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" p4 y0 P( G* g0 K7 ?2 Z' \# A个人认为, 这是社会发展的趋势。一个几千年的人们普通认为是夫妻才是幸福的概念正在被一点点的个人的幸福和简单生活所替代。, j- J7 ~6 O |0 C1 }, M
Marriage and Divorce Statistics (2002)( s+ _: T, B9 e" j7 W1 h
Percentage of population that is married: 59% (down from 62% in 1990, 72% in 1970)$ v9 T! e% I/ W K* c
Percentage of population that has never married: 24%
3 Q# t4 t9 M& }7 ~, \, yPercentage of population that is divorced: 10% (up from 8% in 1990, 6% in 1980)! _9 \2 f1 @8 k& x7 c5 ~! \
Percentage of population that is widowed: 7%
; [1 C1 P! d. N7 p8 PMedian age at first marriage: Males: 26.9) @, t9 c2 \- C* B- ?. G
Females: 25.3
, j3 `9 e/ x3 w3 [% y( wMedian age at first divorce: Males: 30.5
4 b$ M; i; {1 z* H: x' J7 uFemales: 29# n+ P1 w. G7 \2 e
Median age at second marriage: Males: 342 G# G/ O( p4 G1 I
Females: 32! @9 [; f9 R% H r, l. N- m; X
Median age at second divorce: Males: 39.3
+ }' `/ \& e- J) l6 Q( CFemales: 37& W5 f0 {4 [/ v/ m; C
Median duration of first marriages that end in divorce: Males: 7.8 years
! G3 J2 q7 D d( VFemales: 7.9 years
/ s- I9 O7 R# A6 fMedian duration of second marriages that end in divorce: Males: 7.3 years) n* B. [8 w" `( y; g
Females: 6.8 years
7 ^) X0 u$ W7 s, e S, S/ DMedian number of years people wait to remarry after their first divorce: Males: 3.3 years* w& s7 g3 {3 U( W1 x
Females: 3.1 years
! H9 I/ M2 ^" k! `Percentage of married people who reach their 5th, 10th, and 15th anniversaries: 5th: 82%1 u/ `& D7 G4 d
10th: 65%
: L5 ^* L& E- q- K* b- l7 J15th: 52%) R: N1 ^( x$ L. M: Y
Percentage of married people who reach their 25th, 35th, and 50th anniversaries: 25th: 33%, a+ h' e5 `& x2 Q1 Q* y# Q B+ c0 P
35th: 20%1 ]$ Y( p( K$ T
50th: 5%. K! B8 U' F5 f; g" s- C
Percentage of people who have ever been married by the age of 25: Males: 32%
, w' W3 K% q8 Z7 t" C) \! \* [- JFemales: 50%' R% R- x: y6 U3 A5 J
Percentage of people who have ever been married by the age of 35: Males: 77%2 g* J* D$ r5 F# t: z0 `3 y
Females: 84%: D: q8 G( @$ f5 H. N
Percentage of people who have ever been married by the age of 45: Males: 87%
4 V$ ^7 D8 u* q$ b( s& qFemales: 90%
# v' L5 ^4 ?3 W7 sPercentage of people who have ever been married by the age of 55: Both males and females: 95%
" M1 n' }1 `. t$ k8 \( SNumber of unmarried couples living together: 5.5 million' m# U) y4 ?: u7 Y3 y: |. G! R
Percentage of unmarried couples living together that are male-female unions: 89%
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(2000 except where noted)
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& W, F/ c" e, A$ M6 ~3 FPercentage of households which are family households: 68.8%
2 I7 A$ w1 F2 L+ \' wPercentage of households with their own children under 18: 33%
, s/ i# h @! m/ J4 `Percentage of married householders with kids: 24%
# B) O4 F. D6 y: _0 T. c3 WPercentage of all households run by single moms: 9.2%% | A$ F) |# t# ^7 u0 b- m
Percentage of all households run by single dads: 1.9%# ]# x8 `. ?) A( u) a! \
Number of single parents: Males: 2.04 million
$ B& f' ]* o( R8 [Females: 9.68 million
# S3 d+ I3 i/ W. c# a/ b; v& R' oPercentage of children under 18 years of age living with both parents (2002): 69%( \ e }! [5 c6 B* w4 R( y
Percentage of children under 18 years of age living with mother only (2002): 23%
! A2 H7 x+ H/ W$ Z4 S0 F/ J& jPercentage of children under 18 years of age living with father only (2002): 5%
2 t/ z" B0 l. Q$ c9 HPercentage of children under 18 years of age living with neither parent (2002): 4%1 k6 Q; P/ P* S: b! P! c
Total single fathers maintaining their own household: 1.786 million
1 V# }* V$ v& MTotal single fathers living in the home of a relative: 240,000+ x$ g: W6 I* p$ X5 V, Y5 \
Total single fathers who are divorced: 913,000
9 M. e8 ~* S- s8 y/ E+ c% _% Q6 @Total single fathers never married: 693,000( v' O( G8 D, q' Y. l
Total single fathers raising one child: 1,300,000
: g; w3 f/ E: pTotal single fathers raising four or more children: 55,000
; L6 @8 m' M2 H4 F% J# z) kTotal single mothers maintaining their own household: 7.571 million$ \5 S) \3 X5 V
Total single mothers living in the home of a relative: 1.633 million6 Y/ b* [. M- l* H5 U2 N
Total single mothers who are divorced: 3.392 million
4 l+ r3 ~: M/ q/ ~Total single mothers never married: 4.181 million+ H8 |5 G0 b$ f' U) G7 c
Total single mothers raising one child: 5.239 million) ?! ~' ~0 p! q/ s4 T5 c
Total single mothers raising four or more children: 475,0002 O% S( }+ ^9 {8 i8 `! A4 l9 K% D
For US Census Bureau data on child support for custodial parents, please click here. # `. y& a; H$ z3 W
Fatherless homes account for 63% of youth suicides, 90% of homeless/runaway children, 85% of children with behavior problems, 71% of high school dropouts, 85% of youths in prison, well over 50% of teen mothers.
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Married women earning at least $5,000 a year more than their husbands: 8.408 million (14.9% of all married women)
( I$ [8 X- K3 OUnmarried women earning at least $5,000 a year more than their partners: 821,000 (21.5% of unmarried couples)# X- b0 V2 v% H) |& F J7 D
Married men earning at least $5,000 a year more than their wives: 33.228 million (58.8% of all married men)
. T4 t: G% Z. KUnmarried men earning at least $5,000 a year more than their partners: 2.099 million (54.9% of unmarried couples)9 m: f0 ]. e: S! K, T- w2 x$ L
Married couples in which only the husband is employed: 12.642 million (22.4%)
2 t5 G9 y. t6 n3 K fMarried couples in which only the wife is employed: 3.855 million (6.8%)+ f1 v, D6 w0 ^: \& X# k
Married couples in which both partners are employed: 30.212 million (53.5%)
C. o" M4 u5 M! S' hUnmarried couples in which only the male is employed: 695,000 (18.2%)% ?+ y w6 c( L \5 x
Unmarried couples in which only the female is employed: 410,000 (10.7%)$ q5 E6 K, S" E' {3 D
Unmarried couples in which both partners are employed: 2.484 million (65%)* @& l2 f# o% L8 ~3 _- i
(Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, National Center for Health Statistics, Americans for Divorce Reform, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Institute for Equality in Marriage, American Association for Single People, Ameristat, Public Agenda)
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