A recent government (pdf) takes a close look at marriage patterns. A graph depicting the delay of marriage:
Sabrina Tavernise summarizes the findings:
Marriage has declined precipitously among young women, both college graduates and women with less education. But most women do eventually marry. According to the report, 82 percent of women who ended their formal education after graduating from high school will marry by the age of 40. Among women with a college degree the figure is 89 percent. Marriage has remained mostly intact, but childbearing in wedlock has not, a change that has opened a deep class divide.
The Dish 
