‘Millenials’ slow to marry, survey shows
February 24, 2023
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CWN Editor's Note: In a study of the “Millennials” age group—born between 1981 and 1996—Pew Research uncovers a striking fact: 57% have never married.
By contrast, among members of the “Silent Generation,” now aged 72 to 89, only 17% were unmarried when they were at the same age as today’s Millennials.
Between 1965 and 2017, Pew found, the average age of marriage rose by about six years: from 21 to 27 for women, and from 23 to almost 30 for men.
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