Marriage promotion is a policy aiming to produce "strong families" for the purposes of social security; as found in 21st-century American
maternalism.
United States politics
This promotion has its roots in the roots in the
1996 Welfare Reform Act.
Childbirth with marriage is supported along with the marriage promotion as two people can raise a baby better than an unwed mother or father.
[Nock, Steven L., Laura Ann Sanchez, and James D. Wright. Covenant Marriage: The Movement to Reclaim Tradition in America: Rutgers University Press, 2008.] Marriage was promoted in the 1990s in order to promote family values. Rising divorce rates in the 1980s and 1990s in addition to plummeting marriage rates,
[ however, allowed then U.S. President ]George W. Bush
George Walker Bush (born July 6, 1946) is an American politician and businessman who was the 43rd president of the United States from 2001 to 2009. A member of the Bush family and the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party, he i ...
to pass a nationwide marriage promotion law in the 2000s.
One randomized controlled study reported that the most effective marriage promotion program simply provided assistance for job stability.One Day, Two Dollars
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References
* {{cite journal , first=George , last=Long , year=1875 , title=Lex Papia Poppaea , journal=A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities , pages=691–692
See also
* Bachelor tax
* Marriage
Marriage, also called matrimony or wedlock, is a culturally and often legally recognised union between people called spouses. It establishes rights and obligations between them, as well as between them and their children (if any), and b ...
* Pro-natalism
Marriage
Public policy