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This brief assesses the potential size of these intrinsic benefits. To do this, we examine how much of the difference in well-being between children in cohabiting and married couple families can be explained by differences in the characteristics of these families. Any remaining differences may be the result of the intrinsic older mature benefits of marriage. As such, we establish an upper older mature bound of sorts for the potential benefits of promoting marriage among cohabiting families. We find that differences in characteristics explain 50 older mature to 80 percent of the differences in child well-being between cohabiting and married families. Thus, if programs could successfully promote marriage among cohabiting couples with children, we would expect modest but non-negligible improvements in child well-being. Why Does Marriage Matter? In the short run, getting married won't change the characteristics of cohabiting couples, and there are several well-documented differences between cohabiting and married couples with children.
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