A Report from Family Scholars
A Report from Family Scholars
Why Marriage Matters, Third Edition
Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences
Institute for American Values
National Marriage Project
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HIS STATEMENT
comes from a team of family scholars chaired by
W. Bradford Wilcox of the University of Virginia. The statement is sponsored by the Center for Marriage and Families at
the Institute for American Values and the National Marriage Project at
the University of Virginia. The sponsors are grateful to The Lynde and
Harry Bradley Foundation, The William H. Donner Foundation, and
Fieldstead and Company for their generous support.
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Table of Contents
The Authors............................................................................................. 4
Introduction............................................................................................. 6
Five New Themes............................................................................. 7
A Word about Selection Effects........................................................ 9
Our Fundamental Conclusions........................................................ 11
The Thirty Conclusions: A Snapshot...................................................... 12
The Thirty Conclusions........................................................................... 14
Family................................................................................................ 14
Economics......................................................................................... 23
Physical Health and Longevity......................................................... 28
Mental Health and Emotional Well-Being........................................ 33
Crime and Domestic Violence.......................................................... 37
Conclusion............................................................................................... 42
Appendix: Figures................................................................................... 44
Endnotes.................................................................................................. 47
The Authors
W. BRADFORD WILCOX is associate professor of sociology and director of
the National Marriage Project at the University of Virginia.
JARED R. ANDERSON is assistant professor of marriage and family therapy
at Kansas State University.
WILLIAM DOHERTY is professor of family social science and director of
the Citizen Professional Center at the University of Minnesota.
DAVID EGGEBEEN is associate professor of human development and sociology at Pennsylvania State University.
CHRISTOPHER G. ELLISON is the Dean¡¯s Distinguished Professor of Social
Science at the University of Texas at San Antonio.
WILLIAM GALSTON is Ezra K. Zilkha Chair and Senior Fellow in
Governance Studies at the Brookings Institution.
NEIL GILBERT is Chernin Professor of Social Welfare and co-director of
the Center for Child and Youth Policy at the University of California at
Berkeley.
JOHN GOTTMAN is professor emeritus of psychology at the University of
Washington.
RON HASKINS is a senior fellow in the Economic Studies Program and codirector of the Center on Children and Families at the Brookings
Institution, and a senior consultant at the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
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ROBERT I. LERMAN is an institute fellow at the Urban Institute and professor of economics at American University.
LINDA MALONE-COL?N is chair of the Department of Psychology and
executive director of the National Center on African American Marriages
and Parenting at Hampton University.
LOREN MARKS holds the Kathryn Norwood and Claude Fussell Alumni
Professorship and is associate professor of family studies at Louisiana
State University.
ROB PALKOVITZ is professor of human development and family studies
at the University of Delaware.
DAVID POPENOE is professor emeritus of sociology at Rutgers
University.
MARK D. REGNERUS is associate professor of sociology at the University
of Texas at Austin.
SCOTT STANLEY is a research professor and co-director of the Center for
Marital and Family Studies at the University of Denver.
LINDA WAITE is the Lucy Flower Professor of Sociology at the University
of Chicago.
JUDITH WALLERSTEIN is senior lecturer emerita at the School of Social
Welfare at the University of California at Berkeley.
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