Marriage Foundation: championing marriage and civil partnerships for the sake of our children and our future.
To advocate the advantages of marriage
To challenge the social injustices of family breakdown
That marriage is modern, and the best arrangement for all couples
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Our Research
We need to talk about marriage
Britain has the highest level of family breakdown in recorded history: our research finds that 45% of teens are not living with both natural parents. The Deaton poverty review finds a similar figure of 43%. This is a fivefold increase from 9% in 1974. The direct consequences of family breakdown
Our Blog
Signs that Gen Z want marriage
May I wish you a very happy Marriage Week, running up to Valentine’s day. This is a particularly good time to think about marriage and celebrate the most successful mechanism in human history for helping couples to raise families. This week The Times has been running a story about the
Our Updates
Christmas news from MF
In this month’s newsletter: This month we released our latest analysis, reported in the Daily Mail. On current trends, just over half of ‘Gen Z’ women and men in their 20s will ever marry. This despite survey evidence that most young adults want to marry. We also had a look at a