Millennials are delaying marriage and divorcing less than previous generations. Only 27% of millennials are currently married, while 59% remain single with no plans to marry. Younger millennials have also seen the divorce of their parents, making them more cautious about marriage. While millennials have the lowest divorce rates in history, experts are uncertain if this trend will continue as their views on commitment and relationships may still change.

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Millennials, Divorce,
and Marriage:
A Changing
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2. Millennials continue to change the world in all aspects, even in divorce and marriage.
There has been a growing shift away from traditional practices as the biggest generation
divorce less and marry less. In 2014, tracking data from Gallup Daily, provider of analytics
services to organizations, revealed that 59% of millennials are still single and have no
plans of getting married. Twenty-seven percent already tied the knot while 3% are
divorced.
Unlike their predecessors, Generation X and the Baby Boomers, millennials are set for the
lowest divorce rates in history, shares the Pew Research Center. But due to the changes in
the median marrying age (27.4 for women and 29.5 for men) in 2016, the future remains
uncertain. The oldest millennials (people born in 1980) are only 37 years old while the
average age for divorce is 30.
Marrying Young: No Longer a Trend
The dwindling number of divorce among young adults is due to them marrying later in life.
Reasons for stalling the marriage ceremony vary: financial unpreparedness, lack of
compatibility, or the mere reason that they are too young to settle down. Finding the right
match, financial issues, and restlessness are often grounds for divorce, which justifies their
decision to hold off on marriage.

3. There are some who still marry young. The Center of Disease Control’s 2014 National
Survey of Family Growth, however, revealed that the probability of men between the ages
of 15 to 44 years of age marrying at 25 years old was 27%; for women, it’s 39%.
A Different Mindset on Marriage
The millennial mindset of marrying later may stem from first-hand experience. Some may
have witnessed their own or a friend’s parents’ divorce, which reminds them of the
possibility they can experience it in the future, too. Some secure their future against the
inevitable by arranging prenuptial agreements in case of divorce.
The average millennial marriages may last longer, but experts remain unsure of the
standard tomorrow. Changing culture and beliefs may yet again change the next
generation’s belief in commitment, marriage, and divorce.

4. Sources:
http://news.gallup.com/poll/191462/gallup-analysis-millennials-marriage-family.aspx
https://www.kufferlaw.com/
https://www.rewire.org/love/divorce-different-millennials/
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/03/09/led-by-baby-boomers-divorce-rates-
climb-for-americas-50-population/
https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/nsfg/key_statistics/m.htm