Title: How Millennials Approach Family Life | Pew Research Center
Headings: As Millennials Near 40, They’re Approaching Family Life Differently Than Previous Generations
As Millennials Near 40, They’re Approaching Family Life Differently Than Previous Generations
Three-in-ten Millennials live with a spouse and child compared with 40% of Gen Xers at a comparable age
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Millennials are less likely to live with a family of their own than previous generations were at the same stage of life
More than half of Millennials are not married, and those who are got married later in life
Millennials more likely than Gen Xers when they were younger to be living with a romantic partner
More than one-in-ten married Millennials have a spouse who is of a different racial or ethnic background
Millennials are more likely than previous generations to marry someone with the same level of education as them
More than half of Millennial women have given birth; they are older than previous generations when they do
A third of Millennial men live in a household with their own children

Content: This is three years later – for both men and women – than in 2003, four years later than in 1987 and seven years later than in 1968. Black Millennials are far less likely to be married than Millennials in other racial and ethnic groups: 24% compared with 51% of Asian, 48% of white and 42% of Hispanic Millennials. This racial and ethnic pattern is similar for older generations, but the gap between black adults and other groups has widened since 1968. Half of all Millennials with a bachelor’s degree or more education are married, which is higher than the share among those with less education. The largest gap emerges when comparing the shares of Millennials with a bachelor’s degree (50%) and those with a high school education (38%) who are married. There’s a 10-point gap in the share married between those with a bachelor’s degree and those with some college education (40%). Some 42% of Millennials with less than a high school education are married. The education gap in marriage, which has been growing over time, is wider for Millennials than it has been in previous generations. Overall, marriage rates have declined since 1970, and the sharpest declines have been amongst the least educated adults.