Listing your Courses: California \ Cohabitation Study \ Cohabitation Myths and Answers \ Women & Education - 2/19/08

Wed Feb 20 00:02:09 EST 2008

- CALIFORNIA 10,000.....
- AND, SPEAKING OF LISTING YOUR PROGRAMS AND CLASSES
- PLEASE HELP: COHABITATION STUDY NEEDS PARTICIPANTS
- LIVING TOGETHER: MYTHS, RISKS AND ANSWERS
- MARRIAGE, WOMEN, AND EDUCATION - A TREND

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- CALIFORNIA 10,000.....

NO WONDER the California Marriage Coalition expects to serve 10,000 couples
this year (as stated by VP Patty Howell in the article I sent out Monday).
Look at their "Find a Class" website!!

> http://www.camarriage.com/classes/index.ashx?nv=5

I just talked to Patty and she says as of right now their list of upcoming
classes includes: 90 in English, 9 in Spanish, and 18 in Korean - and
growing! 

If you have a Marriage Education (ME) or Relationship Skills Training (RST)
class taking place in California, get it listed. It's FREE!
Just go here:  http://www.camarriage.com/classes/listingrequest.ashx?nv=5

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- AND, SPEAKING OF LISTING YOUR PROGRAMS AND CLASSES

I'm hearing from frustrated folks looking for classes and training programs
on the Smart Marriages Directory of Programs.

Apparently we have nothing listed for the following states:
Alaska, Mississippi, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota,
Vermont, Wyoming.  

I'm also told we don't have nearly enough coverage to meet the demand in
other states. I know there a tons of you out there offering classes...hope
you'll get listed.

It's not free to list on the Smart Marriages website (I didn't get a grant)
but it's only $75 per year and includes live links to your site. It's also a
great time to list  the 160,000 brochures are in the mail and conference
media coverage will heat up which always increases traffic.  NOTE: Many who
receive the brochure can't make it to the conference and are already
contacting me to find out when/where besides the conference they can be
trained to become Marriage Educators.  I send them all to the Directory.

To list your classes for couples, training for instructors, DVDs, resources
- see: http://www.smartmarriages.com/directory_browse.html

It also is a good time to list your your state or community marriage
initiative.  People want to plug in and grab an oar and need to know how to
find you.  - diane 

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- PLEASE HELP: COHABITATION STUDY NEEDS PARTICIPANTS
Cohabiting Couples' Financial Organization

Diane,
I am a Clinical Psychology PhD Candidate at the University of Denver
recruiting participants for my dissertation on Cohabiting Couples' Financial
Organization.  

Research on cohabitation is important as nearly 70% of couples live together
before or without getting married.  In addition, research on how couples
manage financial issues is important as research has show that marriages
often end due to conflict over finances.  Therefore, how finances are
negotiated early in relationships may influence the quality and length of
romantic relationships over time.

Eligibility requirements: 18 years of age or older, unmarried, but currently
living with a romantic partner, residents of the United States.  This is a
20-40 minute online survey, approved by The University of Denver's
Institutional Review Board.  Participants may also choose to be entered into
a $100 lottery after completion of the survey (estimated around a 1 in 300
chance).   

http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=ZCQo85jKEwYUtXisaQ225Q_3d_3d

Christine McDunn, MA
cmcdunn at gmail.com
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- LIVING TOGETHER: MYTHS, RISKS AND ANSWERS

Speaking of cohabitation, Living Together: Myths, Risks, and Answers, the
comprehensive cohabitation book by Mike and Harriet McManus book will be
available the first week of March. Order it in advance at:
http://www.smartmarriages.com/app/Media.Booklist

Get it signed at the conference at their booth or at their Cohabitation
workshop: 
> 414 - Friday, July 4, San Francisco
> Marriage Savers for Cohabiting Couples
> Mike and Harriet McManus
> Half of couples live together before marriage. This faith-based marriage
> preparation model uses mentors & an inventory to improve these couples¹ odds.
> Adaptations for low-income, out-of-wedlock parents.

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- MARRIAGE, WOMEN, AND EDUCATION - A TREND

Educated women stay married
By Laura Anderson and Joanna Vaughan
February 20, 2008
News.com.au (Australia)

> "The trend in recent years is that better educated women are less likely to
> divorce."

BETTER educated women are less likely to divorce their husbands than they
were three decades ago.

A Senate committee was yesterday told the risk of divorce was now higher for
less educated women.

Australian Institute of Family Studies director, Professor Alan Hayes, said
this was a reversal of a previous trend.

"In the 1970s and 1980s, better educated women were more likely to divorce,"
he told said.

"The trend in recent years is that better educated women are less likely to
divorce."

Professor Hayes said international studies had shown that women who had
married in the 1960s were less likely to have successful marriages than
women who married from the 1980s onwards.

He speculated that this was due to changing social attitudes about
well-educated and economically successful women.

Women who married from the 1980s onwards were also more likely to seek a
balance between their work and family life.

Under questioning by Family First Senator Steve Fielding, Professor Hayes
explained some of the main reasons for relationship breakdown. These
included family conflict, financial management, differing values, work
pressures, entering relationships and parenthood at a young age and an
experience of parental divorce.

Professor Hayes also discussed co-habitation before marriage.

"76 per cent of relationships now start with cohabitation," he said.

"About half of those cohabitations over a five-year window end up in
separation and about half end up in marriage.

"About 8.8 per cent of marriages break down in the first five years."

He also made the case for additional relationship education for young people
and for a boost in relationship support programs.

"The assistance to people who have experienced the breakdown of their
parents' relationships is extremely important in breaking the
inter-generational cycle," he said.

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