The Ethics Daily website reports today (November 20, 2010) that marriage is on the decline in American society, with nearly four in 10 people claiming the institution is obsolete, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center.
The Pew survey shows a shifting definition of marriage and an increasing acceptance of cohabitation beyond traditional boundaries of matrimony.
Since 1990, cohabitation has nearly doubled, according to the Census Bureau, and the Pew survey -- released on November 18 -- shows that 44 percent of adults have lived with an unmarried partner at some point during their lives.
The survey also indicates that younger people are hesitant to get married. In 1960, 68 percent of people in their 20s got married, but today only 25 percent of them have gotten married.
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