College grads in U.S. tend to partner with each other – especially if their parents also graduated from college
In 2019, 81% of household heads with a bachelor’s degree or more education had a spouse or partner who was also a college graduate.
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In 2019, 81% of household heads with a bachelor’s degree or more education had a spouse or partner who was also a college graduate.
Women have overtaken men and now account for more than half (50.7%) of the college-educated labor force in the United States.
Among adults 25 and older who have no education beyond high school, more women have left the labor force than men.
Women now make up 35% of workers in the United States’ 10 highest-paying occupations – up from 13% in 1980.
As of 2021, 25% of 40-year-olds in the United States had never been married, a significant increase from 20% in 2010.
College enrollment among young Americans has been declining over the past decade, and it’s mostly due to fewer young men pursuing degrees.
In 2021, 18% of parents didn’t work for pay, which was unchanged from 2016, according to a new analysis of U.S. Census Bureau data.
A quarter of U.S. adults ages 25 to 34 resided in a multigenerational family household in 2021, up from 9% in 1971.
Black and Hispanic workers remain underrepresented in STEM jobs compared with their share of the U.S. workforce.
As of the third quarter of 2021, 50.3% of U.S. adults 55 and older said they were out of the labor force due to retirement.
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