Marriage Is Alive and Well
Older but Wiser
We are finding spouses later in life, but marriage is alive and well
BY CHRISTINE B. WHELAN
Friday, November 3, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
... Among Americans between the ages of 35 and 64, married couples still make up the majority of households ... Marriage is a priority for most Americans - more than 90% of American adults eventually marry - but these days it may not happen, as it so often did before, in the immediate post-high-school or post-college years. The truth is that we're marrying later - and marrying smarter. The institution of marriage is alive and well in 2006 ...
We are finding spouses later in life, but marriage is alive and well
BY CHRISTINE B. WHELAN
Friday, November 3, 2006 12:01 a.m. EST
... Among Americans between the ages of 35 and 64, married couples still make up the majority of households ... Marriage is a priority for most Americans - more than 90% of American adults eventually marry - but these days it may not happen, as it so often did before, in the immediate post-high-school or post-college years. The truth is that we're marrying later - and marrying smarter. The institution of marriage is alive and well in 2006 ...