Friday, March 29, 2024

And the best time to get married is….

When would you wish to get hitched? In your 20s? 30s? After securing that elusive Master’s? Well, new research indicates that women who get married before having children have longer lasting marriages than those who marry after having their first child.

The study conducted for the Marriage Foundation think-tank by Professor Stephen McKay of Lincoln University and authored by Harry Benson, has additionally found out that women who earn their degree before getting married or having a child make for longer lasting marriages than those who do not.

The study is part of the ‘Understanding Society’ research project that tracked changes in 40, 000 British households.

The study analysed a sample of 1, 783 mothers who have at least one child aged between 14 and 15.

COMMITMENT BEFORE KIDS

The mothers were divided into three groups. From the results, 62 per cent were mothers who married before having children, 16 per cent were mothers who got married after having children, and, 14 per cent were mothers who lived with their children’s father but weren’t married to him. 8 per cent of the women in the sample were mothers who never formed any relationship with the father of their child.

76 per cent of women who married before having children were found to stay married to their spouses, while 69 per cent of women who married after having kids split up from their husbands. On the opposite extreme, only 44 per cent of women who married before having kids and 31 per cent of women who never married were still together with their partner 15 years later.

“While it is right that society has done away with the social shame of having children before marriage, the study shows that we shouldn’t lose confidence in crystallising commitment before starting a family to boost its chances of lasting longer,” said Benson.

Further, eight out of 10 women with a degree who marry before having their first born will likely be still married to the same partner by the time their child will turn 15. These women were found to be at least four years older than those who married with kids.

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