A Modus Vivendi? Sex, Marriage & the Church

William L. Portier; Nancy Dallavalle; Christopher C. Roberts; Tina Beattie; R. R. Reno; Patricia Hampl; Luke Timothy Johnson; Leslie Woodcock Tentler; Paul Baumann

A Modus Vivendi? Sex, Marriage & the Church

William L. Portier, Nancy Dallavalle, Christopher C. Roberts, Tina Beattie, R. R. Reno, Patricia Hampl, Luke Timothy Johnson, Leslie Woodcock Tentler, Paul Baumann

Fairfield University

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Abstract

During the 1960s, nearly 80 percent of adult Americans were married. A recent analysis of U.S. census data reported that only 52 percent of adult Americans were married in 2009. That is the lowest percentage reported in the 100 years the Census Bureau has collected such information. The reasons for this dramatic cultural shift are well known: high rates of divorce; changing attitudes toward premarital sex; social acceptability of cohabitation; the weakening of the stigma surrounding out-of-wedlock births and single parenting; the postponement of marriage and children for academic or professional reasons.

Among those with only a high-school education or less, the data suggest that the decision to marry has been made more difficult by deteriorating economic conditions.

Original language	American English
Journal	Commonweal
Volume	139
State	Published - Jan 13 2012

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Catholic Studies
Christianity
Ethics and Political Philosophy
Other Religion
Religion
Religious Thought, Theology and Philosophy of Religion

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