Unlike the U. Although both China and the U. It was a widely held social norm that men should marry women who were less educated than themselves. This norm worked well in the past when a college education was uncommon and men generally had more education than women.
In the U. But in urban China, this is not the case. The movement toward egalitarian gender roles does not go hand-in-hand with rapid social changes. Highly educated Chinese women gain little from the male breadwinner-female homemaker marriage; instead, they are likely to delay or even forgo marriage. Since the reversal of the gender gap in education is happening almost globally , it would be great to get more information so we can understand how the growing female advantage in education will impact marriage and family lives.
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Pew Research Center now uses as the last birth year for Millennials in our work. President Michael Dimock explains why. About Pew Research Center Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world. It conducts public opinion polling, demographic research, media content analysis and other empirical social science research.
Pew Research Center does not take policy positions. It is a subsidiary of The Pew Charitable Trusts. Newsletters Donate My Account. For women without a college degree, the average age of first birth has not risen apace with the average age of marriage. The average age of first birth for this group is lower than the average marriage age. For women who dropped out of high school, the average age of first birth is 20, while the average marriage age is 25; 83 percent of first births in this demographic are to unmarried mothers.
For women who graduated from high school and went to some college, the average age for first birth is 24 and the average marriage age is 27; 58 percent of first births are to unwed mothers. Couples who are not married when they have children are far more likely to split up When couples are married when their first child is born, there's a 13 percent chance they'll separate within the first five year's of the child's life. In fact, the odds of divorce within five years of a first marriage are about the same for those who married in their early 20s and those who wed in their late 30s.
At the same time, college-educated men and women also have a lower risk of divorce than their peers without a college degree. Moreover, pre-marital cohabitation happens less often among young newlyweds than those who wed at age 25 or later. These are generally protective factors for a stable marriage. Few people calculate their risk of divorce before tying the knot. So, if you happen to meet the right person in your early 20s and decide to get married, by all means, congratulations!
Wendy Wang is director of research for the Institute for Family Studies. Previously, she served as a senior researcher at the Pew Research Center. The original post looked at marriage trends by education among all adults under age It gave the misimpression that college graduates were more likely to be married young nowadays, compared to non-college graduates.
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