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Millennials Are in No Rush to Marry

Source: Gallup

Perhaps contrary to expectations, given normal demographic patterns of adolescents’ movement into early adulthood and family formation, data show that significantly more millennials are currently single/never married than was true for those in older generations, and considerably more are in domestic partnerships. Specifically, more than half of all millennials (59 percent) have never married, and 9 percent are in domestic partnerships. Gallup has noted a trend toward fewer young adults being married in recent years. For millennials currently aged 18 to 30, just 20 percent are married, compared with nearly 60 percent of 18- to 30-year-olds in 1962. Millennials are clearly delaying marriage longer than any generation before them, which could have a significant impact on household formation.

Marital Status, by Generation

	Millennials%	Gen Xers%	Baby boomers%	Traditionalists%	TOTAL%
Single/Never married	59	16	10	4	25
Married	27	62	65	55	52
Separated	2	4	3	1	2
Divorced	3	11	14	9	9
Widowed	*	1	6	29	6
Domestic partnership/ Living with partner	9	6	3	1	5
* Less than 0.5%

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