Fewer people are getting married because there’s a shortage of economically-stable single men

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Marriage isn’t as popular as it once was. In fact, the marriage rate in the U.S. is the lowest it’s been in at least 150 years, reports PBS.

A new study, published in the Journal of Marriage and Family, may have one explanation as to why: There aren’t enough “economically-attractive” men — ones with a good income and a stable job — for single women to marry.

In the study, researchers examined couples in heterosexual marriages from 2008 to 2012 and 2013 to 2017, compiling character profiles (education and income levels) of the husbands. When they analyzed the pool of available men for these economically-attractive traits that demographically-similar single women might look for, there was a shortage of potential matches.

The researchers hypothesized that potential husbands for the single women had an average income nearly 60 percent higher than the actual pool of available men. They were also 30 percent more likely to be employed and 19 percent more likely to have a college degree compared to current bachelors.

In other words, the researchers say there’s a shortage of available men who are economically attractive, which they define as “partners with either a bachelor’s degree or incomes of more than $40,000 a year.”

While the focus on finances might sound shallow — or at least, not very romantic — lead author, Daniel T. Lichter, PhD, a professor at Cornell University, tells Yahoo Lifestyle that money matters in marriage.

“Economic stability is a key to a stable family life — to getting married, staying married, and marrying well,” he says. “Physical attractiveness may provide an initial filter that draws our attention, but economic considerations and shared values matter much more in the long term. A good job attracts and retains suitable marital partners. And this is true for both men and women.”


It's not because it's not enough economically men in our society ...but I'm let y'all cook thoe .
 

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You better believe there is a HUGE difference in how children turn out who grew up in 2 parent MARRIED households, and single household or even so-called "co-parenting" situations.

One of the biggest causes of problems in the Black community is the lack of marriage.

I can’t lie bro.... that is FACTS.... I was just talking to a lil broad about that exact same topic the other day

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Be careful, they will start comparing themselves to jungle animals next.
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The world is basically gonna get this shyt right or depopulate itself.

Natural selection in the making. If there isn’t any incentive for men or women to form partnerships b/c of fukkery, and women literally worldwide are even saying fukk it to childbirth altogether...I dunno what people really think is gonna happen.
 

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The world is basically gonna get this shyt right or depopulate itself.

Natural selection in the making. If there isn’t any incentive for men or women to form partnerships b/c of fukkery, and women literally worldwide are even saying fukk it to childbirth altogether...I dunno what people really think is gonna happen.

Truth! Either women will skip children or have them alone, which I have my own opinions about, but still. It’s imperative we improve our relationships with one another if we ever want any modicum of success as a group.
 

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Women carry less stigma for enjoying strange dikk (compared to the past). More education and job opportunities means broads can hold out longer until they find what they "think" is a good match.

Problem is that women are competitive as fukk. Good brehs tend to get snatched up early if they find a good woman. So the women wait longer but the choices get worse even though her level of success keeps going up.

Now that fewer men are seen as "good choices", she has to settle.

In the old days, women settled for the provider since that was the safe bet. Now broads settle for good dikk. Doesn't usually work out well because women almost always end up resenting a man that's not on her level financially. No matter what broads say, they want a man they can handle the money or at least share a 50/50 split.

strange dikk? :russ:


This has nothing to do with your post, but I see men that are in there early forties that have not ever married, had children, etc as red flags too. Especially when they are suddenly trying to settle down.

I always figure that they spent most of their twenties and thirties being a hoe—sort of similar to how y’all look at females who are still single pass a certain age. there’s a breh, 41, single, no kids, etc. he’s an attractive breh, makes a shyt load of money, 6foot5, great shape :banderas: I didn’t pay him no mind at first because I assumed he was married or taken. He’s not and I find it a bit off-putting, like a red flag. I can understand where y’all sort of be coming from when you view women pass her peak suddenly desperate to settle down.
 

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You better believe there is a HUGE difference in how children turn out who grew up in 2 parent MARRIED households, and single household or even so-called "co-parenting" situations.

One of the biggest causes of problems in the Black community is the lack of marriage.
They say it’s men that are holding up marriage but from my observation it is women. Women are being told not to settle and get what they deserve. Ironically, a lot of women do not deserve what they want.
 
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The world is basically gonna get this shyt right or depopulate itself.

Natural selection in the making. If there isn’t any incentive for men or women to form partnerships b/c of fukkery, and women literally worldwide are even saying fukk it to childbirth altogether...I dunno what people really think is gonna happen.

Yeah I'm sure you'll skip having children:sas1: Till you see yo friends in successful marriages:sas2:
 

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Truth! Either women will skip children or have them alone, which I have my own opinions about, but still. It’s imperative we improve our relationships with one another if we ever want any modicum of success as a group.
Yeah birthrates are either down or stagnating worldwide. Marriage as it once was regarded isn’t as attractive of an option anymore for women. I mean we saw those articles about the double burden. We know EXACTLY what that means as females. But that’s not gonna change for most so many chicks are saying “fukk it”.
 

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It going to get worse I promise :wow:


It's gone get worse for them. They wanted equal pay and here we are.:yeshrug:

They'll have to compete for a man who has plenty of options. If they want to make it hard on themselves with marrying up, then by all means:yeshrug:

Once they see all their friends with a man that jealousy will kick in:lolbron:
 
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