Cohen research notes marriage rate and divorce level shift
Faculty Associate Philip Cohen analyzed declining divorce rates for not-college-educated in recent years
In The Baltimore Sun, Emma Withrow reports that marriage rates have declined for women with no college degree. While the rates for non-college educated women are declining, the overall marriage rates in the U.S. have remained stable for over 10 years, with divorce rates declining as well. She noted Faculty Associate Philip Cohen’s analysis on the declining divorce rates which show that Millennials and Generation X are more selective of their partners than prior generations and tend to marry later. According to Cohen, these factors reduce the likelihood of divorce.
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