This statistic shows the results of a 2010 survey on reasons to marry in the United States, sorted by marital status. As of 2010, 93 percent of the married respondents considered love the most important reason, whereas this accounted for 84 percent of the unmarried respondents.
In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)*
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Pew Research Center. (November 18, 2010). In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)* [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved October 06, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/
Pew Research Center. "In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)*." Chart. November 18, 2010. Statista. Accessed October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/
Pew Research Center. (2010). In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)*. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: October 06, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/
Pew Research Center. "In Your Opinion, What Are Very Important Reasons to Marry? (by Marital Status, 2010)*." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/
Pew Research Center, In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)* Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/ (last visited October 06, 2024)
In your opinion, what are very important reasons to marry? (by marital status, 2010)* [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 18, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247136/us-respondents-opinions-on-reasons-to-marry-by-marital-status/