The Institute of Marriage and Family Canada examines the aggregate statistics and research pertaining to marriage and family in a public policy context. [...] Marriage remains the most stable family form A 2004 study published in the Journal of Marriage and Family Marriage, in and of itself, is no guarantee of stability. [...] A 2009 study found that the median prevailing public opinion, treating cohabitation as trial income for women decreases 29 percent in the year after marriage actually increases the risk of subsequent divorce.5 a divorce and takes four years post-divorce to recover to about eighty percent of pre-divorce income.9 The decrease A 2002 Statistics Canada study examined the stability of in median income. [...] The reduction in the gap appears to be due to a decline in the risk of violence Children who experience family change are at a higher risk against women in cohabiting relationships as the rate of of emotional and behaviour problems. [...] children who experienced three or more changes in family structure.23 A 2005 paper published in the Journal of Marriage and Family compared mental health outcomes of children whose parents A 2012 study concluded that “marriage and biological parentage stay married and those whose parents divorce.
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