Millennials killed this, Millennials killed that... Now they are killing divorce.

[DetlefK]

Those dang Millennials!

They are refusing to invest their money in diamonds!

They are refusing to invest their money in paper-napkins!

They are refusing to invest their money in country-club memberships!

And now they are coming for our divorces!!!

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-25/millennials-are-causing-the-u-s-divorce-rate-to-plummet?utm_source=facebook&utm_medium=social&cmpid=socialflow-facebook-business&utm_campaign=socialflow-organic&utm_content=business

New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on. Generation X and especially millennials are being pickier about who they marry, tying the knot at older ages when education, careers and finances are on track. The result is a U.S. divorce rate that dropped 18 percent from 2008 to 2016, according to an analysis by University of Maryland sociology professor Philip Cohen.

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“One of the reasons for the decline is that the married population is getting older and more highly educated,” Cohen said. Fewer people are getting married, and those who do are the sort of people who are least likely to get divorced, he said. “Marriage is more and more an achievement of status, rather than something that people do regardless of how they’re doing.”

Many poorer and less educated Americans are opting not to get married at all. They’re living together, and often raising kids together, but deciding not to tie the knot. And studies have shown these cohabiting relationships are less stable than they used to be.

Fewer divorces, therefore, aren’t only bad news for matrimonial lawyers but a sign of America’s widening chasm of inequality. Marriage is becoming a more durable, but far more exclusive, institution.

[JustFiveMoreMinutes]

1. Could it BE? As some ancient astronaut studies have shown....

am I the only one getting tired of the 'studies have shown' without any documented sources or explanations?

[DetlefK]

6. If you had read the article, there is a link to a study.

[smirkymonkey]

2. K&R

I would be interested to know how many people are choosing to just stay single and not cohabitate or have children at all. This makes it sound like if you are wealthy and educated, you get married when you are a little older and if you are poorer and less educated you just shack up and have kids. I think it leaves a huge portion of the population out of the equation.

It seems to me that there are a lot more people who aren't choosing to couple up and have kids at all, or are having children without a partner, or are living together with or without the benefit of marriage, but not having kids.

[Yavin4]

3. This is what happens in nations with weak social spending.

People wait longer to form families or don't have them at all. Having children puts you in financial peril when you don't have access to resources.

[Skittles]

4. how dare Millennials change....as everything around them changes

[customerserviceguy]

5. I'd have to say

that more millennials have come from divorced families than any other generation in American history. They've seen up close and personal how bad it is, that's probably why they wait so long to marry.