Marriage is good for most adults Married men and women are usually healthier, live longer, have fewer emotional problems, enjoy better sex, and are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol. Marriage is good for the economy. The average married individual earns more and saves more. Married couples are more likely to be home owners and invest for their future. Marriage is good for employers Employees in healthy marriages tend to be better, more productive workers.
Married men miss work less often and are less likely to abuse drugs or alcohol.
Married couples are more flexible and can work together to balance work and family responsibilities. Marriage is good for taxpayers Marriage breakdown increases the cost of many public health and social service programs. Single-parent households often mean children are raised in poverty or on public aid. If there were fewer divorces and out of wedlock births, government spending could be reduced significantly. More than two-thirds of teenage marriages end in divorce.