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Econometrics Feb 7 Presentation
Econometrics Feb 7 Presentation
College Romance
Campus romances are becoming a thing of the
past Gone are the days of sorority houses and dorms being marked with candle-passing ceremonies signifying a new engagement No longer are The Old Pump at Purdue University and Kissing Tree at Transylvania University major hot spots. College life today has become competitive Students are focused on careers Many students arent going to college to look for their spouses anymore.
Reasons
Researchers cite a couple of factors as the reason for the decline in married/dating couples meeting in
college
15 years ago the median age for first marriage for men 26.3 and women 24.1 Today the median age for first marriage is 27.5 for men and 25.5 for women
Reasons
Credential Inflation
Relationships
College students today feel light relationships wont compromise what they want to do in their future, such as where to go to grad school or what job they should take Students today are having fun on group date Also they find deep, but platonic malefemale friendships are easier (more common)
Dating
Concerned Parents need not worry, many young adults return to traditional dating after graduation Young adults today want to find a quality person, good person to marry
college students are finding their mates on campus, and report the office replaces school as the Number 1 place for pairing up. Todays numbers of young males not marrying till 27.5 and women not till 25.5 are the highest levels ever recorded by the Census Bureau since 1890 This new trend toward marrying later is proceeding at a breakneck pace
family Sues parents met in high school Her older siblings met their spouses in undergraduate school Sue waited until after she established her career and began working before she met and married her husband Her three Gen-X kids followed in her footsteps and waited until they began working to met and marry their spouses While her two Gen-Y kids, aged 17 and 20 claim they will wait even longer to get married
more often by a partners relative power, influence, job skills and/or status Office lovers have less of an opportunity to get to know their partners in the broader context of an around-the-clock community Office romances are often more pushed for spending time together than college romances