According to a report issued by the National Center for Health Statistics, unmarried couples who live together reside together for a longer period and have more children than any other time in the past. (Ethical panic around: homosexuals; ascension of feminism; "Wussification" Of the American men, other conservative garbage, etc.
like I mentioned Written by Usa Today, for about half about 13,000 researchers who have been interviewed, "The first union" He lived with an unmarried partner – not marriage. The survey also found that the marriage was "The first union" For less than 25 percent of women, a decrease of 39 percent in 1995.
Other results include:
As an initial union, 48 % of women coexist with their male partner, an increase of 43 % in 2002 and 34 % in 1995.
– 23 % of the first unions were marriages, decreased from 30 % in 2002 and 39 % in 1995. And increased the percentage of women who lived as a first union for all races and ethnic groups, with the exception of Asian women. Among those with Spanish origins, the percentage increased 57 %; For eggs, 43 %; For black, 39 %.
– 22 months is the average period of first cohabitation, an increase of 20 months in 2002 and 13 months in 1995.
19 % of women became pregnant and gave birth to the first year of the first coexistence before marriage.
Within three years of coexistence, 40 % of women moved to marriage; 32 % stay together; 27 % has separated.
The researchers attribute the transition to, among other factors, the class, education and an advanced view of marriage:
New data shows that 70 % of women without obtaining a high school diploma are confined to the first union, compared to 47 % of those who get a bachelor’s degree or higher. Among women between the ages of 22 and 44 with higher education, their coexistence was more likely to move to marriage within 53 %, compared to 30 % for those who did not graduate from high school.
"What we see here is the appearance of children within the greeting unions between the working class and the poor," [sociologist Andrew Cherlin of Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore] He says. "They have high standards for marriage and do not think they can meet them now, but increasingly, does not prevent them from having a child. Having children within greeting unions is more common among everyone except the college learner."
The study also found that cohabitation is often a first step towards marriage for many husbands, so do not publish your thinking on "death" From the institution until now. (But the report also found that an increasing number of adults enter long -term coexistence relationships as an alternative to marriage, so perhaps save a copy on the external fixed drive.)
The sociologist at Arizona University, Sarah Hayford, summarizes the results of the federal study well: they are complicated.
"Getting unions seem to play different roles for different people," She says.
The publication that does not marry is the new appearance of marriage for the first time on Salon.com.