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Title: A Decade of Change in Shares of Single, Cohabiting, and Married Individuals, 2012-2022

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Publication Year: 2023

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DOI: 10.18128/D030.V10.0

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Abstract: In 2022, nearly 131 million individuals over the age of 15 in the U.S. were married. Meanwhile, slightly over 20 million were cohabiting, and more than 116 million were single. Using the 2012 and 2022 Current Population Survey (CPS), we contrast the share of individuals who are married, cohabiting, and single in the U.S. to examine a decade of change between 2012 to 2022. We compare whether and how the composition of single, cohabiting, and married individuals has shifted over time across key demographic characteristics, including age, race/ethnicity, and educational attainment. This profile is an update of FP-14-01, which compared single, married, and cohabiting households (Lamidi, 2014). By using the cohabitation pointers in the CPS (available in the 2012 and 2022 data), we can detect the relationship status of the respondent regardless of household head status, allowing us to conduct an individual-level analysis (versus household-level).

Url: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1306&context=ncfmr_family_profiles

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Authors: Julian, Christopher A

Publisher: BGSU National Center for Family and Marriage

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Education, Family and Marriage, Population Data Science, Race and Ethnicity

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