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What Most Americans Think About Marriage ?
More people are accepting the view that wedding bells aren't needed to have a happy family, reports the Daily Mail.
A poll by the Pew Research Centre in conjunction with Time magazine highlights the rapidly changing notions of the American family.
According to their report, nearly one in three American children are living with a parent who is divorced, separated or never married - a five-fold increase from 1960.
Broken down further, about 15 percent have parents who are divorced or separated and 14 percent who were never married.
Within those two groups, a sizable chunk - 6 percent - has parents who are live-in couples who opted to raise kids together without getting married.
About 39 percent of Americans said marriage was becoming obsolete. And that sentiment follows US census data that showed marriages hit an all-time low of 52 percent for adults 18 and over.
In 1978, just 28 percent believed marriage was becoming obsolete.
When asked what constitutes a family, the vast majority of Americans agreed that a married couple, with or without children, fits that description.
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