Preparation for marriage: Promise and problems

D.S.W., Joan Ward Mullaney; Otey, Emeline

doi:10.1080/15426432.1983.10383428

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“…During this same time, Catholic laity became less inclined to accept the Church's traditional teachings on marriage, which they increasingly viewed as an individual choice. In recent years, the Catholic Church has attempted to reinvigorate the laity's commitment to marriage through papal pronouncements and marriage preparation classes, including those such as the Catholic Young Married Program targeted specifically at adherents younger than age 21 years who are engaged to be married (Brabant, Forsyth, & Gramling, 1992;Denison, 1990;Hegy & Martos, 2000;Mullaney & Otey, 1983). However, such efforts may be to no avail.…”

Section: The Primacy and Centrality Of Marriagementioning

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The Timing of First Marriage

Hudspeth

Bartkowski

2005

Journal of Family Issues

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Using survey data from a nationally representative sample, this article explores how marriage timing varies across major religious denominations. Survival analysis indicates that net of statistical controls, Catholics, moderate Protestants, conservative Protestants, and Mormons marry significantly earlier than their unaffiliated counterparts. This holds true for women and men. However, no statistical differences emerge between Jews, liberal Protestants, and the unaffiliated. As surmised, auxiliary statistical tests reveal additional religious subcultural variations: (a) Jews tend to marry later than Catholics, conservative Protestants, and Mormons; (b) Catholics also marry later than conservative Protestants and Mormons; (c) no statistical difference surfaces between Mormons and conservative Protestants; and (d) differences between Catholics and liberal Protestants as well as between Jews and liberal Protestants are statistically negligible. These findings systematically support the denominational subcultural paradigm in the case of marriage timing.

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Section: The Primacy and Centrality Of Marriagementioning

confidence: 99%