From the New York Times in an article on Why Marriage, for So Many, Is Less Appealing Than Ever.
From Gen Z to Gen X, a pause in the march to the altar, or a decision to skip it altogether, is becoming more common.
The growing number of U.S. singles indicates she’s in good company. As of 2023, the last data available from Pew Research Center, there were about 111 million single adults ages 18 and up in the United States. That was a sizable increase from 70 million in 1990
The reasons, in my view, are mainly due to women not feeling societal pressure to be married and have kids and the inequities of the divorce process. People who have going through a difficult divorce or have seen others go through one, want to avoid being in a similar situation.
