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The analysis, by Genevieve Heard, of the Centre for Population and Urban Research at Monash University, turns on its head traditional assumptions about educated women. “The assumption was the more women invested in education and career, the less interested they would be in family, and the less [they would] need to be supported by a husband,” Dr Heard said. “It was also assumed they were less traditional in their outlook on life.” Those who have been to university are now the ones with the best chance of finding a husband, leading some to worry that marriage is becoming the province of the more educated and the well-off. // Related: Marriage and Caste in America