Concerns about “depopulation” are widespread, but demographers caution against alarm. Population projections are useful guides, but not crystal balls.
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Research on marriage trends suggests a U-shaped pattern of marital stability: marriages contracted in the early to mid twenties had lower divorce rates than those taking place before or after those ages. Do the patterns of the 1960s hold today? This study examines this question, with particular focus on the case of women.
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