New Poll Reveals How Americans Value Marriage
Thursday, Jun. 1, 2006

WASHINGTON – A new Gallup poll found that only a third of America’s baby boomers and thirty percent of those aged 18-39 believe marriage is ''very important'' if a couple has a child together, compared to 58 percent of adults 65 and over.

"I think that’s a very troubling finding, that only 30-35 percent of people in the younger generation think marriage is very important,” said Peter Brigg, Vice President for Policy at the Family Research Council. “There is an abundance of research that shows marriage is important for adults as well as children.”

The analysis was based on telephone interviews of 1,002 randomly selected adults conducted from May 8-22, and was released on May 30. the rest