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Low-income parents want a white picket fence, not just money, before getting married

  • Written by Christina Gibson-Davis, Associate Professor of Sociology, Duke University
Before they walk down the aisle, many couples want to own a house, have a bank account and have a job that offers health insurance.MNStudio/shutterstock.com

Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.

However, in October, wage growth in the U.S. hit a nine-year high, with low-wage workers seeing some of...

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