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New poll shows record number of 40 year olds that have never married (www.pewresearch.org)

submitted 2 years ago by wet_lettuce to c/usnews

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Personally, I married pretty late. I was 17 years older than my parents when I married.

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[–] Lenguador@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

The article does address this. 20% of unmarried 40-year-olds are cohabitating. So that still leaves 20% of all 40-year-olds as never-married and not currently cohabitating.

The stats on education level were surprising to me too, though it does make sense as education is correlated with wealth, health, and long-term planning.