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As reported in the Journal of the American Medical Association October 20, 1999- Vol.282, No. 15, 1405-1407. Implant 2.4% Pill 9% Diaphragm & cervical cap 13% Male Condom 15% Withdrawal 26% Spermicides 28% "Failures are highest among cohabiting and other unmarried women, among low income, African-American and Hispanic women, among adolescents and women in their 20s. For example, adolescent women who are not married but cohabiting (living with boyfriend) experience a failure rate of about 47% in the first year of contraceptive use, while the 12 month failure rate among married women 30 and older is only 8%."* Data taken [...]

By HARA ESTROFF MARANO There is a brand new recipe for a healthy life. The basic ingredients are a low-fat diet, regular exercise -- and marriage. Countering conventional wisdom that marriage is bad for women but good for men, a University of Chicago researcher says she has found that marriage brings considerable benefits to both women and men. It lengthens life, substantially boosts physical and emotional health and raises income over that of single or divorced people or those who live together, she says. The researcher, Dr. Linda J. Waite, a professor of sociology, presented her findings in July at [...]