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Percentage of Married people down---why?
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/world/americas/15iht-web.1015wed.3163579.html
I heard this last year on the news, and was curious why this is happening.
was in the article for one reason. I don't think its the major reason though.
Are people getting too particular for themselves? Growing unsure about making a commitment? Do they like their independence too much? Is it more of the man's fault or the woman's?
People may have specific reasons, but even though the article is a couple of years old, I would guess things haven't changed that much since the article was written.
(I was thinking about this from just the high percentage of people I know living in my neighborhood.)
(and-since was not about a specific relationship, I put it in GD----if one of you mentors want to move it to 'relationships'--that's fine with me)
"The American Community Survey, released this month by the Census Bureau, found that 49.7 percent, or 55.2 million, of the nation's 111.1 million households in 2005 were made up of married couples - with and without children - just shy of a majority and down from more than 52 percent five years earlier."
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/10/15/world/americas/15iht-web.1015wed.3163579.html
I heard this last year on the news, and was curious why this is happening.
"I would say the increase is due to people feeling more comfortable disclosing that they are gay or lesbian and living with a partner," he said.
was in the article for one reason. I don't think its the major reason though.
Are people getting too particular for themselves? Growing unsure about making a commitment? Do they like their independence too much? Is it more of the man's fault or the woman's?
People may have specific reasons, but even though the article is a couple of years old, I would guess things haven't changed that much since the article was written.
(I was thinking about this from just the high percentage of people I know living in my neighborhood.)
(and-since was not about a specific relationship, I put it in GD----if one of you mentors want to move it to 'relationships'--that's fine with me)
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