The Case for Marriage

Drawing on a huge volume of current research, this book shows that married persons live longer, have less physical and mental health problems, have higher incomes, and accumulate more wealth than their unmarried counterparts. They even enjoy sex more and have it more often than most others. The benefits for children are also spectacular. Modern myths about marriage such as that “cohabitation is just as good as marriage,” or that “staying together for the sake of the children makes no sense,” are thoroughly demolished.