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Noel7
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Registered: ‎03-09-2010

Marriage Rates Decline

‎12-15-2011 05:13 PM

A significant drop, for sure! Barely half of all US adults are married. It's dropped from 72% of married adults in 1960 to just 51% now.

"Barely half of all adults in the United States -- a record low -- are currently married, and the median age at first marriage has never been higher for brides (26.5 years) and grooms (28.7), according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of U.S. Census data.

In 1960, 72% of all adults ages 18 and older were married; today just 51% are. If current trends continue, the share of adults who are currently married will drop to below half within a few years."

http://pewresearch.org/pubs/2147/marriage-newly-weds-record-low?src=prc-newsletter

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