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New poll shows record number of 40 year olds that have never married
(www.pewresearch.org)
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this post was submitted on 01 Jul 2023
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The stats by education level are surprising given the increasing difficulty of survival on a single income without roommates. I'm left to gather that marriage as an institution is losing popularity, with informal (to the government) long-term partnerships conferring sufficient desired benefits.
It says in the article that couples forgoing marriage account for a some of this, but it's mostly people remaining single.
If one defines "single" as "lives alone/with platonic roommates," sure. I've been with my partner for three years and live alone because of geography, but I would not consider myself single.