Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Young Families Delay Marriage, Not Parenthood

Young Families Delay Marriage, Not Parenthood : NPR: A provocative new report finds Middle America, the 58 percent of adults who finished high school but have no four-year college degree, losing faith in marriage, while more educated Americans embrace it. In a striking reversal, working-glass Americans are now more likely than those with college degrees to have children outside of marriage. They're postponing marriage in many cases, and their divorce rates are up. At least part of the reason appears to be economic.

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