NCHS Data Brief: Who Marries and When?
Below are the key findings from a report published this week by the National Center for Health Statistics (download complete report: Data Brief No. 19).
Key Findings:
- Over 70% of men and women aged 25–44 have ever been married: 71% of men and 79% of women.
- Non-Hispanic black men and women aged 25–44 have lower percentages who have ever been married than non- Hispanic white and Hispanic persons of the same age.
- The probability that men will marry by age 40 is 81%; for women, it is 86%.
- A larger percentage of women than men aged 35–44 have married by age 35.
- Smaller percentages of non-Hispanic black women aged 35–44 have married by age 35 than non-Hispanic white or Hispanic women of the same age range.
- Smaller percentages of non-Hispanic black men aged 35–44 who are below the poverty line have been married by age 35 than non-Hispanic black men of the same age who are at least 200% above poverty.
- Among all race and ethnic groups aged 35–44, the data suggest that larger percentages of poor women have not married by age 35 than women who are near poor or not poor. (see chart below)
