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The never married:
single, stable, and satisfied?Are
more people choosing to be single? Over the past 30 years, the
percentage of persons who have never been married has increased from
about 22 percent to 28 percent. The major increases in the
never-married population have occurred among blacks. Between 1975 and
1999, the percentage of blacks who have never been married increased
from 32 percent to 44 percent. And the percentage of blacks who are married
declined from over 42 percent in 1975 to 32 percent in 1999. |
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