If the younger generation’s view prevails it could have a big impact on the age at which young Americans marry.

Younger generation has more faith in marriage

William West

The younger generation values marriage more highly than their parent’s generation – including TV personality Oprah Winfrey – and they want to get married earlier than their parents would like. This revelation began with therelease of a study (1) by a research team at Brigham Young University titled:  “Sooner or later? The marital horizons of parents and their emerging adult children”.

Using academic speak, the researchers reported that parents supported “a higher desired age for marriage, lower importance of marriage as a life goal, and emphasised different criteria of marriage readiness than their emerging adult children”.

In other words, the 536 students who took part in their study, attached more importance to marriage than the 806 parents who were surveyed. The students also thought they should get married earlier. Specifically, the students said they would like to get married around the age of 25, while their parents’ generation said they should marry when they were older than 25.

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(1) College students more eager for marriage than their parents

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