Our Research

Understanding family stability and informing the debate about marriage and commitment. 

Dr Harry Benson’s PhD Summary: ‘The Timing of Marriage
and Union Dissolution’, our Research Director’s PhD Thesis.

At Marriage Foundation, our research focuses on understanding the realities of family stability and instability: what happens to couples and their children; who stays together; and why some relationships break down. By grounding the public conversation in evidence rather than assumption, our work helps build a clearer understanding of the measurable significance of marriage.

Swipe Right for Love

Nine in 10 Tinder and Grindr users now in a relationship want to marry, finds new poll Read our research note here and press release

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No ‘divorce boom’ in sight

OUR latest analysis of survey data from September shows that those seriously considering divorce are still well down on pre-COVID levels.  Several articles in the

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One earner families

Despite significant policy efforts to encourage both parents into work, our analysis of new ONS data shows little reduction in one earner families across the

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