Current Event Article
BUSN 576
September 29, 2012

The article I selected was regarding marriage rates among the poor and the fact that they have declined since the 1960s. It discussed if other incentives and alternatives decisions were made and then more couples marry would this reduce poverty. According to research at Johns Hopkins University only 70-75% of African American women expects to get married whereas 91% of Caucasian women in a lifetime. The most cited reason for delaying marriage by women is that it is not affordable which leads to declining of marriage and increase in poverty. According to George Mason University most couples come out ahead after marriage simply by cutting the total house expense such as one home, one insurance, one grocery list all because it is a combined effort and the couple’s income naturally increases.
Education, experience, and sometime race account hugely when it comes to earnings. Basically, it is said that married men earn 40% more than single but on the other hand married women can earn approximately 10% less than a single women. Hence the reason why the marriage rates dwindle among the poor simply because of not having the ability to reach the high standards of quality living, financial stability and simply going by what is to be expected be in place for a single person’s life prior to marriage. According to the Center for Research on Child Well-Being at Princeton University a Fragile Families Survey indicated unmarried fathers were twice as likely as a married one to have physical or psychological problems that interfere with the ability to keep the job and more likely to abuse drugs or alcohol. More than 25% of unmarried fathers were not employed when their child was born compared to fewer than 10% of married fathers. Whereas women’s wages have increased so it is believed that they do not need