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Modern Marriage Habits Put Family Structures in Catch-Up Mode

By Stephanie Coontz, Greater Good. Posted October 22, 2007.


Marriage has changed more in the last 30 years than in the previous 3,000, with major economic and social consequences for how families work.
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Stephanie Coontz teaches history and family studies at The Evergreen State College in Olympia, Washington, and is the director of research and public education for the Council on Contemporary Families. She is the author of "Marriage, A History: How Love Conquered Marriage" (Viking Press).

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