Study: Worship together aids marital relations

The old slogan "couples who pray together stay together" may be true especially for African Americans, a new study shows.

The survey of religion, race and relationships found that African Americans attend church more as couples compared to members of other racial and ethnic groups.

Four in ten African-American respondents said they attended services regularly as a couple, according to a study published in the August issue of the Journal of Marriage and Family. In comparison, 31 percent of Mexicans or Mexican-Americans and 29 percent of whites said they regularly shared a pew.