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	LATEST LATEST LEGAL NEWS ARCHIVE		LATEST NEWS & EVENTS Marriage 'has little effect on children's development' Whether or not parents are married has little effect on the development of children, it has been suggested. According to a new study from the Institute for Fiscal Studies, although youngsters raised by adults who are in wedlock tend to progress more quickly, this is due to other factors. The organisation, which is an independent microeconomic research institute and has been in operation for four decades, based its Cohabitation, Marriage and Child Outcomes report on the Millennium Cohort Study. It claimed that mothers and fathers who had tied the knot were more likely to own their own home and were twice as likely to have gone to university. Commenting on the topic, the authors of the research said: "We have ... shown that parents who are married differ from those who are cohabiting in very substantial ways, particularly relating to their ethnicity, education and socio-economic status and their history of relationship stability." Related Articles: 17/5/2012 - Discussing death remains taboo as wills and inheritance tax planning suffers 11/5/2012 - Queen's Speech legal reforms welcomed 4/5/2012 - Create Lasting Power of Attorney before it's too late 2/5/2012 - Support for will writing regulation grows 25/4/2012 - Inheritance tax planning could net �450m a year in savings More Individual Legal Services News