The marriage rate in the United States has plunged to its lowest level in recorded history as couples decide to forgo officially tying the knot and opt to live together to avoid financial stress instead.
The US marriage rate fell six percent in 2018, according to government figures released Wednesday.
In 2018 there were 6.5 new unions formed for every 1,000 people, the lowest rate since the general government started to record data in 1867, according to the National Center for Health Statistics.
'Millennials are in peak marriage years, their 20s and 30s, and it’s still dropping,' Sally Curtin, the lead author of the report. 'This is historic.'
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Save money on marriage my ass. Young men have figured out they'll save money on the divorce!
ReplyDeleteIt's just a piece of paper.
ReplyDeleteIt's not the paper.. it's the covenant between man and woman ( yes, I said it- man and woman),the promise before God...not just shacking up.
ReplyDeleteMen have zero interest in marriage
ReplyDeleteThere's the religious input. Snowflakes know not what you speak.
ReplyDeleteAnd that is truly sad.
It is because of the Moral decline of society and this has encouraged the acceptance of illegitimate kids and living in sin.
ReplyDelete3:40 those kids are Bastards, Look it up.
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ReplyDeletetrue Martha