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A recent report from America has found that finding time for 'date nights' or other one-on-one time can bring many relationship benefits for couples.

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Recent research from America by the National Center for Health Statistics has found that there has been an increase in the number of children born outside marriage across American women of all age groups.

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The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) has given its verdict on the Budget, and comments that whilst it welcomes the removal of the ‘cliff edge’ from the proposed child benefit reforms, there remains a fundamental flaw within the Government’s plans that could threaten a new wave of family instability and breakdown.

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Match.com, the online dating site, has released findings from its second annual Singles in America study.

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A recent survey has found that nine out of ten people who are married or in a cohabiting relationship would turn to their partner when they felt in need of emotional support.

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Recent research from America has found that many former cohabiting couples continue to have a romantic relationship even after they stop living together, reports the Ohio State University Research News.

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With the share of married adults at an all-time low in the United States, new research has unveiled clues why couples don’t get married – they fear divorce.

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A recent survey has found that the festive period can place additional financial and emotional strain on families already struggling to cope with their financial situation. 

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Fifteen per cent of Britons over the age of 40 and living with their partner choose to keep some or all of their savings hidden from their other halves, according to recent research.

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Trends in marriage and family structure pose long-term risks to the financial and fiscal health of the world's wealthiest nations and are implicated in the recent global economic slowdown, according to a new report from America.

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New research in America has claimed that the rise in the number of cohabiting households with children is linked to increased instability in children's lives, and to a range of negative outcomes for children.

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The Government has previously expressed support for the idea of supporting marriage through the tax system. Among the possible rationales for such a policy is a belief that having married parents, as opposed to cohabiting parents, improves children’s cognitive or social development.

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Recent research conducted by the Umeå University in Sweden has revealed that couples that commute a long distance to work are 40% more likely to separate or divorce than couples that work closer to home.

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Brits are treading warily with their finances when they decide to cohabit with a new partner, new research from online bank first direct has revealed. The findings show that for the majority, financial commitment is not on the agenda with couples keeping their distance in their money and property arrangements.

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Britain’s levels of births outside marriage are at the highest point for at least 200 years, according to a major new study of the history of the family from the independent think-tank, Centre for Social Justice (CSJ). Cohabitation levels have also soared from under 5% pre-1945 to 90% today.

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