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  2. Marriage rates are up, and divorce rates are down, new ... - AOL

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    But in 2020, the marriage rate was down to 5.1 per 1,000 people, the data showed. The rate started to climb the next year, and by 2022, the number of marriages had reached 6.2 per capita and over ...

  3. Marriage gap - Wikipedia

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    [2] In the words of Lichter in colleagues, ""Our results call into question the appropriateness of monocausal economic explanations of declining marriage." [7] In fact, "The decline of marriage and rise of single parenthood in the late 1960s preceded the economic changes that undercut men's wages and job stability in the 1970s." [2] [8] There ...

  4. The state of American divorce in 2024 - AOL

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    Divorce rates in America While the divorce rate in America is higher than the world average (1.6 per 1,000 people), national marriage and divorce dates in the U.S. both mirror the global decline.

  5. Family in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Stepfamilies are becoming more familiar in America. Divorce rates are rising and the remarriage rate is rising as well, therefore, bringing two families together making stepfamilies. Statistics show that there are 1,300 new stepfamilies forming every day. Over half of American families are remarried, that is 75% of marriages ending in divorce ...

  6. Socioeconomic mobility in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Socioeconomic mobility in the United States refers to the upward or downward movement of Americans from one social class or economic level to another, [2] through job changes, inheritance, marriage, connections, tax changes, innovation, illegal activities, hard work, lobbying, luck, health changes or other factors.

  7. Why have we fallen out of love with marriage? - AOL

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    Rachael Lennon, author. The decline in marriage rates is often cast in a negative light, particularly among conservatives with a small “c”. “Societies throughout history have encouraged ...

  8. Marriage in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Marriage in the United States is a legal, social, and religious institution. The marriage age is set by each state and territory, either by statute or the common law applies. . An individual may marry without parental consent or other authorization on reaching 18 years of age in all states except in Nebraska (where the general marriage age is 19) and Mississippi (where the general marriage age ...

  9. Study finds the bigger the age gap, the more likely that the ...

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    Research from Emory University shows the bigger the age gap in a marriage ... the more likely that couple won't last. ... But even just being one year apart puts you at a 3 percent higher divorce ...