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How a generation of highly educated young Americans learned to put marriage off

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Halina Bennet
May 03, 2026
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What’s going on with Gen Z and marriage? (Photo by Maskot)

The oldest member of Gen Z is 29 years old. Despite the basically stable rate of college-educated women getting married over the last 100 years, there is a near-constant flood of think pieces online about why Gen Z isn’t marrying, the evidence that isn’t true, and warnings about what happens if y…

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