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Americans are increasingly forgoing or delaying marriage — a dramatic shift from societal norms a generation ago.
By the numbers: Over the last 50 years, the marriage rate in the U.S. has dropped by nearly 60%.
What's happening: Taxes and some other legal structures still give an advantage to married couples, but the formal benefits of marriage are diminishing, said Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins. And the societal pressure to marry has eroded dramatically.
By the numbers: Over the last 50 years, the marriage rate in the U.S. has dropped by nearly 60%.
What's happening: Taxes and some other legal structures still give an advantage to married couples, but the formal benefits of marriage are diminishing, said Andrew Cherlin, a sociologist at Johns Hopkins. And the societal pressure to marry has eroded dramatically.
Marriage is on the decline in the U.S.
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Also when they do marry at the first real issue they divorce instead of working it out and becoming stronger as a couple.
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Lt Col Charlie Brown That's actually sad in my opinion. I guess I'm just too old school and don't believe in having children out of wedlock, sex and cohabitating out of marriage. To each their own.
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