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This Week on Family-Studies.org

We spoke with New York Times columnist Ross Douthat on challenges for the family, pro-family policy, and more. We examined the connection between marriage size and cost and marital success and looked at the causes for high marriage rates in the military.

The Military and Marriage

by Meghan Duke

The U.S. military is still characterized by high and early marriage rates. A new study suggests that this is due both to pressures and support that are part of the structure of military life.

Wedding Size and Marital Success

by Scott Stanley and Galena Rhoades

A new study finds that having an expensive wedding is not associated with a more successful marriage. Having a big wedding, however, is linked to happier marriages.

Interview with Ross Douthat

by Ross Douthat

Ross Douthat weighs in on compounded challenges for the family, reforming no-fault divorce laws, designing pro-family policy, and more

IFS Around the Web

Senior fellow Scott Stanley was quoted in a Time article on the way pre-marital decisions affect marital happiness. Senior Fellows W. Bradford Wilcox and Scott Stanley were both quoted in a Tech Times article that drew on The National Marriage Project's recent study "Before "I do": What Do Premarital Experiences Have to Do with Marital Quality Among Today's Young Adults."
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