Posts Tagged ‘marriage’
Lower obesity rates for kids in traditional families
RICE (US) — Children living in households where the parents are married are less likely to be obese, according to new research. Continue…
Thursday, May 23, 2013 12:47 - 0 Comments
Society & Culture - Mar 13, 2013 15:58 - 1 Comment
Marriage may boost gay couples’ health
MICHIGAN STATE (US) —Legalizing gay marriage could improve same-sex couples’ health, though gay racial minorities may be suffering from a double dose of discrimination. (more…)
Top Stories - Mar 8, 2013 7:26 - 5 Comments
College fails to lower divorce for black women
RUTGERS (US) — A college education is linked to lower divorce rates for white women, but black women are not getting the same benefit, a study shows. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 1, 2013 13:05 - 3 Comments
Health gap for unmarried same-sex couples?
RICE (US) — Married opposite-sex couples have better overall health than same-sex couples living together, according to new research. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 14, 2013 7:58 - 2 Comments
To stay healthy, make marriage happy
U. MISSOURI (US) — Couples who are happily married are both mentally and physically healthier than their widowed or divorced peers, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jan 31, 2013 14:07 - 4 Comments
More sex when couples split chores traditionally
U. WASHINGTON (US) — Married couples who split chores by traditional gender roles have sex more often than couples who share so-called men’s and women’s work. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 29, 2012 11:02 - 0 Comments
After divorce, journals may hurt, not heal
U. ARIZONA (US) — Writing in-depth about negative feelings immediately after a divorce may do more harm than good, research suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Nov 14, 2012 14:46 - 4 Comments
After divorce, many women lose health insurance
U. MICHIGAN (US) — More than 100,000 women lose their private health insurance every year because of divorce. And the loss isn’t temporary—overall rates of coverage remain depressed for more than two years. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 19, 2012 7:20 - 13 Comments
Is delaying first sex worth the wait?
U. TEXAS-AUSTIN (US) — People who have their first sexual experience later than average are likely to have more satisfying romantic relationships as adults, research suggests. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 4, 2012 11:29 - 0 Comments
Denied money, moms more likely to spank kids
RUTGERS (US) — Women with a partner who keeps a tight grip on the family’s finances in the first year of the relationship are more likely to be depressed and spank their children five years later, research shows. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 1, 2012 15:00 - 0 Comments
Marriage law could protect workers, expert says
WASHINGTON U. – ST. LOUIS (US) — The relationship between employer and employee is much more complicated and emotional than the law assumes, says an employment law expert. (more…)
Society & Culture - Sep 13, 2012 12:29 - 3 Comments
‘Inefficient’ divorces leave couples worse off
IOWA STATE (US) — Roughly one in four couples who divorce in hopes of finding greater happiness may have been better off staying married. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Aug 15, 2012 9:28 - 0 Comments
From dozens of genomes, clues to rare diseases
STANFORD (US) — Researchers are trying to identify genes underlying rare, recessive diseases that mainly crop up in populations with a high number of marriages among close relatives by examining genomes from dozens of world populations. (more…)
Society & Culture - Jul 17, 2012 16:32 - 1 Comment
For blacks, marriage doesn’t lengthen life
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Marriage doesn’t seem to boost longevity for blacks the way it does for whites, according to a large national study of cohabitating and married couples. (more…)
Top Stories - Jun 4, 2012 11:38 - 1 Comment
Married people often happier in long run
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — Although marriage does not make people happier, it appears to protect against normal declines in happiness during adulthood. (more…)
Health & Medicine - Mar 20, 2012 9:20 - 0 Comments
Wedded bliss is good for the heart
EMORY (US) — Married adults who undergo heart surgery are more than three times more likely to survive the next three months than single people who have the same surgery. (more…)
Top Stories - Feb 15, 2012 12:10 - 2 Comments
Why modern life left polygamy at the altar
UC DAVIS (US) — Compared to monogamous societies, polygamous cultures see more rape, kidnapping, murder, child abuse, and other crimes, a new study suggests. (more…)
Top Stories - Dec 28, 2011 12:58 - 0 Comments
Divorce fears keep couples unhitched
CORNELL (US) — With the share of married adults in the US at an all-time low, new research finds that fear of divorce may be keeping young people from tying the knot. (more…)
Society & Culture - Oct 10, 2011 7:39 - 2 Comments
Distant marriage: States allow Skype ‘I do’?
MICHIGAN STATE (US) — States should modernize marriage laws by allowing couples to marry outside state borders, utilizing videoconferencing technologies such as Skype, according to a first-of-its-kind proposal by two law professors. (more…)
