Posted: May 24th, 2015

This document is authorized for use only by KYLE MATTICE in MGT 509 Spring 2015-1 taught by Keith Yurgosky, University of Scranton from March 2015 to August 2015.

This document is authorized for use only by KYLE MATTICE in MGT 509 Spring 2015-1 taught by Keith Yurgosky, University of Scranton from March 2015 to August 2015.

37

30
16
31
28
25
82
8
10
12
17
71
0

Median age (in years)

Educational Attainment
Less than high school (%)
High school graduate (%)
Some college (%)
Bachelor’s degree or more (%)

Employment Status1
Worked full-time last month (%)
Worked part-time last month (%)
Did not work last month (%)

Poverty Level
Below poverty level (%)
100-199 percent of poverty level (%)
200+ percent of poverty level (%)
Income not reported (%)
8
17
73
3

83
4
14

13
30
37
20

39

4
28
40
20
6
2

76
9
11
4

1,038

Men
Divorced

14
28
58
1

12
9
80

40
28
14
19

74

1
1
3
8
14
74

77
5
14
7

484

Widowed

11
17
71
1

55
12
33

17
25
30
28

28

33
42
14
9
2
1

64
19
10
8

2,442

Married

23
22
51
4

57
15
29

18
34
32
15

36

19
29
32
13
6
1

68
16
11
4

1,201

23
21
52
4

66
13
21

12
29
35
23

37

9
35
36
14
5
1

76
11
11
2

1,181

Women
Separated
Divorced

17
31
51
1

20
8
72

32
32
23
13

71

2
2
4
12
20
62

73
7
16
3

1,222

Widowed

include individuals who were unemployed or were not in the labor force.

1 Full-time includes those who usually work 35 or more hours per week; part-time includes those who usually work 1-34 hours per week; those who did not work last month

Source: Rose M. Kreider, “Number, Timing, and Duration of Marriages and Divorces: 2001: Household Economic Studies,” U.S. Census Bureau, February 2005, pp. 70–97,
http://www.census.gov/prod/2005pubs/p70-97.pdf, accessed November 2007.

13
21
64
3

73
8
19

17
36
30
18

9
32
36
17
5
3

23
45
18
7
4
2

Age
15 to 24 years (%)
25 to 34 years (%)
35 to 44 years (%)
45 to 54 years (%)
55 to 64 years (%)
65 years and over (%)

70
11
17
1

1,031

64
21
10
6

2,476

Separated

Race and Ethnicity
White Non-Hispanic (%)
Hispanic of any race (%)
African American (%)
Asian American and Pacific Islander (%)

Total (in thousands)

Married

Characteristics of People 15 Years and Over with Marital Event Within the Last Year: 2001

Characteristic at time of interview

Exhibit 1

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Percent Married by Age, 1880–2000

-16-

Source: Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, “Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces,” Journal of Economic Perspectives, 21, 2 (Spring 2007): 32, via ProQuest, ABI/Inform,
www.proquest.com, accessed November 2007.

Exhibit 2

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For the exclusive use of K. MATTICE, 2015.
eHarmony

Exhibit 3

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Factors Affecting the Risk of Divorce
Percent Decrease in
Risk of Divorce
-30
-24
-24
-14
-14
-13

Factors
Annual income over $50,000 vs. under $25,000
Having a baby seven months or more after marriage vs. before marriage
Marrying over 25 years of age vs. under 18
Own family of origin intact vs. divorced parents
Religious affiliation vs. none
Some college vs. high-school dropout

Source: David Popenoe, “The State of Our Unions: The Social Health of Marriage in America,” published by The National
Marriage
Project,
Rutgers
State
University
of
New
Jersey,
2007,
http://marriage.rutgers.edu/Publications/SOOU/TEXTSOOU2007.htm, accessed October 2007.

Exhibit 4

Marriage Markets across the World
U.S.

Canada

U.K.

France

Germany

Italy

Sweden

Marriage
Annual marriages per 1,000 unmarried adults
% of adult population currently married
% of adult population ever married
% of marriages where bride previously married
% of marriages where bride was older than 34

18
60
77
28
31

13
63
76
28

11
55
72
29
30

9
54
70
17
28

12
60
76
28
NA

11
60
73
6
15

9
45
64
24
33

Divorce
Divorces per 1,000 married people / year
% of adult population currently divorced

9
10

5
5

7
8

5
7

6
6

1
10

7
11

5

11

12

11

7

4

12

14
27
35

10
29
36

12
29
42

13
30
45

9
29
28

10
30
15

11
30
55

10
65

22
50

26
52

36
41

18
53

17
61

20
31

43

78

61

61

75

65

55

Cohabitation
% of nonmarital cohabitation
Fertility
Annual births per thousand people
Mean age at childbirth
Non-marital births (% of all births)
Attitudes: % Agree that…
Marriage is an out-dated institution
People who want children ought to get married
Divorce is the best solution when a couple
can’t seem to work out their problems (%)

Source: Adapted from Betsey Stevenson and Justin Wolfers, “Marriage and Divorce: Changes and their Driving Forces,”
Journal of Economic Perspectives,” 21, 2 (Spring 2007): 40, via ProQuest, accessed November 2007.