Ring Thing

Marital Patterns Across Generations

Chase Owens, Michael Vogt, and Angus Stewart

FEBRUARY 17, 2017

 The Past
1963 Average Age of Marriage- 23
for Men, 21 for
Women Roughly 50/50 Divorce Rate

Average 55.6% Agreeance with

Interracial Marriage
Across Past Generations

Average 41.6% Agreeance with

Same-sex Marriage

Averages Around 16.5%

Divorced/Separated
Singularity not Documented, but
Can Be Assumed to Be
Lower Due to Observable Trends
 The Present
Current Average Age- 29 for Men, 27 for
Women

Divorce Rates Maintained at Roughly

50/50

72% Agreeance with Interracial Marriage

59% Agreeance with Same-sex Marriage

4% of Current Adult Millennials are

Divorced/Separated

Significant Rise in Millennials Choosing

to Be Single

69% Plan to Marry, and 25% Never Will

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