As with many countries, the age individuals are when they
first marry has changed dramatically in the past 30 years. In the 70s the average
age for women was 22.8 and men were 25.2. As of 2003 those ages have increased
to 28.5 for women and 30.6 for men. One reason why the ages have increased is
the new view young adults have of what they should be focused on in their early
20s. Where they use to focus on relationship development then career development
after marriage, these views have been swapped. Young adults now focus on
developing a promising career then the formation of a family. Along with this
change in view came the acceptance of cohabiting. With both of these new
perspectives at hand, it has led to a decrease in marital rates and an increase
in single parent families. Since the 1940s the marriage rates have declined by
approximately 6.2 percent. This has also made children more likely to
experience some type of break-up between their parents.
The idea young adults have of developing their careers
before a family is really good because once their family is developed they will
have less risk of being unstable. However, if they continue to take on the idea
of cohabiting and having children in the process, the risk will then in turn
remain high of being unstable. When a child experiences a break up between
their parents it can be very traumatizing or just have a negative impact on
their emotional development. Cohabiting can also slow down the process of developing
their family if both the man and woman get comfortable at that level and decide
to continue to focus on their career only, they will then continue to push back
the development of their family leading to a push back of getting married. This
will then continue to contribute to the decline in marriage rates.
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