and couples' marital decisions in the United Sates.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • March 2005

The Legislative Marriage Agenda and its Potential Meaning for Programs Serving Low-Income Families
This paper discusses the American government's increasing focus on marriage and fatherhood under George Bush.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy • May 2001

State Policies to Promote Marriage
This report describes state policies and legislation designed to promote marriage and two-parent families, as partial fulfilment of the aims of the 1996 welfare reforms in the United States.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation • September 2002

The Essence of Marriage: Why It Is Only the Union of a Man and a Woman
This paper discusses the meaning and function of marriage and argues that the traditional marriage union of a man and a woman is an essential social institution.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • November 2003

Domestic Partner Benefits: Chipping Away at Marriage and the Family
This paper discusses an initiative which would provide benefits to couples in domestic partnerships and emphasizes the ways in which this undermines marriage and the family.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • October 2004

Protecting Marriage in N.C.: North Carolina Law and the Preservation of Marriage
This paper examines the current status of marriage laws in North Carolina, discusses why these laws are vulnerable to redefinition, and argues that an amendment to the constitution of North Carolina is necessary to protect the institution of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• North Carolina Family Policy Council • November 2004

To Have and to Hold: Congressional Vows on Marriage and Sex
This article outlines government initiatives to promote abstinence-unless-married education and marriage in the United States, and discusses the ways in which the reauthorization of federal welfare laws might contribute to this goal.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Law and Social Policy • March 2005

Taxes, the Earned Income Tax Credit, and Marital Status
This paper examines the effect of tax incentives and welfare waivers on people's decisions about marriage and divorce.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Joint Center for Poverty Research • August 2000

Marriage on the Public Policy Agenda: What Do Policy Makers Need to Know from Research?
This paper discusses the declining rates of marriage in the United States, some major reasons for this decline, and the implications of these changing family structures for the children involved.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Population Studies Center • March 2004

No Basis: What the Studies Don't Tell Us About Same-Sex Parenting
In this paper the authors point out serious and discrediting research flaws in 49 studies that claim to demonstrate that growing up with same-sex parents has no effects on a child's outcomes.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Marriage Law Project • January 2001

What Policy Developments Would Be Most Likely to Secure an Improvement in Marital Stability
This paper discusses the extent to which government policy may be able to promote marital stability in Britain.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Lord Chancellor's Department • 1999

Where is Government Taking the Family?
This article investigates recent marriage, parenting and same-sex legislation in New Zealand, specifically the Family Commissions Bill and the Care of Children Bill.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Maxim Institute • Spring 2003

Does the Charter Require Same-sex "Spouses"? M. v. H. Supreme Court of Canada File No. 25838
This paper summarizes and comments on the M. v H. case declaring that laws defining spouse as opposite-sex partners only violate the Charter right to equality. • Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Lex View • May 20, 1999 (decision date)

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

Recognizing and Supporting Close Personal Relationships Between Adults
In response to the charter challenges to the heterosexual definition of marriage, the authors describe the viability of existing laws regarding marriage in a pluralistic society.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Law Commission of Canada • May 01, 2000

Welfare Reform and Family Conflict Among Low-Income, Never-Married Parents
This paper discusses the increased emphasis on marriage and close parent relationships in the United States, and the potentially harmful effect that this could have on never-married parents and their children.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Center for Family Policy and Practice (formerly the Center on Fathers, Families, and Public Policy) • 2001

Proposed Reforms of Marital Institutions
This paper makes several proposals about reforming marriage and the family.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The University of Chicago • May 2000

Marriage à la Mode: Answering the Advocates of Gay Marriage
This paper discusses and counters the demand for homosexual marriage in Canada.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Institute for the Study of Marriage, Law and Culture • 2003

Thinking of Getting Married?: Same Sex Couples Win the Right to Marry in Ontario
This document summarizes: 1) the Ontario Court of Appeal decision to grant couples of the same sex the rights to marry, 2) the federal government's reaction to the court of appeal decision, and 3) the implications of that decision on homosexual marriages.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Nelligan O'Brien Payne • June 19, 2003

Family Disintegration and the Retreat from Common Sense
This document discusses the church’s reaction to family disintegration in the latter half of the twentieth century.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Christian Institute • 1995

Statistical Snapshot of Family Law
This report provides detailed legal statistics regarding marriage and divorce in Australia.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Commonwealth of Australia • June 01, 2002

Gay Marriage a Voting Issue, But Mostly for Opponents- Constitutional Amendment Rates as Low Priority
This paper presents the results of a national survey of Americans' opinions on homosexual marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Pew Research Center for the People and the Press • February 27, 2004

Public Policy Perspectives on Marriage
This report from the United Kingdom provides a background of information, statistics, and perspectives on marriage from a Christian perspective
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• CARE U.K. • August 01, 2001

Promoting Marriage as Welfare Policy: Looking at a Public Role in Private Lives
This paper explores the government's use of welfare reform as a means of promoting and strengthening the institution of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The George Washington University • February 15, 2002

Is it Money or Marriage That Keeps People Alive?
This study examines the relative impact of marriage and income on longevity.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Warwick University Department of Economics • August 01, 2002

A Report on the Experiences of Lesbians, Gays and Bisexuals in America and the Public’s Views on Issues and Policies Related to Sexual Orientation
This document gives the results of two polls done by the Kaiser Family Foundation, one on the experiences of lesbians, gays and bisexuals and one on the public's attitudes towards this group and the related public policy issues.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation • 2000

EGALE Canada v. Attorney General of Canada
This 2001 case looks at whether the definition of marriage, which prohibits same-sex marriage, is contrary to the Charter of Rights and freedoms.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Canadian Legal Information Institute • October 02, 2001

Restoring a Culture of Marriage: Good News for Policymakers From the Fragile Families Survey
This article discusses the findings of the Fragile Families and Child Well-Being Survey and emphasizes the importance of promoting marriage among unmarried parents.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • June 01, 2002

Changing Rules for Common Law Spouses: Beware!
This paper reviews the distinctions between common law and married spouses ...
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• CCLA Family Law Institute • May 25, 2001

Marriage and Public Policy: What Can Government Do?
This report provides recommendations for government policies and programs that would help to reduce out-of-wedlock childbearing and prevent unnecessary divorce.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for American Values • April 16, 2002

Halpern et al v. Attorney General of Canada et al
This document states the judicial decision on whether the exclusion of same-sex couples from the traditional and common law definition of marriage breaches ss. 2(a) or 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of ...
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• COURT OF APPEAL FOR ONTARIO • June 10, 2003

The Marriage Penalty
This paper gives background information on, and an explanantion of, the marriage penalty and its impact on employment, welfare dependency, marriage and divorce.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• National Center for Policy Analysis • February 09, 1998

Fragile Families and the Marriage Agenda
This paper looks at the increase in non-marital childbearing since the 1960s, and discusses whether or not recent federal marriage initiatives, such as marriage education programs, will be successful in encouraging marriage and improving child well-being.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Research on Child Wellbeing • December 01, 2003

Can Government Strengthen Marriage? Evidence from the Social Sciences
This paper explores how and why the government should implement public policies that support the institution of marriage and work towards the reduction of divorce and unmarried childbearing.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for American Values • 2004

Attitudes About Homosexuality and Gay Marriage
This paper presents the results of a number of polls conducted since 1973 that measure the public's attitude towards homosexual relations, the causes of homosexuality, and legislative and public policy issues concerning homosexual rights.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research • April 23, 2004

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: Public Policy > Marriage
• Institute for American Values • 1999

Life Without Father: What Happens to the Children?
This paper studies the adverse effects of father absence in single-parent homes.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• Center for Research and Child Wellbeing, Princeton University • August 15, 2001

Understanding the President’s Healthy Marriage Initiative
This paper discusses the benefits of marriage as opposed to the negative outcomes of single-parent homes and concentrates specifically on the explanation of the President's Healthy Marriage Initiative.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The Heritage Foundation • March 26, 2004

What's Happening to Marriage?
This paper reports on long-term trends that point to the weakening of the institution of marriage.
• Category: Public Policy > Marriage
• The National Marriage Project • 1999