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Age gap between husbands and wives in the United States. (www.pewresearch.org)
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cross-posted from: https://sh.itjust.works/post/23749463

Source: https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2024/08/15/a-growing-share-of-us-husbands-and-wives-are-roughly-the-same-age/

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[–] 200ok@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

What's wild is that in 1880 it was probably ~14 yo girls and ~19 yo guys getting married.

..And in 2022 it's probably ~28 and ~30 year olds.

[–] HelixDab2@lemm.ee 6 points 1 month ago

Not so much. Even in the 1800s, it was unusual for girls to get married before they were 18 or so, and the average age for a first marriage was more like 23.

The '14yo child getting married in the 1800s' is the kind of thing that certain conservatives--esp. religious conservatives--like to claim in order to normalize creepy behavior. It happened then--and still happens now in some states!--but even at the time it was very abnormal.

[–] lorty@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

The vast majority of people weren't doing political marriages.