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“Why Do People Think Marriage Fixes Everything?”: Dr Kris Marsh On Studying The Rise Of The Black, Single Middle Class

Less and less of us are getting married and sociologist Dr Marsh has been studying the lives of those who are choosing to stay single.

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Jendella Benson

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The Love Jones Cohort: Single and Living Alone in the Black Middle Class is available now from Cambridge University Press.

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