If your New Year’s resolution was to FINALLY give up on the dating app rat race and enjoy single life . . . you should. But apparently, single life is now falling OUT of style?
According to the Pew Research Center, the share of “unpartnered adults” has DECLINED for the first time in about 20 years. Those are people who are NOT married . . . living with a partner . . . or in a committed romantic relationship.
It’s not down a lot though. About 42% of adults were unpartnered in 2023 . . . down from peaking at 44% in 2019.
The share of adults who were married inched up from 50% to 51% from 2019 to 2023 . . . as did the share of adults cohabiting with a partner, up from 6% to 7%.
This has led an economist named Richard Fry to proclaim, “Singledom has peaked.” There isn’t an explanation for the trend, but Fry did add, quote, “From a purely economic point of view, adults who have partners seem to be better off financially.”
(Pew Research Center via Wise Brother Media)
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