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Researchers have recently published the results of a study that followed the marriages of around 1,600 people over a 20-year period to uncover the effects of marital happiness on physical health.

According to co-author Cody Hollist, from the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, there is a recognised link between health and the happiness of marriage, but it is not clear whether a happy marriage creates good health, or whether a bad marriage leads to poor health.

“There is no way to tease out what caused what,” he said. “But it is clear that marital quality and health run in tandem.”

The job environment in America has changed dramatically over recent years, and it can be very hard for workers without a college degree to find a stable full-time job with good benefits. This lack of stability and security has had an impact on family structure amongst working-class Americans, according to a new study.

Researchers at the University of Virginia and Harvard University found that working-class Americans are now less likely to get married or have children within marriage than people with college degrees, and those that do get married are more likely to end up separated or divorced.

“Working-class people with insecure work and few resources, little stability and no ability to plan for a foreseeable future become concerned with their own survival and often become unable to imagine being able to provide materially and emotionally for others,” said Sarah Corse, an associate professor of sociology in U.Va.’s College of Arts & Sciences and the study’s lead author. “Insecure work changes peoples’ non-work lives.”

The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Bill has completed its historic journey through Parliament and received Royal Assent on 17th July, officially making it law.

According to Women and Equalities Minister, Maria Miller, the first same sex wedding could take place by as early as summer 2014.

The Act, which applies to England and Wales, will: