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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher

Not really. The collapse of marriage as an institution has been economically devastating to the poor and now the working class. The very low marriage rates among the poorer half of the population,alongside relatively high rates among the affluent (along with assortive mating), is a tremendous magnifier of economic disparity.

We used to have:

Working class man making $40,000, wife no job. Family income $40,000.

Upper middle class man making $80,000, wife no job. Family income $80,000.

Now we have:

Working class woman making $30,000, father of kids not around. Family income $30,000.

Upper middle class man making $80,000, wife making $80,000. Family income $160,000.

Not to mention all the other negative outcomes associated with single-parent households.

That's a pretty simplistic take on things.