Marriage rates in China continued to plummet last year, deepening the country’s demographic crisis and highlighting the public’s changing attitudes towards marriage, childbirth, family ...

China is offering cash rewards and subsidies to encourage marriage and increase birth rates amid a continuing demographic decline. Despite financial incentives, many young people remain hesitant ...

Divorce rates remain high, and alternative relationship structures—such as cohabitation, parenting partnerships, and polyamory—are gaining acceptance. But why is this happening? Is marriage ...

evidenced by a significant decrease in marriage rates – dropping from a robust 76.5% in 1970 to a more modest 47% as of 2022 – this trend spans various communities, including the Latino ...

Adolescent girls in Bangladesh continue to face challenges, particularly in child marriage and gender disparities ...

China's marriage rates have hit a historic low, complicating government efforts to boost birth rates and posing long-term economic and demographic challenges, according to the Financial Times.

A new order from the head of the U.S. Department of Transportation would prioritize communities with higher-than-average birth and marriage rates for federal funding of transportation projects.

Data shows that while divorce rates are increasing, marriage rates are decreasing. While the number of married couples was 567,011 in 2023, it stagnated at 568,395 in 2024. The crude marriage rate, ...

The findings are reported in "Bachelors Without Bachelor's: Gender Gaps in Education and Declining Marriage Rates," a just-released working paper co-authored by Goldman with Clara Chambers ...