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TOPIC: Study results presented at the Coalition for Marriage, Families and Couples Education conference suggest that unhappily married people who stay together are happier than those who divorce after five years, according to an article by USA Today. Researchers from the University of Chicago reviewed data on 5,232 married couples, in which 645 couples were unhappy. Five years later, 167 of the unhappy couples divorced and half said they were happy, while two-thirds of the 478 couples who stayed married claimed to be happy. Couples who stayed together cited improved communication, marital endurance and personal change as reasons why their marriages survived, the article says. EXPERTS: ExpertSource can offer several highly qualified experts to comment on this story:

Professor Brian Powell, of Indiana University, Department of Sociology, is an expert on sociology, divorce and custody and familial structure. 812-855-4127, 812-855-4848 (University PR Phone)

Professor Jerold Heiss, of the University of Connecticut, can share his expertise on sociology, marriage, divorce and the African-American family. 860-486-2000

Ms. Pat Love is a marriage and family therapist and educator who is a relationship expert who focuses on topics of interest to the female baby-boomer generation. PR: Rachael Cairone ([e-mail], 914-241-0086).

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