Do millennials delay marriage?

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Only 26% of Millennials are married by age 32, compared to previous generations. 69% of unmarried Millennials want to get married but feel they lack the financial basis. Millennials are better educated and racially diverse but tend to trust others less often.

Members of the millennial generation are much less likely to be married by age 32 than previous generations. In fact, research shows that only 26% of Millennials are married by age 32, compared to 36% of Gen X-ers, 48% of BaBoomers and 60% of members of the Silent Generation at the same age. Interestingly, researchers estimate that 69% of unmarried Millennials would like to get married but feel they lack the financial basis to make it possible.

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Millennials as a cohort are better educated than previous generations: 34% of those aged 25-32 have at least a college degree, compared to 25% of Generation X and 24% of baboomers at the same age.
Millennials represent the most racially diverse generation in America, with 43% recognized as non-white.
Millennials tend to trust others less often than previous generations: 40% of baboomers said most people can be trusted in a research study versus just 19% of millennials.




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