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> The downside is that when they do have kids outside of marriage it's a worse situation as the families are less stable without the institution holding them to
by klank 8y ago
> The downside is that when they do have kids outside of marriage it's a worse situation as the families are less stable without the institution holding them together.
Do you have any data backing up this assertion?
- jandrese 8y agoI don't, but it is at the bottom of the article so maybe the author can back it up?
- klank 8y agoI think what I was responding to was the implied causal connection between the lack of an "institution" of marriage causing instability in cohabitating adults. The article and linked research don't make that assertion.
- ethanwillis 8y agoMarriage as an institution: - There is stigma attached to divorce. Not as much as their used to be but it's definitely more "jaw dropping" than breaking up with someone you're simply "dating" - Aside from common law marriage there are more financial impacts to divorce - Divorce requires social and/or legal rituals in order to dissolve the union. Regular dating just requires "I'm breaking up with you" and moving out if living together. It's much less formal. These are just off the top of my head. Marriage as an institution definitely does raise the bar relative to dating in how stressful mentally and financially dissolution of a relationship is.
- extragood 8y agoI found a few articles that back up that assertion. There are a few interesting points in this one: https://www.brookings.edu/research/cohabiting-parents-differ-from-married-ones-in-three-big-ways/ https://www.brookings.edu/research/cohabiting-parents-differ... Cohabitating adults are less likely to stay together in every country where it's measured. In the US, college educated non-married parents are 2.5x more likely to split before their first-born turns 12.