Study: Delaying marriage hurts middle-class Americans most

[muriel_volestrangler]

9. The study doesn't ignore it, just the WP write-up

One of the first things the study says is:

The Benefits. Delayed marriage has elevated the socioeconomic status of women, especially
more privileged women and their partners, allowed women to reach other life goals, and
reduced the odds of divorce for couples now marrying in the United States. Specifically:

• Women enjoy an annual income premium if they wait until 30 or later
to marry. For college-educated women in their midthirties, this premium
amounts to $18,152.

• Delayed marriage has helped to bring down the divorce rate in the U.S.
since the early 1980s because couples who marry in their early twenties
and especially their teens are more likely to divorce than couples
who marry later.

http://nationalmarriageproject.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/KnotYet-FinalForWeb.pdf