Which is kind of a silly age range to use for this purpose in Seattle, since Washington (unlike a number of other states) does not permit child (under 18) marriages and declares any marriage contracted by anyone under 18 void.
> > Median age of first marriage is ~30 for US men.
> Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
It was ~26 in 1890 reached a low of around 22 in the 1950s, and has been trending up since; its been consistently lower for women, though that gap has fluctuated over time and compressed recently to less than 2 years.
dragonwriter|10 months ago
Which is kind of a silly age range to use for this purpose in Seattle, since Washington (unlike a number of other states) does not permit child (under 18) marriages and declares any marriage contracted by anyone under 18 void.
WarOnPrivacy|10 months ago
Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
dragonwriter|10 months ago
> Based on genealogy I've done, this stat also applies to the late 19th, early 20th centuries.
It was ~26 in 1890 reached a low of around 22 in the 1950s, and has been trending up since; its been consistently lower for women, though that gap has fluctuated over time and compressed recently to less than 2 years.
https://www.bgsu.edu/ncfmr/resources/data/family-profiles/ju...