

The changing shape of marriage, singleness and culture (with bonus statistics)
Demographic data evidences that, since the 1960s, post-industralised societies’ attitudes towards marriage, the significance and shape of romantic partnerships, family formation and the place of singleness in society, have all undergone dramatic modification. Whilst it is important to recognize that unique demographic differentials such as gender, education, ethnicity and religiosity all provide some nuance to these social trends, it is nonetheless true that a general pattern