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Biological fathers not necessarily the best, social dads parent well too
Jul 31, 2008 |
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A large number of U.S. children live or will live with a "social father," a man who is married to or cohabiting with the child's mother, but is not the biological father. A new study in the Journal of Marriage and Family examin ...
Health and marriage: The times they are a changin'
Aug 11, 2008 |
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The health of people who never marry is improving, narrowing the gap with their wedded counterparts, according to new research that suggests the practice of encouraging marriage to promote health may be misguided.
High prevalence of child marriage in India fuels fertility risks
Mar 09, 2009 |
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Despite India's economic and educational reform efforts in the last decade, the prevalence of child marriage remains high, fueling the risks of multiple unwanted pregnancies, pregnancy terminations and female sterilizations, ...
Married with children the key to happiness?
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Having children improves married peoples' life satisfaction and the more they have, the happier they are. For unmarried individuals, raising children has little or no positive effect on their happiness. These findings by ...
Study finds that even aloof husbands have lower testosterone levels than unmarried men
Oct 09, 2007 |
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A fascinating new study is the first outside of North America to observe lower testosterone levels among married men. Supporting a growing body of research, the study reveals that even married men who are considered aloof ...
Home life key to changes in ethnic identity, researchers find
Sep 17, 2007 |
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Researchers at the University of Liverpool have found that domestic factors such as marriage or moving house are more likely to be associated with changes in ethnic identity compared to some social factors.
Older black men feel productive, achieve prestige at church
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Jun 09, 2009 |
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Older African American women may attend religious services more often than African American men, but men spend more hours per week in other activities at church, a new University of Michigan study found.
Chubby hubby is common, but ethnicity matters
Dec 01, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A new study helps untangle how marriage, gender and ethnicity are related to body weight. The study of almost 8,000 men and women will be published in the journal Obesity.
Living together: The best way to divorce-proof a marriage?
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Aug 19, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Young adults see living together as the best way to protect against divorce, not as an alternative to marriage, a University of Michigan researcher says.
Study shows gay couples want legal rights, regardless of marriage
Other Sciences / Social Sciences
Jun 01, 2009 |
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New research from North Carolina State University shows that gay and lesbian couples are forming long-term, committed relationships, even in the absence of the right to marry. However, couples surveyed for the study overwhelmingly ...
Exactly how much housework does a husband create?
Apr 03, 2008 |
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Having a husband creates an extra seven hours a week of housework for women, according to a University of Michigan study of a nationally representative sample of U.S. families. For men, the picture is very ...
Widowed facing higher mortality risk, researcher finds
Dec 02, 2009 |
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Married people in the United States are living longer these days, but the widowed are experiencing a higher mortality rate, according to new research by a Michigan State University sociologist.
Study examines working couple's retirement patterns
Nov 18, 2008 |
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When retiring, men are more likely than women to move directly from work to retirement, but overall the retirement patterns for dual-income married couples are complex and call for additional considerations in planning for ...
New research shows children take a toll on marital bliss
Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry
Apr 08, 2009 |
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What married couples have suspected for years is now proven by researchers at the University of Denver (DU) and Texas A&M - children can add problems and stress to a marriage. According to an eight-year study of 218 couples, ...
Divorce undermines health in ways remarriage doesn't heal
Jul 27, 2009 |
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Divorce and widowhood have a lingering, detrimental impact on health, even after a person remarries, research at the University of Chicago and Johns Hopkins University shows.
