Table 1.
Percentage Distributions of Characteristics for Midlife Adults who Married for the First Time versus Remained Never-Married, by Gender
| Women |
Men |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Married | Never-Married | Difference | Married | Never-Married | Difference | |
| Age | *** | *** | ||||
| 40-44 | 49.38 | 32.74 | 47.59 | 33.02 | ||
| 45-49 | 24.28 | 25.05 | 24.20 | 24.67 | ||
| 50-54 | 16.16 | 21.85 | 16.91 | 22.08 | ||
| 55-59 | 10.19 | 20.36 | 11.30 | 20.22 | ||
| Race and ethnicity | *** | *** | ||||
| White | 44.55 | 44.21 | 48.85 | 53.07 | ||
| Black | 22.15 | 29.63 | 18.80 | 20.88 | ||
| Hispanic | 24.74 | 18.71 | 24.07 | 19.05 | ||
| Other | 8.56 | 7.46 | 8.28 | 7.00 | ||
| Birthplace | *** | *** | ||||
| Foreign-born | 30.07 | 16.57 | 27.36 | 15.35 | ||
| U.S.-born | 69.93 | 83.43 | 72.64 | 84.65 | ||
| Education | **** | *** | ||||
| Less than high school | 14.06 | 14.20 | 13.14 | 17.71 | ||
| High school graduate | 22.70 | 27.23 | 28.16 | 34.71 | ||
| Some college | 27.28 | 29.01 | 27.62 | 25.96 | ||
| Bachelor’s degree or more | 35.97 | 29.57 | 31.09 | 21.62 | ||
| Employment | * | *** | ||||
| Not in labor force | 20.78 | 23.69 | 8.36 | 25.88 | ||
| Unemployed | 3.46 | 4.43 | 4.18 | 5.16 | ||
| Worked part time | 12.15 | 13.42 | 6.81 | 9.95 | ||
| Worked full time | 63.62 | 58.46 | 80.64 | 59.00 | ||
| Personal income | *** | *** | ||||
| <10k | 26.12 | 23.31 | 10.15 | 25.78 | ||
| 10-25K | 15.88 | 23.59 | 14.25 | 20.13 | ||
| 25-40K | 15.99 | 16.57 | 17.33 | 16.81 | ||
| 40-55K | 14.64 | 12.24 | 16.60 | 12.90 | ||
| 55-70K | 7.50 | 7.74 | 11.99 | 7.50 | ||
| >70K | 19.88 | 16.55 | 29.68 | 16.88 | ||
| Disability | *** | *** | ||||
| No disability | 90.48 | 80.86 | 91.65 | 79.97 | ||
| Has disability | 9.52 | 19.14 | 8.35 | 20.03 | ||
| Unweighted n | 1,319 | 52,722 | 1,708 | 67,973 | ||
*
p < .05
**
p < .01
***
p < .001
Column totals may exceed 100% due to rounding.
Data source: American Community Survey, 2019