DATA
Enter
Fewer Wedding
Bells Ring
U.S. marriage rates have declined
for half a century — “through good
economic times and bad,” the Pew
Research Center notes. Recent
Census Bureau figures continue to
show that slow, steady drop over
the past decade.
Marital status can affect the
way people vote in presidential
races. In recent elections, married
people have broken for the
Republican while the unmarried
favored the Democrat — and
summer polling showed Romney
leading among married voters.
— Elizabeth Engdahl
GERRY YARDY / ALAMY, SHUTTERSTOCK
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Current
Population Survey, Annual Social and
Economic Supplements
TAP THE YEARS
2000 AGE 18+
2011
2000 AGE 65+ 2011
HUFFINGTON
10.14.12