Number of adults married at all-time low: new study
Image via Wikipedia WASHINGTON, DC , December 15, 2011 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) - A report published yesterday by the Pew Research Center says that only 51% of adults in the United States are currently married. Compared to 1960 when 72% of all adults ages 18 and older were married, this represents a new low for the U.S., and, according to the report, is representative of most other “advanced post-industrial societies .” “If current trends continue,” senior writer D’Vera Cohn advises, “the share of adults who are currently married will drop to below half within a few years. Other adult living arrangements—including cohabitation, single-person households and single parenthood —have all grown more prevalent in recent decades.” The report also reveals that the number of adults who have never married has almost doubled, from 15% to 28%, since 1960, and that the median age at first marriage has risen from 20.3 to 26.5 for women, and from 22.8 to 28.7 for men. Image by mary hodder via Flic