Kimball discourages interracial marriage, but states that there is "no condemnation" of it.

Ezra Taft Benson cautions single women to avoid romantic relationships with men that "cannot take you worthily to the temple."

Study by non-LDS demographer shows low LDS divorce rates.

Gordon B. Hinckley writes in the Ensign that "there is no substitute for marrying in the temple."

Heaton provides a summary of various Latter-day Saint statistics; estimates that temple sealings have a divorce rate of 25-30%.

Church manual quotes Spencer W. Kimball on interracial marriage.

Study using the National Survey of Households and Families—Latter-day Saints and conservative Protestants get married the youngest.

Article that uses the National Survey of Families and Households data (1st wave in the late 1980s) to show that Latter-day Saints are married much sooner.

Deseret News article that cites a BYU Professor's number that the average age of first marriage is 23, and juxtaposes that with the national average of 25-27.

Keller does a deep dive on the popular 6% figure that is often cited as the temple divorce rate.

Study showing that returned missionaries have low divorce rates.

Rodney Stark provides data showing religious couples are more likely to marry, stay married, and have happier marriages than irreligious couples.

Naomi Schaefer Riley finds that interfaith marriages are "more unhappy," "more unstable," with "high divorce rates."

Naomi Schaefer Riley reviews data on interfaith divorce and marital satisfaction, including Mormons.

Jeremy Uecker finds that Latter-day Saints marry much younger.

Heaton & Jacobson analyze 2007 Pew data and cross-year General Social Survey data showing LDS divorce rates, also reporting cross-national data that shows higher divorce rates internationally.

Study that shows that Latter-day Saints in New Zealand report higher happiness.

Informal literature review of older LDS and mental health studies, finds that LDS are healthier.

Study finds that religious service attendance improves psychological well-being.

Article on church Website states how Bishops are to promote marriage among singles.

Cranney analyzes Pew's 2014 data on Latter-day Saint divorce; LDS less likely to get divorced than non-LDS.

Blog post from Stephen Cranney that analyzes GSS data to show that members report higher marital happiness.

Gallup finds that Americans who attend religious services weekly have far higher life satisfaction than those who do not.