
PRI Insider (Volume 5, Issue 36) September 26
In This Issue: Marriage, once the cornerstone of adulthood, has become a “capstone” reserved for the financially secure. Census data show the median age for first marriage has climbed to 30 for men and 29 for women—up from 28 and 26 just 15 years ago. Between 2008 and 2023, first-marriage rates among 22–45-year-olds dropped 9%, with the steepest declines among the less educated and lower-income.