Marriage Rates in America Hit Record Low

[jamesbond]

The marriage rate in America has hit a record low and is expected to drop even further next year, according to a company that specializes in wedding and fertility trend forecasts. But some experts speculate that the headline-grabbing recent retreat from marriage may be bottoming out.

The 2015 U.S. Wedding Forecast from Demographic Intelligence says millennials in the next five years will have more of its members at a typical marrying age than any previous generation. But they are also less likely to tie the knot than their predecessors.

The report shows a marriage rate of 6.74 per 1,000 people this year, with the number expected to fall slightly lower over each of the next two years. In 2008, the marriage rate in America was 7.09.

Others have made similar findings. A Pew Research Center report recently said that one-fourth of millennials are likely to eschew marriage entirely.

the United States has been experiencing a “cultural retreat from marriage” that has several drivers. For one, the economy has provided less-than-stellar job prospects for those who are not well-educated. That’s hit unskilled men particularly hard, as they have not been seen as good marriage material. And both men and women are putting off marriage because they don't think it's likely to last, he said.

Sturgeon also highlighted the growing number of men and women who are living together instead of marrying, many having children outside of marriage. Studies have shown that cohabitating relationships are less stable than married relationships and do not have a great track record for longevity.

Finally, fewer people are affiliated with religious institutions than in the past, also contributing to a decline in marriage, since religions have been among the staunchest advocates of marriage, Sturgeon said.

The decline in marriage was particularly steep for young women and for those with lower educational attainment. From 2008 to 2015, the report says, the marriage rate dropped more than 13 percent for young women with high school diplomas or less. At the same time, women who are college-educated have created a different trend. The number of women with college degrees who wed grew from 30 percent to 36 percent.

http://national.deseretnews.com/article ... cline.html

[Kradmelder]

Here as well:

a report on marriage and divorce rates in South Africa. According to the report, the number of people getting married has dropped dramatically in the past 10 years, while instances of divorce have spiked.

The findings show that 150 852 people wed in civil marriages in 2014, 3 062 had customary marriages and 1 144 were married in civil unions. In the same year, 24 689 people got divorced, 3,4% higher than the previous year, and mainly initiated by the female partner.

http://www.destinyconnect.com/2016/02/1 ... h-statssa/

They say only 1/3 of divorces are initiated by men.

the divorce rate is approaching the USA as well

Currently, the divorce rate stands at 61.2% from 34.5% reported in 2013.

http://newinki.com/will-never-guess-cou ... rce-rates/

No suprise USA is top of the charts the way american women behave. It is suprising anyone marries them all.

The odds of marriage are worse than russian roulette. There you only have a 1 in 6 chances of blowing your brains out. With marriage it 4 out of 6.