The following is excerpted from an online article posted by Fortune
When it comes to reaching the major life milestones of getting married and becoming a parent, up to a half of Americans think there is no one ideal age at which they should be achieved.
But those who do think there’s a right time say the sweet spot for both marrying and having a first child is around the age of 26 or 27. That’s according to the results of a Pew Research Center nationally representative survey of 3,600 U.S. adults.
On average, consensus on the best age to get married was 26.5, with around a quarter (23%) saying it should be between 25 and 29 and one in 10 saying it’s between 20 and 24 or 30 and 34. Still, about half of those surveyed said there is no best age to get married.
That tracks with the reality on the ground, as young adults in the U.S. are reaching key milestones later than in the past, according to a previous Pew report, from 2023. For example, it found, only 22% of 25-year-olds were married in 2021, compared with 63% in 1980. Further, a record 25% of 40-year-olds in the U.S. had never been married as of 2021.
Source: Fortune
https://fortune.com/well/article/marriage-kids-ideal-age/