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nonsense. it's much easier to grow financially if you're married, assuming you're going to be living with room mates otherwise anyway.

The recession and slow recovery have led many young people to delay striking out on their own and likely to delay marriage as well. In the Pew survey, young adults disproportionately cited lack of financial security as their main reason for not getting married.

Never-married women overwhelmingly value finding a spouse with a steady job, but there's a serious shortage of employed young men. In 1960, 93 percent of young men aged 25 to 34 were working. In 2012, it was 82 percent, according to the report.

Pew also offers this depressing statistic: In 2012, if every never-married young woman wanted to find a never-married man with a job, nine percent would fail because there are simply not enough men in the target group.