12-03-2007, 11:56 AM
In 2006 the number of unmarried adults 18 and older rose to 55 million, up from 45 million in 1996. For years, studies have touted the benefits of marriage, but new research is showing otherwise. One study finds single adults:
More connected to family and friends than their married peers
Help their parents more than married adults
Say marriage lifts their spirits, but only temporarily
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, co-director of the National Marriage Project, says, “It’s important to de-stigmatize singlehood….people don’t (necessarily) have to be married to have fulfilling lives.”
USA Today—“Free As A Bird and Loving It”--April 12, 2007, 4 D.
More connected to family and friends than their married peers
Help their parents more than married adults
Say marriage lifts their spirits, but only temporarily
Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, co-director of the National Marriage Project, says, “It’s important to de-stigmatize singlehood….people don’t (necessarily) have to be married to have fulfilling lives.”
USA Today—“Free As A Bird and Loving It”--April 12, 2007, 4 D.