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Get Married Initiative

Get Married Initiative provides resources, education, and support to couples.

“Brad Wilcox's Get Married offers a simple formula to improve happiness health, and prosperity”

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Brad Wilcox

Brad Wilcox

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About Initiative

The Get Married Initiative is a research program that reviews the data on marriage, family formation, and life outcomes. The research to date has profiled the benefits of stably-married family to individuals, couples, their children, and wider American society. 

Through this initiative, we aim to provide resources for a rising generation of Americans considering how to get married and establish a stable family life. The Get Married Initiative will produce a series of research papers and online tools available here.

 

Publications On Get Married Initiative

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Advancing the Path to Success: How States Can Teach the Success Sequence to Youth

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America’s Demoralized Men, Part 1

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State of Our Unions 2026: The Dating Recession

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In Pursuit: Marriage, Motherhood, and Women’s Well-Being


News On Get Married

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Why Finding Love Feels Harder Than Ever, #614

by Juli Slattery, Brad Wilcox; Java with Juli


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Gen Z Hates Marriage and Kids... Or Do They?!

by Brad Wilcox; The Isabel Brown Show


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Why are marriage rates falling?

by Brad Wilcox; The Washington Post

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“It's rare that someone offers a simple formula to improve happiness, health, and prosperity, but Brad Wilcox masterfully does just that in Get Married. ”

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BONUS EPISODE: Marriage and Family (with Brad Wilcox)

Hosted by Inconvenient Truths with Kenny Xu

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Why You're Still Single & How To Get Married

Hosted by Culture Apothecary with Alex Clark

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Why Families are Fleeing Blue States with Brad Wilcox

Hosted by The Narrative

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Are We In a Romantic Recession?

Hosted by The Drew Mariani Show

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Wendy Wang & the collapse of the modern marriage market

Hosted by Givers, Doers, & Thinkers

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Let's Talk About Sex! Because We Are Doing It Way Less

Hosted by The Smerconish Podcast, Grant Bailey

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Episode 83: 5 Keys to a Strong, Stable Marriage: With Dr. Brad Wilcox

Hosted by Marriage IQ, Brad Wilcox

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Episode 256: Sociology professor W. Bradford Wilcox on how statistics show that flourishing families follow the family proclamation

Hosted by Church News, Brad Wilcox

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#933 - Brad Wilcox - Why Are Liberal Women Becoming Unhappy?

Hosted by Modern Wisdom, Brad Wilcox

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Why Elon Musk Wants You to Have More Kids

Brad Wilcox, IFS Senior Fellow, talks to Audie Cornish on The Assignment, CNN, about "Get Married". Hosted by The Assignment with Audie Cornish, Brad Wilcox

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“Sequencing Success” ft. the Institute for Family Studies’ Wendy Wang, Saturdays at Seven – Season Two, Episode Twenty

Hosted by Saturdays at Seven, Wendy Wang

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Get Married, Stay Married: A Recipe for Health, Wealth and Happiness

Hosted by Lauren Green's Lighthouse Faith, Brad Wilcox

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Why Your Community Needs Healthy Marriages

Hosted by Gospelbound, Brad Wilcox

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Brad Wilcox: The Correlation Between Marriage, Happiness, and Wealth

Hosted by ReFocus with Jim Daly, Brad Wilcox

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Want to Revitalize and Help Heal the Country? Brad Wilcox Says, "Get Married"

Hosted by Inside Sources, Brad Wilcox

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Can this one civic institution save civilization? Brad Wilcox on his new book: Get Married

Hosted by Defending Ideas

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Brad Wilcox: Skip the Chocolates and Get Married

Hosted by She Thinks Podcast, Brad Wilcox

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Are Married People Happier? (With Dr. Brad Wilcox)

Hosted by The Overthinkers, Brad Wilcox

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Episode 662: Brad Wilcox on Get Married

Hosted by Newt's World, Brad Wilcox

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Hosted by Conversations with Consequences, Brad Wilcox

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Brad Wilcox on Recovering Marriage, Children, and the Keys to Happiness

Hosted by Conservative Conversations with ISI, Brad Wilcox

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S6E4: Brad Wilcox, The Role of Family in Social Progress and Challenges

Hosted by The Free Mind Podcast, Brad Wilcox

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Getting Married Can Save the World

Hosted by Joel Sherman

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‘When the family is strong, our streets are safer’: Brad Wilcox on why getting married will save civilization

Hosted by The Hub, Brad Wilcox

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Brad Wilcox on marriage in today's America

Hosted by Banter: An AEI Podcast, Brad Wilcox

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Love & COVID… Is January the ‘Divorce Month’?

Hosted by Bob Sirott, Brad Wilcox

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Podcast #967: Busting the Myths of Marriage — Why Getting Hitched Still Matters

Hosted by Art of Manliness Podcast, Brad Wilcox

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The Power of Marriage: Recovering the Key to Human Flourishing — A Conversation with Brad Wilcox

Hosted by Thinking in Public, Brad Wilcox

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