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I Do Not Yet: Americans Delay Marriage Trends
Census data show one third of men and about a quarter of women aged 30 to 34 have never married, up fourfold since 1970, as work and education take priority and taboos on cohabitation ease. The trend signals marriage remains desired but later. births outside wedlock rise, while teens show declines.
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Washington, D.C
Linda Waite
University of Chicago
Jeni Landers
Boston
Landers
Census Bureau
Dorian Solot
Albany, N.Y
Glendale
National Center For Health Statistics
Meaghan Lamarre
Providence
R.I
David Blankenhorn
Institute For American Values
Blankenhorn
Lamarre
Dennis Lowe
Pepperdine University
U.S