At 58 years of age, 64 percent of Americans born during 1957 to 1964 were married

At 24 years of age, 43 percent of Americans born during 1957–64 were married and 57 percent were not married. At 34 years of age, 68 percent were married; at 44 years of age, 70 percent were married; at 54 years of age, 66 percent were married; and at 58 years of age, 64 percent were married.

At age 24, those with higher levels of education, especially those having a bachelor's degree or higher, were generally less likely to be married than those with lower levels of education.

The opposite was true at older ages; at 34, 44, 54, and 58, those with higher levels of education were more likely to be married than those with lower levels of education. At the time of their 44th birthday, 55 percent of high school dropouts, 67 percent of high school graduates with no college, 70 percent of individuals with some college or an associate degree, and 79 percent of college graduates were married.

These data are from the National Longitudinal Surveys. To learn more, see “Labor Market Experience, Partner Status, and Health for those Born 1957-1964.” 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 when interviewed most recently in 2022–23.