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Marriage as a Public Issue
- The Future of Children
- Brookings Institution Press
- Volume 15, Number 2, Fall 2005
- pp. 13-32
- 10.1353/foc.2005.0019
- Article
- Additional Information
Over the past fifty years, powerful cultural and social forces have made marriage less central to Americans' family lives. In reaction, the United States is now engaged in a wide-ranging debate about the place of marriage in contemporary society.