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	Health Effect of Marriage and Other Social Relationships (Population Reference Bureau), June 1, 2000
		http://www.prb.org/Journalists/Webcasts/2009/marriage.aspx, Free Kent's 20-minute webcast interview with Linda Waite on the feects that marriage and social relationships have on health.
	Hughes, Mary Elizabeth, and Waite, Linda J., "Marital Biography and Health at Mid-Life", Journal of Health and Social Behavior, September 2009 (Vol. 50, No. 3)
		http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2009/00000050/00000003/art00007 Both the divorced and widowed who do not remarry show worse health than the currently married on all dimensions. Dimensions of health that seem to develop slowly show strong effects of past marital disruption, whereas others seem more sensitive to current marital status.
	Liu, Hui, and Umberson, Debra J. , "The Times They Are a Changin': Marital Status and Health Differentials from 1972 to 2003", Journal of Health and Social Behavior, September 2008 (Vol. 49, No. 3)
		http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2008/00000049/00000003/art00001 The authors find that the old bromide that married people are healthier than unmarried people still tends to be true for women, and that divorced and separated women are particularly susceptible. But the health gap between married and unmarried men is closing.
Mind
	Morin, Rich, and Cohn, D'Vera , Women Call the Shots at Home; Public Mixed on Gender Roles in Jobs
		Pew Research Center, September 25, 2008 http://pewresearch.org/pubs/967/gender-power Morin and Cohn's report shows that in married couples women tend to make more of the decisions, including financial ones.
	Russell, David, "Living Arrangements, Social Integration, and Loneliness in Later Life: The Case of Physical Disability", Journal of Health and Social Behavior, December 2009 (Vol. 50, No. 4)
		http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/asoca/jhsb/2009/00000050/00000004/art00006 Russell's study reveals that older people living with a spouse are less lonely than those living with children or extended family, and that this difference is magnified for elders with disabilities.
Heart
	Brown, Susan L., and Kawamura, Sayaka, Relationship Quality Among Cohabitors and Marrieds in Older Adulthood
		National Center for Family and Marriage Research at Bowling Green University, January 2010, Free http://ncfmr.bgsu.edu/family_%20marriage_lit/Working%20Papers/PDFs/wp10-01.pdf The authors report that middle age and older cohabitors (a growing group) and married people differ little in emotional satisfaction, pleasure, openness, time spent together, criticism, and demands. But cohabitors are less likely than marrieds to report a relationship as “very happy.”
	Seider, Benjamin H., et al, "We Can Work It Out: Age Differences in Relational Pronouns, Physiology, and Behavior in Marital Conflict", Psychology and Aging, September 2009 (Vol. 24, No. 3)
		http://psycnet.apa.org/index.cfm?fa=buy.optionToBuy&id=2009-13203-009&CFID=4680849&CFTOKEN=80919089 The authors discovered that in marital conversations, older couples used more “we” pronouns that younger couples, and that this phenomenon related to other positive aspects of the relationship as reflected in the conversation. This suggests a ready indicator of marital relationship quality.
Soul
	Vanarelli, Donald D., "Keeping Family Peace through Elder Mediation", Aging Well, September 2008
		Vanarelli explains and promotes the concept of elder mediation.
Money
	New Economics of Marriage: The Rise of Wives
		Pew Research Center, January 2010, Free http://pewresearch.org/pubs/1466/economics-marriage-rise-of-wives This study finds that a larger share of women today, compared with 1970, have more education and income than their spouses. As a result, in recent decades the economic gains associated with marriage have been greater for men than for women.
	Stolz, Richard F., "When Couples Clash over Finances", Journal of Financial Planning, July 2009 (Vol. 22, No. 7)
		Stolz interviews several experienced planners concerning marital disagreements over financial issues.
	Zissimopoulos, Julie, et al, Marital Histories and Economic Well-Being
		University of Michigan Retirement Research Center, September 2008, Free http://www.mrrc.isr.umich.edu/publications/papers/pdf/wp180.pdf This study looks at the wealth differences of married vs. unmarried people, taking into account those who get divorced and remarried along the way.
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	Kemp, Candace L., "Negotiating Transitions in Later Life: Married Couples in Assisted Living", Journal of Applied Gerontology, 2008 (Vol. 27, No. 3)
		http://jag.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/27/3/231 This article presents an analysis of qualitative data from an exploratory study involving 20 married couples residing in assisted living facilities. Analysis considers couples' pathways and responses to assisted living.