NEW REPORT: COHABITATION, NOT DIVORCE, IS NOW DRIVING RISING RATES OF FAMILY INSTABILITY IN AMERICA
Released today by a group of 18 family scholars, Why Marriage Matters powerfully summarizes major new findings from the social sciences on the state of marriage and family life in the U.S. While divorce rates for families with children have fallen, family instability continues to increase for the nation’s children overall, mainly because more than 40 percent of American children will now spend time in a cohabiting household.New York, NY—August 16, 2011—Today, the Center for Marriage and Families released Why Marriage Matters: Thirty Conclusions from the Social Sciences, a scholarly report