Wedding bells ringing later in life

Census shows people are staying single longer:

"2006 census data released earlier this month show that people are continuing to wait longer and longer to get married for the first time. In New York state, the median age for that rite of passage now stands at 29.4 years old for men and 27.7 years old for women, making the ages here two years older than the national median.

By comparison, in the 1950s, the median age nationwide was 22 for men and 20 for women.

Reasons for this upward creep, which began about 30 years ago, are many, but most people point to cohabitation prior to marriage as the primary factor."

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