Study suggests marriage might be nearly outdated

Marriage can be defined in a variety of ways. It’s emotional, it’s practical and, according to Pew Research Center, marriage might even be becoming outdated in America. Based on the Associated Press, more kids than ever before live in single-parent families because of separation and divorce, separation or no marriage at all.

Issues regarding classification of family matrimony

In conjunction with Time magazine, the Pew group research indicates that not only is the notion of the importance of marriage in flux, however the classification of the United States family members is more fluid than ever. The sea change has reportedly prompted the Census Bureau to adopt broader definitions of what constitutes a family member, particularly where matters of poverty and unmarried couples are concerned.

Marriage doesn’t dominate family life the way it used to, according to the Pew team. Dr. Andrew Cherlin, sociology and public policy professor at Johns Hopkins University, told the AP that "Now you will find several methods to have a successful family member’s life and more people accept them.”

Families in America stats

According to the Pew matrimony and family study, 29 percent of kids live in single- or two-parent families who are unwed or not longer married. In 1960, there were five times less that many family members doing that. The number of Pew respondents who think that marriage is becoming unimportant was 39 percent. only 28 percent of Americans though this in 1978. Considering the United States census data from September 2010 – where marriage was down to an all-time low of 52 percent of adults 18 and older – it becomes clear the Pew findings are no coincidence.

The way the economy impacts it

A family member is considered a married couple by almost every person. However, only 60 percent of people say that same-sex couples with kids are considered family members and 80 percent of people who responded said that "an unmarried opposite-sex couple with kids or a single parent" was a family. The unmarried life is something economics has affected quite a bit. Just since last year there has been a huge increase. This means that an opposite-sex unmarried couple has gone up 13 percent. Fewer people have been willing to commit to long-term marriage with the joblessness as it is. Also, rates have declines as more "alternative" families have been given advantages like health insurance.

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Newser

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New Yorkers’ views of marriage

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