{"id":63461,"date":"2017-09-14T19:48:23","date_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:48:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=63461"},"modified":"2017-09-14T19:50:39","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T23:50:39","slug":"pewf-as-u-s-marriage-rate-hovers-at-50-education-gap-in-marital-status-widens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=63461","title":{"rendered":"(PewF FT) As U.S. marriage rate hovers at 50%, education gap in marital status widens"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The marriage divide in America continues to grow @pewresearch<\/a>https:\/\/t.co\/N2lO9ZHMCG<\/a>pic.twitter.com\/RIDXWFnyUw<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 W Bradford Wilcox (@WilcoxNMP) September 14, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Half of U.S. adults today are married, a share that has remained relatively stable in recent years but is down 9 percentage points over the past quarter century and dramatically different from the peak of 72% in 1960, according to newly released census data.<\/p>\n

The decline in the share of married adults can be explained in part by the fact that Americans are marrying later in life these days. In 2016, the\u00a0median age<\/a>\u00a0for a first marriage was 27.4 for women and 29.5 for men \u2013 roughly seven years more than the median ages in 1960 (20.3 for women and 22.8 for men).<\/p>\n

But delayed marriage may not explain all of the drop-off. The share of Americans who have\u00a0never<\/em>\u00a0married<\/a>\u00a0has been rising steadily in recent decades. At the same time, more adults are living with a partner instead of marrying and\u00a0raising children outside of marriage<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Marriage rates are also more closely linked to socio-economic status than ever before…<\/p>\n