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Released: February 14, 2010

Money matters in a marriage

Source: Michelle Singletary, Washington Post (Free Registration)

The recession has unearthed another economic truism: Having a sound financial marriage is as romantic as roses and chocolate.

Money definitely matters for contemporary American marriages, according to “The State of Our Unions,” an annual survey by the University of Virginia’s National Marriage Project and the Center for Marriage and Families at the New York-based Institute for American Values. Although studies find that emotional intimacy, sexual satisfaction and individual happiness rank at the top of marital aspirations, the Great Recession that began in 2007 exposed an economic factor, writes W. Bradford Wilcox, director of the National Marriage Project.

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