Being Single

“Singles” don’t count in today’s society.  Being single in a married world is not easy.  Policies favor couples, but single people tend to offer more to society.  Social scientists and researchers say the plight of the American single person is cause for growing concern. According to the Census Bureau, about 100 million Americans, nearly half of […]

Married Couples

The Census Bureau has reported that in 2010 only 48 percent of American households were represented by married couples.  This is the first time that figure has dropped below 50 percent.  This is down from 78 percent in 1950—the days of “Ozzie and Harriet” are gone.  Just a fifth of households were traditional families—married couples […]

First Marriage

According to a recent report in 2011 by the Census Bureau, nearly half of all women between the ages of 25 and 29 have never been married.  The report highlighted the shifting patterns of marriage and divorce since the 1940′s. Among the changes found in the research is the rising median age of first marriages.  The […]