Thursday, October 20, 2005
Surveys find church attendance strengthens marriage
New surveys on marriage and religion find that regular church attendance strengthens marriage and makes divorce more unlikely.
University of Virginia sociologist W. Bradford Wilcox found that couples who go to church at least once a week are happier about their marriages, their families and their lives in general.
Researcher Anna Greenberg says most Americans still consider the ideal family to be a husband and wife raising their own children, although only a minority live up to that ideal themselves.
Their research was conducted for the PBS program "Religion and Ethics Newsweekly."
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