Pew Research Center Marriage Poll: Quick Results

This month, Pew Research Center released the results of their latest survey on marriage, divorce, and family life. The results showed a few continuing trends regarding Americans’ thoughts on marriage, relationships, and family: many have a more accepting view of what constitutes a family, many are raising children without being married, and many believe that marriage is outdated. Here are some more facts from the study:

•    39 percent of those surveyed believe that marriage is obsolete.
•    29 percent of Americans under 18 are living in a household without married parents.
•    62 percent of people believe that the most ideal marriage has two working parents who split childcare responsibilities.
•    60 percent of Americans consider a same-sex couple with children to be a family.
•    44 percent of people said that they had lived with their partner before marriage.
•    57 percent of those aged 30 to 49 had lived with their partner before marriage.
•    One-third of respondents said that the growing number of untraditional families was a good thing, one-third said that the growing number of untraditional families was a bad thing, and one-third said that it didn’t make a difference.