Category: marriage rate

A Record Number of 40-Year-Olds Have Never Been Married

July 2, 2023
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According to a new analysis of Census Bureau data by the Pew Research Center, a record number of 40-year-old Americans who have never been married reached a record high in 2021. A quarter of 40-year-olds in the United States have never been married, Pew Research reported on June 28. Most lived alone, with just 22…

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Barbara Kay: ‘Doomography’: The Trend of Plunging Fertility Rates Is Eroding Societal Well-Being

May 2, 2023
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Commentary With an estimated 1.4 billion people, India’s population has drawn even with China’s, and will soon surpass it, as China’s population is in decline and aging, while India’s is growing and young. A startling 20 percent of people worldwide under the age of 25 live in India. Environmental alarmists will see nothing in this…

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The Public Consequences of Falling Marriage Rates

November 26, 2022
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Commentary Schools, travel plans, and work schedules aren’t the only things that need to return to normal after almost three years of COVID disruptions. Marriage needs to get back on track too. Canadian marriages hit a historic low in 2020, with 33 percent fewer marriages registered compared to the previous year. You could call it…

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Marriage and Family in the Post-COVID World

November 10, 2021
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Commentary Mary Eberstadt, senior research fellow at the Faith and Reason Institute in Washington, D.C., wrote several years ago, “The new wealth in America is familial wealth, and the new poverty, familial poverty.” I was reminded of those words as I studied a new report (pdf) by W. Bradford Wilcox and the Institute for Family…

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