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Richard Fry
a labor economist at Pew Research Center who conducted the survey.";"Number of single adults in U.S. declines for 1st time in years
survey says. American adults are looking for love — and many are reporting they found someone.

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For the first time in almost two decades
the share of unpartnered adults — who are neither married nor living with an unmarried partner — in the United States has declined
according to a Pew Research Center analysis of Census Bureau data released on Wednesday. This decline coincided with a slight rise in couples who reported being married
from 50% to 51%
Pew found
signaling a possible change in America's relationships. "Singledom has peaked
Dr. Richard Fry, a labor economist who conducted the survey and has worked as a research analyst for Pew for 23 years, told CBS News. Fry couldn't say whether the trend would continue but noted that the changes signified a possible shift in direction for America's relationships. Those surveyed said they are currently not married, living with a partner or in a committed romantic relationship. A small share of single adults report that they are casually dating someone. In 2000, unpartnered adults accounted for 38% of the population, said Fry, who heads a team of researchers focusing on family and American work life. Those numbers rose quickly, hitting a peak of 44% in 2019. In 2023 the numbers declined to 42%, said Fry. While certain groups, including young people ages 18-24, older women and those without a high school diploma, reported being unpartnered in higher numbers than the general adult population, across the board, romantic relationships trended upward. Adults reporting to the Census Bureau that they were living with an unmarried partner increased from 6% to 7% in that same time period, and data from the bureau shows the number of people reporting they were married went from 50% to 51%, from 2019 to 2023, Pew found. There has not been an uptick in new marriages, data from the Census Bureau shows, but there have been fewer divorces. 2012 saw a peak of 2% of married adults reporting they had gotten divorced in the prior year. In 2023, a record-low 1.4% of married adults got divorced, Pew found. Beyond any sociological value, these numbers also have financial impacts, as partnered adults tend to fare better economically. Research from The Ohio State University surveying about 9,000 people found that divorce reduces a person's wealth by about three-quarters compared to that of a single person, while being married almost doubles comparative wealth.













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