Women most often are the ones who adjust their schedules and make compromises when the needs of children and other family members collide with work, data show.
One-in-five adults ages 25 and older have never married, up from 9% in 1960. Shifting public attitudes toward marriage, hard economic times and changing demographic patterns may have all played a role.
In a reversal of traditional gender roles, young women now surpass young men in the importance they place on having a high-paying career or profession.