NSU Horizons Fall 2018

17 NSU HORIZONS THE STATISTICS OF MARRIAGE Results are based on data from telephone interviews conducted by Princeton Survey Research Associates International among a sample of 2,252 adults, age 18 and older, from April 17 to May 19, 2013, and released in February 2014 by the Pew Research Center, the last time such a survey was conducted by Pew. MOST AMERICANS SUPPORT SAME-SEX MARRIAGE 1967 3 % of newlyweds in the US were married to someone of a di erent race or ethnicity. 10 % of Internet users in a committed relationship say the Internet has had a “major impact” on their relationship. 17 % claim a “minor impact.” Internet users in a committed relationship got upset at something they discovered their partner doing online. INTERMARRIAGE ACROSS THE U.S./FLORIDA Figures were based on combined data from 2011 to 2016, among people who were married in the 12 months prior to being surveyed. Pew Research Center analysis of 2011–2015 American Community Survey. 2015 17 % of newlyweds in the U.S. were married to someone of a di erent race or ethnicity. In the Miami-Fort Lauderdale- West Palm Beach metro area, 24 percent were intermarried. TECHNOLOGY'S INFLUENCE IN RELATIONSHIPS 27 % 1996 Source: Gallup poll 2017 64 % U.S. adults say same-sex marriage should be recognized by the law compared to just U.S. POPULATION OVER AGE 15 WHO ARE/WERE MARRIED Of the more than 262 million people over age 15 living in the U.S. in 2016 Source: United States Census 47.5 % married 33.7 % never married 11 % divorced 5.8 % widowed 2 % separated NEVER MARRIED, AGE 18 TO 34, IN FLORIDA Source: United States Census 1980 2000 2009 -2013 40.5% had never been married in Florida 41.5% had never been married in U.S. 52.1% had never been married in Florida 52.5% had never been married in U.S. 68.7% had never been married in Florida 65.9% had never been married in U.S. Source: Gallup poll daily tracking interviews since Jan. 28, 2015. LGBT results were gathered from June 20, 2016 to June 19, 2017 LGBT MARRIAGE ON THE INCREASE Since the Supreme Court ruled in Obergefel v. Hodges (June 2015) that states could not prohibit same-sex marriages, the number of same-sex marriages increased from LGBT women are less likely to be married than LGBT men Cell phone owners in a committed relationship felt their partner was distracted by their cell phone when they were together. TECHNOLOGY CREATES TENSION Internet users in a committed relationship have argued with their partner about their time spent online. 74 % of these people say the impact was positive. 72 % of committed online adults said the Internet has “no real impact at all” on their partnership. TO