Lasting Love: What Influences the Quality and Stability of Marriage?
See the Feburary 2008 Video report from the Heritage Foundation’s Family Facts Top Ten Archive. What are the top ten influences on Quality and Stability of Marriage:
1. Religious attendance. Wives who weekly attend religious services with the…more
2. Commitment to marriage. Wives who share with their husbands a strong com…more
3. Parenthood. The marital quality of older married couples with children …more
4. Leisure time. New parents who spent more leisure time together before …more
5. Premarital education. Spouses who received premarital education services…more
6. Intact family. Marriages in which both spouses come from intact families…more
7. Cohabitation. Individuals who cohabited prior to marriage report, on average…more
8. Cohabitation. Cohabitation prior to marriage is associated with greater …more
9. Perceived marital instability. Individuals who perceive their marriages …more
10. Divorce. Divorce may adversely impact the quality of a subsequent marriage …more