Peanut Gallery: USA Today reports –
U.S. marriage rates are at historic lows but may soon rebound a bit, demographers predict.
USA Today has moved into the “lipstick on a pig” category with this spin on what can only be seen as a tragic statistic.
The undisputed most important factor in child poverty and predicted social/educational failure is single parenting… specifically, absentee fathers.
The USA Today study alludes to education levels and the recession as factors. Perhaps… but only incidentally in my opinion. During the same time frame, cohabitation rates have soared to their highest levels.
The problem is the breakdown of traditional morality in American society.
Shame, shame…
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From: www.usatoday.com
Marriage rate may be low, but more weddings predicted
U.S. marriage rates are at historic lows but may soon rebound a bit, demographers predict.
Story Highlights
+ Numbers are rising among women ages 25-34, the college-educated and the affluent
+ Declines likely to set in again at end of decade
+ Average marriage age for U.S. men could reach 30
The marriage rate is at its lowest point in more than a century, and the number of marriages across the USA fell more than 5% during the recession. But a new analysis projects that pent-up demand and the large population of marriage-eligible Millennials, ages 18-34, means more will be headed to the altar over the next two years.
Cultural changes about whether and when to marry, the fact that two-thirds of first marriages are preceded by cohabitation and the recession’s financial fallout — including unemployment and underemployment — fueled the wedding decline.
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