Summary
"For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one," reported the New York Times recently on Page One. "In 2005, 51 percent of women said they were living without a spouse, up from 35 percent in 1950 and 49 percent in 2000."
These numbers are somewhat misleading. Oddly, Census data include all females over age 15. If only adults over 18 are counted, 52 percent of women are married. However, the increase of women without husbands is indisputable. Why?See the full content of this document
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Fixing No-Fault Divorce
It's not due to an increase of widows, who were 11.8 percent of women in 1950 but only 9.4 percent in 2005.
Divorce is the major reason fewer have husbands. Only 2.4 percent of women were divorced...See the full content of this document
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