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Perspectives on the future of marriage

 

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February 2006

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Abstract

With marriage rates falling and cohabitation rising in many Western societies, there are concerns in some quarters that the future of marriage is bleak. What lies beneath these trends, and what are the implications for the institution of marriage? In this article the author discusses some of the current international thinking, and outlines the explanations for the trends offered by researchers and scholars and their views on the ways in which some of the patterns could play out in the long term. 

With marriage rates falling and cohabitation rising in many Western societies, there are concerns in some quarters that the future of marriage is bleak. What lies beneath these trends, and what are the implications for the institution of marriage? In this article the author discusses some of the current international thinking, and outlines the explanations for the trends offered by researchers and scholars and their views on the ways in which some of the patterns could play out in the long term. 

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