{"id":1444368,"date":"2023-12-17T04:45:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/?p=1444368"},"modified":"2023-12-17T04:45:00","modified_gmt":"2023-12-17T09:45:00","slug":"americans-are-getting-married-older-than-ever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/americans-are-getting-married-older-than-ever\/1444368\/","title":{"rendered":"Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden\">Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item\">\n<p>Americans are delaying (or putting off altogether) getting\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/topics\/797\/weddings-and-marriage\/\">married<\/a>\u00a0for longer than before, according to\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.census.gov\/data\/tables\/time-series\/demo\/families\/marital.html\">data<\/a>\u00a0from the U.S. Census Bureau.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/7031\/americans-are-tying-the-knot-older-than-ever\/\">As Statista&#8217;s Anna Fleck reports,<\/a><strong> the median average age for men to first get married has risen to 30.2 years in 2023, while for women the figure is 28.4 years.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the following chart shows, there has been a pretty steady upward trajectory to the present day since the 1950s, when the lowest median figures of 22.5 years for men were reached and just 20.1 years for women.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/7031\/americans-are-tying-the-knot-older-than-ever\/\" title=\"Infographic: Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever | Statista\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>You will find more infographics at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chartoftheday\/\">Statista<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Data from Pew Research Center highlights how\u00a0<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pewresearch.org\/short-reads\/2023\/05\/23\/young-adults-in-the-u-s-are-reaching-key-life-milestones-later-than-in-the-past\/\">young adults in the U.S. are reaching other key life milestones later than\u00a0<\/a>before too. <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For 25 year olds in 2021 versus those of 40 years ago, the gap is\u00a0particularly apparent for the social milestones of living on their own, being married and having children, while there is less of a difference between the two groups for the financial milestones of having a full-time job and financial independence.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>      <span class=\"field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden\"><a title=\"View user profile.\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.zerohedge.com\/users\/tyler-durden\" class=\"username\">Tyler Durden<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span class=\"field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden\">Sat, 12\/16\/2023 &#8211; 23:45<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u200b<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/americans-are-getting-married-older-ever\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/medical\/americans-are-getting-married-older-ever<\/a>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Americans Are Getting Married Older Than Ever Americans are delaying (or putting off altogether) getting\u00a0married\u00a0for longer than before, according to\u00a0data\u00a0from the U.S. Census Bureau. 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