NY Times Study: 51% of Women Are Now Living Without Spouse

Gratiuitous picture of Ms. Kerry Washington, above.

“For what experts say is probably the first time, more American women are living without a husband than with one, according to a New York Times analysis of census results.”

“Coupled with the fact that in 2005 married couples became a minority of all American households for the first time, the trend could ultimately shape social and workplace policies, including the ways government and employers distribute benefits.”

“Several factors are driving the statistical shift. At one end of the age spectrum, women are marrying later or living with unmarried partners more often and for longer periods. At the other end, women are living longer as widows and, after a divorce, are more likely than men to delay remarriage, sometimes delighting in their newfound freedom.”

“In addition, marriage rates among black women remain low. Only about 30 percent of black women are living with a spouse, according to the Census Bureau, compared with about 49 percent of Hispanic women, 55 percent of non-Hispanic white women and more than 60 percent of Asian women.”

Click here to read the comments of Arianna Huffington’s readers. They are pretty interesting.

TheStateOf . . . Women in America. That article is sad. All of the women they interviewed seemed pretty bitter.