{"id":16252,"date":"2013-02-14T00:01:47","date_gmt":"2013-02-14T05:01:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/%year%\/%monthnum%\/%day%\/majority-of-never-married-adults-want-to-wed-2\/"},"modified":"2024-04-14T03:42:21","modified_gmt":"2024-04-14T08:42:21","slug":"majority-of-never-married-adults-want-to-wed-2","status":"publish","type":"short-read","link":"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/short-reads\/2013\/02\/14\/majority-of-never-married-adults-want-to-wed-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Majority of Never-Married Adults Want to Wed"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2011\/12\/14\/barely-half-of-u-s-adults-are-married-a-record-low\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/assets.pewresearch.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2013\/02\/DN_Valentines_Day_Vertical.png\" width=\"324\" height=\"894\"><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">About four-in-ten Americans (39%) in a 2010 survey said they agree that marriage as an institution is becoming obsolete. Back in the 70s, only 28% agreed with that premise.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Still, a majority of those who had never been married said that they want to get married (61%). Just 12% said they didn\u2019t want to marry and 27% said they were not sure.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Younger generations were more likely than those ages 50 and older to hold the view that marriage is becoming obsolete. Some 44% of blacks said marriage is becoming obsolete, compared with 36% of whites. Adults with college degrees (27%) were much less likely than those with a high school diploma or less (45%) to agree that marriage is becoming obsolete.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When analyzed by respondents\u2019 marital status, these differences sharpened. Just 31% of married adults agreed that marriage is becoming obsolete, compared with 46% of all unmarried adults, 58% of never married single parents and 62% of cohabiting (unmarried) parents.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, attitudes toward the institution of marriage did not always match personal wishes about getting married. Asked whether they wanted to get married, 47% of unmarried adults who agreed that marriage is becoming obsolete said they would like to wed. <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2011\/12\/14\/barely-half-of-u-s-adults-are-married-a-record-low\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>For more Pew Research findings, see: <a href=\"https:\/\/alpha.pewresearch.org\/pewresearch-org\/social-trends\/2013\/02\/13\/love-and-marriage\/\">Love and Marriage<\/a><\/em><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Though many Americans agree the institution of marriage is becoming obsolete, 61% of those who have never married still want to do 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