More people are saying it: Is marriage a mistake?

DAVID YOUNT

Scripps Howard News Service

With the U.S. population nearing 307 million, demographers have revealed that, for the first time in history, married couples head fewer than half of the nation's households. Today, the typical American adult is unmarried, either living a solitary life or residing with unrelated persons.

During June, don't be fooled by those smiling couples you see in newspaper wedding announcements. Marriage, long in decline, is now a minority institution and shows no signs of revival. It's a cause for concern, and not just for sentimental reasons. In recent decades, wedlock has fallen victim to a divorce rate near 50 percent. Second and third marriages contracted after divorce suffer an even bleaker success rate.

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