In nowadays, people tend to get married late. Does it have advantage or disadvantage? Different people have different opinions. Now let’s have a look at a related study about Americans.
A study has found that marrying later in life is generally financially beneficial for women, but not for men.
The University of Virginia has published a report that college-educated women who get married in their thirties earn an average of 56 percent more than those who get married a decade earlier.
It reported that men who settle down in their twenties have higher incomes than those who wait until after 30,whatever their education.
But while women have actually benefited financially from delayed marriages, men who get married earlier in life tend to be more successful later on.
The study says that childbirth plays a role in these results.
Around tow-thirds of lifetime income growth takes place during the first ten years of a career, according to clinical psychologist Meg Jay.
Since college-educated women who marry in their twenties also tend to have their first baby earlier, forcing them to take a break from their careers.
But getting hired at a younger age tends to be a good career move for men, perhaps because married men are more sure of themselves and they have more responsibility for their family compared to single men ,leading to more productivity, suggests Business Insider.
The study also found that while college-educated women profit from delayed marriage, those without a degree do not.
In fact, among women who drop out of high school, 83 percent of first births are to unmarried mothers, according to the study.
The study also shows that men who never marry earn significantly less than those who do , while the opposite is true for women.
【小题1】 From the study we can know that________.
A. it’s a bad thing for a woman to get married later
B. men usually earn more if they get married earlier
C. for a woman, the suitable age of marriage is 27
D. men who wed earlier in life is sure to be more successful
【小题2】Why do college-educated women who marry earlier earn less?
A. They don’t do as well as men in their work.
B. They have to stop their career to have their first baby.
C. It takes longer for them to get higher degree.
D. They sometimes have to take a break while working.
【小题3】 What does the phrase getting hitched probably mean in the passage?
A. getting educated B. getting trained
C. getting married D. getting improved
【小题4】From the passage we can conclude that_______.
A. as for income , the first ten years of a career is very important for everyone
B. college-educated women tend to have their first baby earlier than other women
C. men have more responsibility for the family than women
D. women drop out of high school because they want to get married early
【小题5】 What is the passage mainly about?
A. A study about young people tending to marrying late.
B. A report about young men’s attitude to late marriage.
C. Why young women tend to marry late.
D. The advantage of getting marriage late for women.