13+ hour, 15+ min ago   (946+ words) Then IFS released the Marriage Map. Curious, I started playing with the filters. I selected men ages 22-39 with full-time employment. Suddenly, “find yourself a corn-fed Midwestern man” had data to back it up. The map lit up with varying shades…...

6+ day, 14+ hour ago   (466+ words) As marriage rates have fallen in the U.S., the population of unmarried Americans has grown. Yet according to poll after poll, the desire for marriage remains strong among unmarried young adults. The million-dollar question is: Where is the right person to…...

6+ day, 20+ hour ago   (1731+ words) All of these features are indeed relevant when considering where to live. However, they overlook a major factor of interest: Where are young adults actually getting married? Given the many benefits of marriage, a city where more young people are…...

1+ week, 14+ hour ago   (682+ words) Young men, especially those without a college degree, have been working less, marrying less, and spending more time on screens. Researchers have been puzzling over how these trends relate to each other, and Nathan Hudson and Hernan Moscoso Boedo—two…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (190+ words) The confinement is similar with social media, gambling, and the other screen activities that have come to absorb so much of young men’s daily life. Such constant activities are enervating, at odds with other valuable goods in life, including relationships,…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (115+ words) America’s population peak may arrive as soon as 2054. It’s not coming so soon because Americans don’t want children. Rather, the combination of long years of schooling, delayed career progress, expensive housing, and a broken dating market have conspired to push…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (350+ words) The marriage certificate is more than just a piece of paper, even in countries like Finland, according to new research from The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in London, which confirms that the process of formally saying ‘I do’ still…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (356+ words) The marriage certificate is more than just a piece of paper, even in countries like Finland, according to new research from The Centre for Social Justice (CSJ) in London, which confirms that the process of formally saying ‘I do’ still…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (601+ words) But is this true? Are housewives particularly prone to depression and unfulfillment? Is there something about the stay-at-home lifestyle that makes one particularly sad? To help answer this question, I drew on perhaps one of the most comprehensive datasets for…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (206+ words) While work is important, so is flourishing in this new post-graduation season you are beginning. You cannot live this life well on your own. Nadya Williams is a homeschooling mother, Books Editor for Mere Orthodoxy, and the author of Cultural…...