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Title: Unmarried Adulthood: More than a Century of Change, 1900-2020

Citation Type: Working Paper

Publication Year: 2023

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ISSN: 1900-2020

DOI: 10.18128/D010.V12.0

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Abstract: The U.S. marriage rate has dropped over the past few decades (Schweizer, 2020). Persistent, high levels of divorce have been accompanied by plummeting rates of remarriage (Reynolds, 2021). Meanwhile, the share of never married adults in the U.S. has been on the rise (Wang and Parker, 2014), and the prevalence of those who have ever been married has been declining (Ruggles, 2016). All these trends point to the importance of tracking trends in unmarried adulthood. 1 Using data from the 1900 to 1990 Decennial Censuses and the American Community Survey 1-year estimates from 2000 to 2020, this family profile showcases over a century of change in the share unmarried adults aged 18 and older in the U.S., and further examines unmarried adulthood across sociodemographic characteristics, namely age, race and ethnicity, and educational attainment.

Url: https://scholarworks.bgsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1303&context=ncfmr_family_profiles

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Authors: Marino, Francesca A

Series Title: National Center for Family and Marriage Research Family Profiles

Publication Number: Family Profile No. 04 2023

Institution: Bowling Green State University

Pages: 1-3

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Data Collections: IPUMS USA

Topics: Family and Marriage

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