Isadora Lilly- Millennials are Ending Another Trend in America: Divorce

Millienials get the blame for the disappearance of many trends favored by previous generations, and their latest target is divorce. Studies claim that divorce rates are declining under millenials, having already decreased an enormous 18 percent over the period of time between 2008 to 2016. This data resulted from studies by sociology professor Philip Cohen from the University of Maryland, and its analysis indicates that younger couples of Generation X and most prominently millenials are making more informed decisions when it comes to marriage as a result of waiting longer to tie the knot. Cohen has supported this idea, saying, "One of the reasons for the decline is that the married population is getting older and more highly educated."

Despite this decrease in divorce, it does not seem that marriage is increasing, but is rather decreasing as well. This is very interesting to observe, as more and more people prefer to live to together, for some even raise children, still without legalizing their union.

This makes me curious as to the reasons why this is preferred, and whether in the future having a relationship without marriage will become a normality. This just goes to show the influence of new ideas and generations versus tradition, and its possibly significant impacts on generations to come.