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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Business
J.R. Duren

College-educated women face shrinking pool of suitable men to marry, study finds

Far more women now have college degrees than men, and it’s reshaping their marriage prospects, a new analysis has found.

Some 1.6 million more women than men are going to four-year colleges, a chasm that will have serious long-term effects on millennial and Gen Z marriages and financial stability, according to a new study by the National Bureau of Economic Research.

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