Unmarried Adults - Research and data from Pew Research Center Among unmarried adults, women without children have as much wealth as single men In 2022, single women without children had a median wealth of $87,200, while the typical single man had $82,100
Share of 40-year-olds in US who have never married reaches new high . . . While many unmarried 40-year-olds are living with a romantic partner, most are not In 2022, 22% of never-married adults ages 40 to 44 were cohabiting The share of 40-year-olds in 2021 who had never married varied by the following demographic characteristics: Gender: A higher share of men than women had never married
Single women without kids have similar wealth to single men And among heads of households, unmarried women without children are older, on average, than unmarried men The median age of single women without children heading a household is 61, compared with 50 for single men heading a household Once we account for age, single women without children don’t have the same wealth as single men
Rising Share of U. S. Adults Are Living Without a Spouse or Partner This analysis uses decennial census and American Community Survey data to examine the single, 25- to 54-year-old U S population and compare it with adults who are either married or living with an unmarried partner Though the decennial census has collected information on marital status for many
Party affiliation of US voters by gender, orientation, marital status . . . Men continue to be more likely than women to associate with the Republican Party Partisan affiliation also varies by marital status, with gender differences in party identification apparent among married and unmarried voters Sexual orientation is also strongly associated with partisanship among both men and women
Smaller shares of older Americans live alone today than in 1990 Older Americans in this type of living arrangement tend to be unmarried A 55% majority of those ages 65 and older who live in multigenerational households do not live with a spouse, as of 2023 And older adults in multigenerational households are less likely than those in other households to be in poverty