### status | marriage:

Arranged marriage
* are also increasingly rare, particularly among the Moor population.
* are common, and families often intermarry to preserve wealth
  - polygamy is practiced
  - difficult for many people to understand
* are still a haredi norm
  - standard tradition
  - popular in rural villages
  - the custom in the countryside
  - very common and families often inter-marry to preserve wealth
  - uncommon, and ethnically mixed marriages are becoming more prevalent
* come from a different concept of the family.
* make life easier.

Child marriage
* are still a very common phenomena in many parts of the world.
* can also occur in the context of marriage by abduction.
* continues in many countries.
* is common in Chad
  - outlawed in India, but thousands take place each year

Christian marriage
* commitment to permanence.
* covenant between two parties.
* holy bond, and it beautifies natural love.
* is committed marriage.
* life-long union between a man and a woman.
* pledge of life-long love and fidelity.
* promise of what life is to be.

Civil marriage
* are marriages.
* binds a couple in a legal contract consisting of obligations and benefits.
* has no impact on a religious organization's autonomy.
* have nothing to do with religion.
* is permitted only for non-Muslim foreigners
  - to non-Muslim foreigners
* is the contract with the state that creates a family
  - way law adjudicates an astonishing array of disputes over who counts to whom

Covenant marriage
* allows for limited reasons for divorce.
* are voluntary agreements that are intended to make divorce more difficult.

Early marriage
* continues despite the legal age for marriage.
* is still particularly prevalent in some countries of West Africa and South Asia
  - the norm in many parts of the world
  - very detrimental to the health of girls and young teenagers
* limits educational and economic opportunities and often leads to early pregnancy.
* occur despite a law for legal age for marriage.
* practice deeply rooted in tradition.

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Intermarriage
* are twice as likely to end in divorce as same-faith marriages.
* contributes to family and group solidarity.
* exists among many groups.
* is another kind of sharing that holds our species together
  - defined by race or ethnicity and occasionally by generation
  - due to factors other than how Ashkenazi women present themselves
  - least likely to occur among the offspring of immigrants from Lebanon and Greece
* is rare and social segregation is strong
  - with people of other ethnic groups
  - seen by many as a disassociation with family heritage
  - something that occurs naturally when young people live near each other
  - very common, but emigration is the main limiting factor to population growth

Japanese marriage
* has many history.
* is thought that to connect family and family.

Legal marriage
* basic privilege and responsibility of adulthood.
* state-defined contract currently available only to a man and a woman.

Mixed marriage
* can be an opportunity for growth.
* is encouraged and means to prevent racism creeping in society
  - the forerunner of assimilation

Polyandry
* occurs when a female mates and bonds with two or more males.
* refers to a female mating with more than one male.

Remarriage
* are, in fact, more complicated and at-risk than first marriages.
* can further complicate a child's emotions.
* following divorce have the highest risk of divorce.
* is more frequent at all stages of the life span
  - shown to be a crisis for a child and can alter their behaviors
  - the triumph of hope over experience

Strong marriage
* make secure environments for children.
* yield strong families, churches, and communities.

Teen marriage
* Most teen marriages begin with a pregnancy
  - last only a couple of years
* increases the likelihood of rapid subsequent pregnancy.