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Married-Couple and Unmarried-
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Changing Partners |
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According to Census 2000 the number of unmarried partner
households increased 72% since 1990, from 3.2 million to 5.5 million. While nine
percent of all coupled households now consist of unmarried partners, the percentage
dramatically increases among younger couples. Nationally there are two wives to each
unmarried partner for women aged 15 to 24, but there are 7 states where the ratio is
almost even and 5 (including the District of Columbia) where there is a greater number of
unmarried partners than wives. More than half (53%) of women marrying today have cohabited
before, with their marriage partner and/or someone else. |
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FAST FACT! Forty-one percent of unmarried partner households
have children under 18 living in them (breakdown includes 43% for opposite-sex partners,
22% for male same-sex partners and 34% for female same-sex partners). - U.S. Census
Bureau, 2000 |
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DATA LINK: For an indication of how
"traditional" family structures are in your ministry area, check your FirstView
report on Page 5 under "Faces of Diversity". If you haven't yet downloaded a
current FirstView report, click here to
get started. |
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