This report explores the potential factors that are associated with this trend, including changing public attitudes, demographic patterns and economic conditions.It looks at the reasons that never-married adults remain single as well as the qualities they are looking for in a potential spouse.
Share of U.S. adults who have never married
After decades of declining marriage rates, the share of adults who have never been married is at an historic high.
Fuente: Pew Research Center, 24 September 2014.
Fuente: Pew Research Center, 24 September 2014.