5 Facts about Families Today

05/31/2017

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The Pew Research Center offers new information about the state of today’s families in Jens Manuel Krogstad’s article, "5 Facts About the Modern American Family":

"1. Americans are putting off life’s big milestones. Today, the median age at first marriage is 29 for men and 27 for women—the highest in modern history…In 1960, women ages 15 to 24 accounted for 40% of mothers with infants. By 2011, that number had dropped to 22%.

2. Today, an American woman, on average, is expected to have 1.9 children, compared with a total fertility rate of 3.7 children in 1960. Some European countries have lower total fertility rates.

3. Some 3 million (37% of) lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender adults have had a child at some point in their lives, according to the Williams Institute.

4. Families today are more blended and differently constructed. Nearly half (44%) of young people ages 18 to 29 have a step-sibling.

5. Intermarriage among people of different races is increasingly common. In 1980, just 7% of all marriages in the U.S. were between spouses of a different race or ethnicity. In 2010, that share doubled to 15% of all new marriages in the U.S."

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