The Benefits of Stable Marriage Relationships
Married people are generally healthier; they live longer, earn more, have better mental health and better sex lives, and are happier than their unmarried counterparts. Furthermore, married individuals have lower rates of suicide, fatal accidents, acute and chronic illnesses, alcoholism, and depression than other people.
1. Benefits flowing to children and youth
a. Natural marriage supports childrens education.
b. Natural marriage minimizes the likelihood of poverty.
c. Natural marriage aids in crime prevention.
d. Natural marriage supports healthy socialization.
2. Benefits flowing to adults
Marriage is the ultimate social bond that can be formed between a man and a woman because by their marriages, husbands and wives accept an obligation to be faithful, to give and to receive help in times of sickness, and to endure hardships.
a. Natural marriage promotes physical health.
1. Married men and women live longer than non-married individuals.
2. Married people are less likely to report "problem drinking."
3. Married persons, are less likely to engage in risk taking behavior.
4. Natural marriage positively impacts the sexual health of individuals.
5. Married individuals "suffer less from illness and disease and are better off .... when they do fall ill."
b. Natural Marriage promotes mental and emotional health.
1. Lower rates of depression.
2. Increased happiness, life satisfaction, and overall occurrence of positive emotions.
c. Natural Marriage encourages social productivity.
1. Marriage positively affects wages and productivity
from the book "Defending Marriage and Family In the Halls of the U.N. for the future of the children." Pgs 79-84 article by Richard G. Wilkins