In the United States Of America, the concept of marriage has changed over a century ago. With many changes in marriage, it has even effected our society politically. Therefore, I will write about the changes in how families operate. The first change I will list is people who are living together that are not married. The term for this definition is "cohabiting". The amount of couples in the United States of America who are cohabiting increased from five-hundred-thousand couples in 1970 to approximately five-point-six million couples. The act of cohabiting is common in other nations, such as Sweden.
The second change I will list is the delay of marriage. The common age for marriage in the United States, during the year 1950, was twenty years-old for Women and twenty-two years for men. By 2003, however, number has increased to twenty-five years for women and twenty-seven years for men. The third change I will list is one-person parenting. As of 2005, children under the age of eighteen lived in a household with only one parent,an amount that has doubled since 1970.
There are many other categories to list, which include children being born into families with only one parent, couples spending time in the labor force, and many others. Therefore, to conclude this essay, there is more to marriage than meets the eye.
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