A Quick View of the Institute for American Values's Best Marriage Materials

Op Eds/Media Articles

• "Two Classes, Divided by 'I Do'"
  Jason Deparle, New York Times, July 14, 2012
• "More Unwed Parents Live Together, Report Finds"
  Sabrina Taverinse, New York Times, August 16, 2011
• Just Whom is This Divorce 'Good' For?
  Elizabeth Marquardt, Washington Post, November 6, 2005
• The Eclipse of Fatherhood
  Gilbert Meilaender, First Things, June/July 1995
• Dan Quayle Was Right
  Barbara Dafoe Whitehead, The Atlantic, April 1993

Studies and Publications

• Why Marriage Matters, Third Edition *Most Popular
• "State of Our Unions 2010: When Marriage Disappears *Most Popular
• "State of Our Unions 2009: Money & Marriage
• The Taxpayer Costs of Divorce and Unwed Childbearing
• Does Divorce Make People Happy? 2002
• "Do Fathers and Mothers Matter?"
• The Experts' Story of Courtship
• Hooking Up, Hanging Out, and Hoping for Mr. Right
• The Marriage Index
• Responding to the Black Marriage Crisis
• Second Chances: A Proposal to Reduce Unnecessary Divorce

Two-Page Resources Suitable for Photocopying and Dissemination

• Why Marriage Matters, Summarized 30 Conclusions from the Social Sciences, English
• Why Marriage Matters, Summarized 30 Conclusions from the Social Sciences, Spanish
• The National Marriage Index
• African American Marriage Index

Resources in Spanish

• El Matrimonio Importa: Veintiséis Argumentos de las Ciencias Sociales
• Por Qué El Matrimonio Es Importante — Un sumario

Web Casts

• Why Marriage Matters: An Argument for the Goods of Marriage
• When Marriage Disappears: The New Middle America
• Can We Talk Instead of Shout about Gay Marriage?
• Is Marriage for White People? How the Decline of African American Marriage Affects Everyone
• The Mating/Marriage Dance: Is the Prolonged Search for a Mate by Young College Graduates a Problem for American Society?

Links of Interest

• Date Night Chicagoland
• National Marriage Week USA