An
important
contributor
to
putting
and
keeping
men,
women,
and
children
on
the
escalator
toward
the
American
dream
is
little-known
and
widely
ignored... It
used
to be
that
social
mobility
and
protection
from
poverty
were
largely
due to
employment.
In
more
recent
times,
the
central
factor
has
become,
you
guessed
it...
Marriage!
