Marriage: The Unsung Hero Against Poverty
There are four steps you can take in a specific order to reduce the chances your family will ever live in poverty. They are:
- Graduate from high school.
- Get married.
- Have children after you are married.
- Stay married.
If you do those four things in that order, the chances you and your children will live in poverty are reduced by 82%. If you go on to graduate from college, the chances drop even more drastically.