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The case for marriage : why married people are happier, healthier, and better off financially / Linda J. Waite, Maggie Gallagher.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY : Broadway Books, 2001.Edition: 1st Broadway Books trade pbk. edDescription: 260 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 0767906322 :
  • 9780767906326
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HQ 536 W145c 2001
Contents:
[ch.] 1. The marriage wars : five myths of the postmarriage culture -- [ch.] 2. The marriage bargain -- [ch.] 3. The cohabitation deal -- [ch.] 4. In sickness and in health : the medical power of marriage -- [ch.] 5. Happily ever after? : marriage, happiness, and mental health -- [ch.] 6. With my body I thee worship : the sexual advantages of marriage -- [ch.] 7. The wages of wedlock -- [ch.] 8. For richer or for poorer : the wealth and poverty of spouses -- [ch.] 9. Being fruitful : why married parents are better -- [ch.] 10. When should parents part? -- [ch.] 11. Is marriage a hitting license? -- [ch.] 12. Is her marriage really worse than his? -- [ch.] 13. Why is marriage in trouble? -- [ch.] 14. Renewing marriage.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HQ 536 W145c 2001 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000083552

Previously published: New York : Doubleday, 2000.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 233-247) and index.

[ch.] 1. The marriage wars : five myths of the postmarriage culture -- [ch.] 2. The marriage bargain -- [ch.] 3. The cohabitation deal -- [ch.] 4. In sickness and in health : the medical power of marriage -- [ch.] 5. Happily ever after? : marriage, happiness, and mental health -- [ch.] 6. With my body I thee worship : the sexual advantages of marriage -- [ch.] 7. The wages of wedlock -- [ch.] 8. For richer or for poorer : the wealth and poverty of spouses -- [ch.] 9. Being fruitful : why married parents are better -- [ch.] 10. When should parents part? -- [ch.] 11. Is marriage a hitting license? -- [ch.] 12. Is her marriage really worse than his? -- [ch.] 13. Why is marriage in trouble? -- [ch.] 14. Renewing marriage.

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