Marriage's 'haves' and 'have nots': Changing expectations and rising inequality improve best marriages, but undermine average marriages

Friday, February 14, 2014 - 14:32 in Psychology & Sociology

Today Americans are looking to their marriages to fulfill different goals than in the past -- and although the fulfillment of these goals requires especially large investments of time and energy in the marital relationship, on average Americans are actually making smaller investments in their marital relationship than in the past, according to new research.

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