marriage rate

In the last decade, the marriage rate here has plummeted 30 percent.

The result of this is that the marriage rate has caused the population to double about every 30 years.

United States marriage rates remain among the highest in the industrialized world.

Recent reports on the marriage rate in America confirm that fewer people are married now than ever before.

Even marriage rates among female professionals over 40 have stabilized in recent years.

The marriage rate in America was 8.3 per 1,000 people in 1998, the lowest since 1958.

In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low.

They have lower marriage rates than white women, meaning they are more likely to be single parents.

After more than 70 years of racial parity black marriage rates began to fall behind whites.

Native Americans have the second lowest marriage rate with 37.9%.

"The president's proposal is not about moving marriage rates."

Marriage rates increased and remained at high levels in the late 1930 to the mid-1940s.

Others say he put too much emphasis on unemployment when explaining the decline of black marriage rates.

The marriage rate is close to 100% and marriages are usually arranged by the family.

This trend reflects a steady decline in the teenage marriage rate since 1970.

The Economist article even provides a frightening chart on falling black marriage rates.

That inflated the reported marriage rate within the tribe to more than 50 percent, allowing it to pass an important threshold.

Historically, marriage rates have gone down in bad economic times and up in good times.

These reflect changes in marriage rates, age at marriage, divorce and child bearing.

Ireland has the highest fertility rate in Europe, and marriage rates are rising after a 20-year decline.

Black women are being unfairly blamed for falling black marriage rates.

In the last few years, marriage rates in the city have been at their lowest level since the late 1970's.

Marriage rates in Cuba, traditionally, have been significantly stagnant.

There are no reliable statistics about marriage rates here, but anecdotal evidence suggests that they have plummeted.

Nevertheless, sociologists say, the presence of children in women's lives is another factor influencing uneven marriage rates.