Pandemic wedding blues: Fewer US couples said ‘I do’ in 2020
May 17, 2022 GMTNEW YORK (AP) — Far fewer Americans said "I do" during the first year of the pandemic when wedding plans were upended, a new report finds.
There were 1.7 million weddings in 2020, a drop of 17% from the year before and the lowest recorded since 1963, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Tuesday.
Census: Childless older women better off than older men
August 31, 2021 GMTOlder adults who are childless in the U.S. are more likely to be college educated, working and white than those with children, and their numbers are growing.
About 1 in 6 adults age 55 and older are childless, and childless older women appear to be better positioned than men when it comes to health and wealth, according to a first-of-its-kind report released Tuesday by the U.S.