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Victoria Derbyshire: 13/03/2012

13/03/2012

BBC Radio 5 Live - Victoria Derbyshire, 13/03/2012

Do children brought up by parents who're married end up with better jobs and education?

Is marriage always the best environment in which to bring up children? The government confirms its support for marriage today in a new social justice strategy.

Is marriage the best environment in which to bring up children?  The government confirm its support for marriage today in a new social justice strategy. In it the Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith quotes research which suggests children end up with a better education and better jobs if their parents stay together, and that unmarried parents are far more likely to split up. 
Also we speak to three athletes who're all contenders for gold medals at London 2012. One of them was, until recently, training in a pool which used to close during cold weather.  One of them thought he may never compete again after tearing a ligament in his hand. And one of them spent a long time out of training in 2009 after a serious back injury.

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