DDD
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both redress and I have posted links to research showing that in the last few decades, higher education is not linked to lower rates of marriage. in fact, some research suggests there is a slight positive correlation.
the research I quoted refers to people being married by age 40, which would not preclude people marrying later than the norm in previous generations. IN my generation, an "elderly prima patura" was 30 - now it is not unusual at all for a woman to have her first child in her thirties.
there are distinct advantages to marrying later and starting a family when financially secure, and although research shows more 18 - 34 yo women regard a successful marriage as important than do 18 - 34 yo men Love and Marriage | Pew Social & Demographic Trends they still seem to value education.
Well if there is a market for available good men when a woman with a career is already 40 then of course the situation changes. The ones I mentioned are single, but they are in their mid 30's.