Americans today are less likely to be married than at any time in the nation’s history. Rates have declined for all groups, but they’ve fallen most sharply among those on the lower rungs of the socio-economic ladder.
A new Pew Research survey finds that these less-advantaged adults are more likely than others to say that economic security is an important reason to marry. But this is a bar that many cannot meet.
Even as marriage shrinks, family remains the most important and most satisfying element in the lives of most Americans. Interactive: Five Decades of Marriage Trends or full report.
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