At the Population Association of America’s annual conference in San Francisco this week, papers on the recession’s impact on families, wealth, children, young adults, older Americans and other realms of life will be presented in at least 10 of the 200-plus sessions. Much of the research is preliminary, but it raises intriguing questions. One paper tries to assess whether the poor economy has affected divorce rates.
More than 2,000 demographers, sociologists and others converged on Washington, D.C., last week for the Population Association of America’s annual meeting.
In a reversal of long-standing marital patterns, college-educated young adults are more likely than young adults lacking a bachelor’s degree to have married by the age of 30.
The proportion of Americans who are currently married has been diminishing for decades and is lower than it has been in at least half a century.
The proportion of Americans who are currently married has been diminishing for decades and is lower than it has been in at least half a century.
Americans believe that births to unwed women are a big problem for society, and they take a mixed view at best of cohabitation without marriage.
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