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Title: Median Age at First Marriage, 2021

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2022

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DOI: 10.18128/D010.V11.0

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Abstract: The median age at first marriage in the United States has increased steadily since the mid-20th century, with a persistent gender gap (FP-21-12). In this profile, we use the 2021 Current Population Survey to document overall trends through 2021 and the 2020 American Community Survey (ACS) 1-Year Experimental IPUMS data to examine differences by race/ethnicity and education as of 2020. 1 The CPS and ACS tend to mimic each other for the median age at first marriage but differ slightly due to differences in how age at marriage is measured.2 For instance, in 2020, the CPS median age at first marriage for men was 30.5, and for women it was 28.1; the comparable figures for the 2020 ACS are 29.7 and 28.3, respectively.

Url: https://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/julian-median-age-first-marriage-2021-fp-22-15.pdf

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Authors: Julian, Christopher A

Series Title: Family and Marriage Research

Publication Number: Family Profile No. 15, 2022

Institution: Bowling Green State University

Pages: 1-2

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Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage, Gender, Race and Ethnicity

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