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19. Barely Half of U.S. Adults Are Married - A Record Low

Mon Nov 22, 2021, 09:34 AM

Nov 2021

This is old, from 2011, but I'd bet that the trend continued.

In the United States, the declines have occurred among all age groups, but are most dramatic among young adults. Today, just 20% of adults ages 18 to 29 are married, compared with 59% in 1960. Over the course of the past 50 years, the median age at first marriage has risen by about six years for both men and women.

https://www.pewresearch.org/social-trends/2011/12/14/barely-half-of-u-s-adults-are-married-a-record-low/

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Historical data on people under 30 who have had zero opposite sex sexual partners since turning 18 [View all] OnlinePoker Nov 2021 OP

What happened in 2008? hfojvt Nov 2021 #1

Housing crash? OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #2

Increased social media usage ? CentralMass Nov 2021 #3

That could certainly be part of it. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #4

Young Men as a group are a lot less attractive then they used to be. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #5

It's also the effect social media has on the expectations of females Calculating Nov 2021 #8

It could also be malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #17

I don't know any women who feel that way. yardwork Nov 2021 #18

+1 MrsCoffee Nov 2021 #44

This is pretty laughable. Very MRA. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #28

+1 leftstreet Nov 2021 #36

Well what is your explanation? Calculating Nov 2021 #37

See my post #26. It fits the data much better. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #39

That certainly is accurate in some cases. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #38

More women are having sex than men, so you conclude that WOMEN are too choosey. Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #40

Huh... I am not concluding anything. cinematicdiversions Nov 2021 #41

So by not having sex malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #47

And we wimmen follow social influencers, don't you know. yardwork Nov 2021 #46

Also, the fact that WE are having more sex is proof that WE are too choosy, and therefore Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #52

I know! yardwork Nov 2021 #53

women have careers now treestar Nov 2021 #54

Young adults are probably more likely to live with parents and social media JI7 Nov 2021 #6

I wonder why it's just about opposite-sex partners? Silent3 Nov 2021 #7

I'm assuming that gay men and lesbians are Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #10

among the younger lesbians that I'm friends with janterry Nov 2021 #13

That's sad. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #16

Certainly not here (Stockholm), and the internet has made things so easy to find Celerity Nov 2021 #49

Yeah in order to be a valid malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #21

Huh? Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #22

You are mocking people who wish to have sex, but can't find a partner n/t Silent3 Nov 2021 #29

Well, if I'm doing that, I apologize. Haggard Celine Nov 2021 #30

Or people in 1989 were more likely to lie about their sex lives. meadowlander Nov 2021 #9

So that is where LulaRue gets its color schemes!n/t LiberatedUSA Nov 2021 #14

Those pencil-necks weren't getting laid DenaliDemocrat Nov 2021 #42

Hmm, the last year of the survey was 2018. I bet its even higher during the pandemic /nt progree Nov 2021 #11

It appears that it is far more likely to have sex if you are a Tomconroy Nov 2021 #12

(Certainly noteworthy graph) The OP was about "opposite sex", excluding same sex. Bernardo de La Paz Nov 2021 #15

Or women, on average, are less likely to have no sex at all when a young adult muriel_volestrangler Nov 2021 #27

Barely Half of U.S. Adults Are Married - A Record Low Klaralven Nov 2021 #19

I wish this graph meant that our culture has made it safer for young people, particularly men, to WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #20

Is there anything wrong malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #23

Nope, and I wish we had a better understanding of that fact as well. WhiskeyGrinder Nov 2021 #24

We are increasingly isolated society Johonny Nov 2021 #25

+1 uponit7771 Nov 2021 #55

No one in the thread has yet mentioned the unrealistic Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #26

truly a thing. mopinko Nov 2021 #31

Except that there isn't a porn ideal anymore. SYFROYH Nov 2021 #32

Yup. And if that is where your arousal patterns have developed, what real woman having Scrivener7 Nov 2021 #34

This is not surprising to me Johnny2X2X Nov 2021 #33

More serious, you think? Ron Obvious Nov 2021 #43

Just because one doesn't malletgirl02 Nov 2021 #45

That's Not What The Poster Said ProfessorGAC Nov 2021 #56

Another contributing factor could be environmental pollutants on hormone levels. meadowlander Nov 2021 #35

I wish that data was more up to date, so we could see what effects COVID had. Celerity Nov 2021 #48

From the site, it looks like they do the survey every 2 years. OnlinePoker Nov 2021 #51

My mind went a little sideways with adolescence. hunter Nov 2021 #50