Family Life

In 2006, the median age at first marriage was for men 27.5, and for women 25.9. ¹ In 1998 the General Social Survey asked respondents whether, "If the right person came along, would you like to be married." Eighty percent of those ages 18-24 answered "yes."

Sources:

http://factfinder.census.gov/servlet/GRTTable?_bm=y&-geo_id=01000US&-_box_head_nbr=R1204&-ds_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_&-_lang=en&-redoLog=false&-format=US-30&-mt_name=ACS_2006_EST_G00_R1205_US30&-CONTEXT=grt

http://sda.berkeley.edu/cgi-bin/hsda?harcsda+gss06