Episode 181 - The Case for Marriage with Professor Linda Waite
b'In this episode of The Lange Money Hour: Where Smart Money Talks, we welcome Linda Waite, the Lucy Flower Professor of Sociology at the University of Chicago and Senior Fellow at NORC (an independent research organization affiliated with the University of Chicago), where she directs the Center on Aging. Her research focuses on sexuality, social connections and health at older ages. One of her current projects develops and tests a reconceptualized model of health at older ages. Linda is also the author of The Case for Marriage: Why Married People Are Happier, Healthier & Better Off Financially. This radio show discuses the five myths about marriage, the happiness and health gaps between married and unmarried people, the relationship between marriage and money \\u2014 for instance, how married people spend and save differently than single people \\u2014 and should people get married for the money.\\n\\nTOPICS COVERED:\\n1. Introduction of Linda Waite, University of Chicago\\n2. Children Lose in Divorce, Financially, Materially and Emotionally\\n3. Single-Parent Families Have Fewer Resources, Less Parental Time\\n4. Parent\\u2019s Marriage to a New Partner Is Highly Stressful for Children\\n5. Less Is Required From Unmarried Couples Who Live Together\\n6. Young Children Can Be at Risk When a Mother Cohabitates\\n7. Cohabitation Is Rare Among Older Couples \\u2018Living Apart Together' \\n8. Married Couples Have Many Times More Assets Than Unmarried People\\n9. Living Separately Is Cheaper, But Not by Much\\n10. Married People Are Less Depressed, in Better Health, Have Better Sex\\n11. Wives Manage the Health Care of Their Husbands\\n12. Divorce, Poor Marriage Affect Woman\\u2019s Health More Than Men\\u2019s Health\\nTo read the show transcript or listen to the MP3 file, http://bit.ly/2kWTTvb'