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Title: Marriage in the U.S.: Twenty-five Years of Change, 1989-2014

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Publication Year: 2015

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Abstract: Over the past few decades, there have been rapid changes in marriage patterns in the U.S. The shift in marriage is marked by a declining marriage rate, a historically high median age at first marriage (29.2 among men, 27.5 among women), and growing premarital and postmarital cohabitation that less often eventuate in marriage (Cherlin 2004; FP-14-18; Manning et al. 2014). Using data from the 1989 and 2014 Current Population Survey, this profile examines women’s experiences of marriage over the past 25 years. We present the share of American women aged 18-49 who had ever been married by race/ethnicity and by educational attainment. In a related profile (FP-15-01), we reported 25 years of change in cohabitation.

Url: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1081&context=ncfmr_family_profiles

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Authors: Lamidi, Esther

Publisher: Bowling Green State University

Data Collections: IPUMS CPS

Topics: Family and Marriage

Countries: United States