51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse
For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.
In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000.
This article in the NY Times goes on to list several factors they believe to be causing this shift including the fact that women are living longer than their spouses and don’t remarry - as well as women are waiting longer to marry to begin with.
Being a part of a successful marriage has a number of challenges, I won’t lie! But I don’t think I’d want to become a part of the aforementioned statistics should anything happen to my husband.
If you’re a single woman and reading this, would you mind chiming in and letting us know why you’re single? By choice, haven’t found the right man, not looking at all? What?
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1 opinion for 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse
Lisa Steadman
Jan 18, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Being single can be absolutely fabulous! And it sure beats staying in a relationship with the wrong person. I think these statistics show that now more than ever women are choosing to live life on their own terms UNTIL they meet their perfect partner. And yes, some may choose to stay single forever, but I don’t think it’s the absence of a man that they are choosing. I think they’re choosing to live and love their lives in the now - with or without a man. That way, when the right guy shows up he’s just an added bonus to an already fabulous life.
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