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Trends and Statistics about Marriage
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Intermarriage Statistics:
About 15% of all new marriages in the United States in 2010 were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity from one another, more than double the share in 1980 (6.7%).
Among all newlyweds in 2010, 9% of whites, 17% of blacks, 26% of Hispanics and 28% of Asians married out.
Looking at all married couples in 2010, regardless of when they married, the share of intermarriages reached an all-time high of 8.4%. In 1980, that share was just 3.2%.
GENDER DIFFERENCES:
About 24% of all black male newlyweds in 2010 married outside their race, compared with just 9% of black female newlyweds.
Among Asians, the gender pattern runs the other way. About 36% of Asian female newlyweds married outside their race in 2010, compared with just 17% of Asian male newlyweds.
Intermarriage rates among white and Hispanic newlyweds do not vary by gender.
REGIONAL DIFFERENCES:
22% of all newlyweds in Western states married someone of a different race or ethnicity between 2008 and 2010, compared with 14% in the South, 13% in the Northeast and 11% in the Midwest.
IS INTERMARRIAGE GOOD FOR SOCIETY?
43% of Americans say that more people of different races marrying each other has been a change for the better in our society, while 11% say it has been a change for the worse and 44% say it has made no difference.
PUBLIC ACCEPTANCE OF INTERMARRIAGE
35% of Americans say that a member of their immediate family or a close relative is currently married to someone of a different race. Also, nearly two-thirds of Americans (63%) say it “would be fine” with them if a member of their own family were to marry someone outside their own racial or ethnic group.
SOURCE: 2012 Pew Research Center’s analysis of data from the U.S. Census Bureau’s American Community Survey (ACS) in 2008-2010 and on findings from three of the Pew Research Center’s own nationwide telephone surveys that explore public attitudes toward intermarriage.
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66%: Percentage of divorces linked to Facebook.
Here are five safeguards couples can apply to Facebook and other social networks:
- Assess who you talk to the most. Is it a good mixture of men and women? Do you favor one friend over the others?
- Make your expectations very clear to your online friends.
- Do not engage in an intimate online conversation with someone who is not your spouse.
- Couples should set parameters about how much time and when they are online each day. If you're using Facebook at 2 a.m. when everyone else in the household is asleep, this could be the sign of a problem.
- Share your Facebook password with your spouse and vice-versa. That way you both know your Facebook private messages are not secret.
SOURCE: American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers (AAML) |
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Marriage Sex Statistics
44%: Percentage of married couples who "are fully satisfied with their sex lives."
Over 50%: Percentage of couples over 65 years old who are having sex more than once a week.
39%: Percentage of people who are looking for more love and romance in their marriage.
36%: Percentage of married couples that would like more quality time with their partner.
Source: 2Durex Sexual Wellbeing Global Survey -- Sexual Satisfaction (2010) Highlights010 Pew Research Center Report
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22%: Percentage of U.S. wives who earned more than their husbands, up from 4% in 1970.
Source: 2010 Pew Research Center Report
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70%: Percentage of women who say they are less financially dependent on their spouses than their mothers were.
Source: Time Magazine Poll, Oct. 2009
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3.3 million: Number of married couples in the US in which the wife is the sole earner. That's 2.4 million more than in 1970.
Source: Time Magazine - Oct. 26th, 2009
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230%: Increased likelihood of both members of a married couple being obese, compared with dating partners. New new study links domestic blish to serious weight gain, i.e. the old expression, "We're fat and happy."
Source: July 2009 Issue of Obesity - new research study of 6,949 individuals watched over a handful of years that linked weight change to relationship status.
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62.6 million: Number of married women in 2007.
Source: 2007 American Community Survey <http://factfinder.census.gov>
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18%: Percentage of married couples in which the wife earned at least $5,000 more than the husband in 2007.
Source: U.S. Census - Families and Living Arrangements: 2007
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23%: Percentage of married couples in which the wife had more education than the husband in 2007.
Source: U.S. Census - Families and Living Arrangements: 2007
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