Table 7. Marital status at age 24, age 34, age 44, age 54, and age 58 by educational attainment, sex, race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity

Table 7.  Marital status at age 24, age 34, age 44, age 54, and age 58 by educational attainment, sex, race and Hispanic or Latino ethnicity										

										
																Percent of individuals	
		Characteristic						
						  Age 24 (in 1980-1989)	         Age 34 (in 1990-1998)(3)     Age 44 (in 2000-2009)              Age 54 (in 2010-2019)         Age 58 (in 2014-2023)

					    	Not Married	 Married       Not Married     Married	    Not Married        Married          Not Married    Married        Not Married      Married
										
Total .....................................	 56.7		  43.3		32.1		67.9		29.6		70.4		 34.2		65.8		35.6		64.4
  Less than a high school diploma .........	 50.8		  49.2		41.4		58.6		44.8		55.2		 47.4		52.6		53.2		46.8
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 50.4		  49.6		33.7		66.3		32.9		67.1		 36.8		63.2		38.6		61.4
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 54.1		  45.9		33.2		66.8		30.4		69.6		 37.6		62.4		37.4		62.6
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........	 68.9		  31.1		26.8		73.2		21.0		79.0		 24.8		75.2		25.7		74.3
											
Men  ...................................... 	 63.1		  36.9		33.5		66.5		29.4		70.6		 32.6		67.4		33.2		66.8
  Less than a high school diploma ......... 	 54.5		  45.5		43.2		56.8		43.3		56.7		 45.4		54.6		50.4		49.6
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 58.6		  41.4		37.4		62.6		34.5		65.5		 37.1		62.9		38.4		61.6
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 61.4		  38.6		33.2		66.8		29.6		70.4		 35.7		64.3		34.1		65.9
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........ 	 73.6	    	  26.4		25.5		74.5		18.2		81.8		 20.2		79.8		20.1		79.9
 										
Women ..................................... 	 50.0	 	  50.0		30.7		69.3		29.8		70.2		 35.9		64.1		38.0		62.0
  Less than a high school diploma ......... 	 45.2		  54.8		38.6		61.4		46.9		53.1		 50.1		49.9		57.0		43.0
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 41.2		  58.8		29.6		70.4		31.1		68.9		 36.5		63.5		38.9		61.1
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 47.9		  52.1		33.2		66.8		31.1		68.9		 39.2		60.8		40.2		59.8
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........ 	 64.1		  35.9		28.2		71.8		23.8		76.2		 29.5		70.6		31.2		68.8
												
White non-Hispanic ........................	 54.4		  45.6		28.2		71.8		25.7		74.3		 30.1		69.9		31.3		68.7
  Less than a high school diploma ......... 	 44.2		  55.8		36.3		63.7		41.3		58.7		 42.9		57.1		48.0		52.0
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 46.4		  53.6		29.0		71.0		28.4		71.6		 32.1		67.9		33.7		66.3
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 51.4		  48.6		28.9		71.1		26.2		73.8		 33.1		66.9		33.2		66.8
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........ 	 68.3		  31.7		25.4		74.6		19.7		80.3		 23.5		76.5		24.1		75.9
										
Black non-Hispanic ........................ 	 70.3		  29.7		53.5		46.5		49.2		50.8		 53.8		46.2		56.0		44.0
  Less than a high school diploma ......... 	 78.6		  21.4		67.2		32.8		65.6		34.4		 63.8		36.2		74.7		25.3
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 70.1		  29.9		55.1		44.9		51.9		48.1		 55.9		44.1		58.1		41.9
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 65.4		  34.6		53.7		46.3		48.1		51.9		 56.6		43.4		54.4		45.6
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........ 	 75.1		  24.9		41.5		58.5		35.5		64.5		 38.6		61.4		43.1		56.9
										
Hispanic or Latino ........................ 	 54.3		  45.7		33.6		66.4		35.5		64.5		 42.5		57.5		43.3		56.7
  Less than a high school diploma ......... 	 44.7		  55.3		31.7		68.3		34.1		66.0		 47.6		52.4		48.2		51.8
  High school graduates, no college (1) ...	 49.9		  50.1		37.1		62.9		40.6		59.4		 45.8		54.2		47.8		52.2
  Some college or associate degree ........ 	 57.8		  42.2		32.5		67.5		36.1		63.9		 42.4		57.6		43.0		57.0
  Bachelor's degree and higher (2) ........ 	 69.1		  30.9		27.9		72.1		21.1		78.9		 27.4		72.6		25.7		74.3
											
   (1) Includes individuals with a high school diploma or equivalent.										
   (2) Includes individuals with bachelor's, master's, professional, or doctoral degrees.										
   (3) Interviews were not conducted in 1999.										
NOTE:  The National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979 consists of men and women who were born in the years 1957-64 and were ages 14 to 22 when first interviewed in 1979.  
These individuals were ages 57 to 66 in 2022-23.  Educational attainment is determined as of the 2022-23 survey.  Marital status is determined for the interview date in which 
the respondent first turned age 24, age 34, age 44, age 54, or age 58.  If not interviewed at that age, then marital status is determined for the prior age.  Race and Hispanic 
or Latino ethnicity groups are mutually exclusive but not exhaustive.  Other race groups, which are included in the overall totals, are not shown separately because their 
representation in the survey sample is not sufficiently large to provide statistically reliable estimates.