The Pew Research Center released a new report detailing the continued decline of marriage in 2011. Using data collected by the Census Bureau's American Community Survey, Pew reported on the 4.2 million Americans who tied the knot in 2011. This continues the downward trend in marriage that began when the ACS began asking about marital status in 2008.
Half (51%) of all adults were married in 2011, as compared with 72% in 1960. This downward trend occurred among all age and education groups, with the largest drop occurring among the less-educated. Between 2008 and 2011, marriage among Americans without a high school or equivalent education fell by 14%, while those with a college degree only fell 10%.
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