More money in a paycheck might not be enough to increase marriage rates. When asked why they don’t get married, low-income couples say that there is an “economic bar to marriage.
Low-income parents want a white picket fence before getting married

Marriage rates in the U.S. are declining, especially among the lowest-income Americans.
Fuente: The Conversation, 28 November 2018.
Fuente: The Conversation, 28 November 2018.