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Those with College Degrees More Likely to Get Married

The struggling economy has pushed weddings to an all-time low, but according to a new report released on October 7, 2010 young adults with college degrees are more likely to be married than those who are less educated.

More Young Adults with Degrees are Married than Ever Before

An analysis of 2008 U.S. census data conducted by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press, an independent non-partisan public opinion research organization based in Washington, D.C. that studies attitudes toward politics the press and public policy issues, approximately 62 percent of college educated 30-year-olds were married or had been married

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Melissa Rhone earned her Bachelor of Music in Education from the University of Tampa. She resides in the Tampa Bay area and enjoys writing about college, pop culture, and epilepsy awareness.