A record-high share of 40-year-olds in the U.S. have never been married
www.pewresearch.org
As of 2021, 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married, a significant increase from 20% in 2010.

Personally, I married pretty late. I was 17 years older than my parents when I married.

  • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgMEnglish
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    1 year ago

    The stats by education level are surprising given the increasing difficulty of survival on a single income without roommates. I’m left to gather that marriage as an institution is losing popularity, with informal (to the government) long-term partnerships conferring sufficient desired benefits.

    • The_Real_Dr_McCoy@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      0·
      1 year ago

      It says in the article that couples forgoing marriage account for a some of this, but it’s mostly people remaining single.

      • Pete Hahnloser@beehaw.orgMEnglish
        1·
        1 year ago

        If one defines “single” as “lives alone/with platonic roommates,” sure. I’ve been with my partner for three years and live alone because of geography, but I would not consider myself single.