Chart 4. Percentage of men in the NLSY79 who have begun a first marriage, by age, race, and ethnicity
Age Hispanic Black, non-Hispanic White, non-Hispanic

15

0.0 0.0 0.1

16

0.2 0.0 0.1

17

1.2 0.1 0.5

18

2.7 0.4 1.6

19

6.2 1.4 4.6

20

11.5 4.2 9.2

21

17.4 7.0 15.7

22

25.0 11.9 23.2

23

35.6 18.4 30.9

24

41.6 23.6 39.0

25

48.1 28.1 45.0

26

52.3 32.6 51.1

27

58.0 35.2 55.5

28

61.9 39.8 60.9

29

65.6 43.4 64.9

30

67.4 45.2 69.6

31

70.7 47.9 72.1

32

73.3 50.3 74.2

33

74.4 51.8 76.3

34

75.1 53.6 78.3

35

77.0 55.3 79.9

36

77.3 56.2 81.5

37

77.9 57.2 82.6

38

78.2 58.2 83.4

39

78.7 59.1 84.1

40

78.9 60.0 84.5

41

79.3 61.1 84.9

42

79.6 62.0 85.1

43

79.9 62.1 85.2

44

79.9 62.4 85.6

45

80.3 62.8 86.0

46

81.0 63.4 86.2

47

81.3 64.2 86.4

48

81.5 64.6 86.6

49

81.7 64.9 86.7

50

82.1 65.1 86.8

51

82.9 65.2 86.9

52

83.4 65.5 87.0

53

83.4 66.3 87.2

54

83.4 66.7 87.4

55

83.4 67.0 87.7

Note: NLSY79 = National Longitudinal Survey of Youth 1979. Percentages may not sum to 100 because of rounding.

Source: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.