In other words, couples find they can save money by living together. But they may not feel they have enough money to get married.
Brad Wilcox is a sociology professor at the University of Virginia and head of a pro-marriage group, the National Marriage Project. He says most Americans today expect to live a comfortable, middle-class lifestyle after they get married. And that kind of life -- a house, a car, nice clothes -- is hard for those who do not have much money.
BOB DOUGHTY: Researchers have found something else that increasingly influences decisions about marriage: a college education. Fifty years ago, about three-fourths of American adults were married, no matter how much education they had.
Today, only slightly more than half of adults are married. And most of those married people have college degrees.
Remember Charlie Pinto, the man in New Jersey who got married this year? He and Tracey are examples of this big change in American society.
REPORTER: "Did you both go to college?"
CHARLIE PINTO: "Yes. We did go to college. She went to college as well as me."
REPORTER: "And graduate school?"
CHARLIE PINTO: "No, but that is probably going to be planned for her at some time in the future."
FAITH LAPIDUS:This connection between education and marriage seems to be having several effects. D’Vera Cohn at the Pew Research Center says the first is that Americans are waiting longer to get married.
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