This graph shows us a couple interesting things.
- Marriage rates are falling. Pretty drastically.
- After thirty the chances of ever getting married really start to drop. You could say that men are not interested in marrying women after 30.
This graph shows us a couple interesting things.
What’s the source of this? I’ve done some searching and what I’ve found isn’t as drastic as this chart (this for example suggests a 25% drop now relative to the great depression - https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/567107-the-end-of-marriage-in-america/ ) - I figure this could still be true, but, I want to know where it comes from
I think after looking at this - https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/hestat/marriage_rate_2018/marriage_rate_2018.htm - I understand the reason for the variation. I think it’s likely a rise in marriages other than the first one, that make the number of absolute marriages per year look closer percentage wise than the graph shows.