European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Study link affluence or by Randolph e. Schmid associated press f twice. Or the rapidly maturing members of the baby Boom generation in the uni cd slalom. A comfortable income May Well depend on marriage but it won t be All wedded Bliss with Hail divorcing and one third marrying " " now York tuna Phalon making ends meet a study predicts that Ana person income in tutors decades will no longer be enough to pay for that most important trapping of Middle class american lifestyle a Home of ones own. You still want to get married Rice. Marriage will polarize inc lil styles of Iho Middle aged in the next Tew  population expert Cheryl Russell reports in the new Book 100 predictions for the baby Boom. The next 50 years. The married and remarried will to comfortable and Many will have Money to spare. The single or divorced will find it hard to make ends meet because one person s income is no longer enough to pay Lor the most important trapping of a Middle class lifestyle a Home of one s  she writes. Government and private studies have documented the growing importance of the iwo earner family in recent years with at least one study concluding Hal marriage is More important to a person s Wallet than education or Job skills the beat insurance Lor Al Luence is a marriage certificate concludes Russell editor of american demographics Magazine a publication specializing in population topics the Magazine published by Dow Jones & co. Inc., pays close Alt nation to How population changes Afleck business. As a result Russoll has tracked closely that by Randolph e. Schmid associated press a third voice has joined the debate Over women s chances of gelling married offering the observation  the mos important Factor is probably the desire of he  oui intentions May make All the difference in the world says Thomas Exler. Senior editor of american demographics Magazine in an article analysing the debate Over Rev 3e prospects marriage Prospect s tar College educated women became a hot topic last year when a study by researchers Al Harvard and Yale universities indicated Hal of unwed women age 40 Only 1 in 100 would Ewi get married census Bureau researcher Jeanne e Moorman responded with a study made Public earlier this Yea concluding that about 1 in 5 women in Hal age group could still expect to find a husband ii you Are unmarried bul still want to marry your chances Are probably close to the census by Cau figures it you Are not sure you want to Mairy. Then your chances Are a Loable closer to those of the Harvard Yale  Exler concludes in the june edition of the Magazine which specializes in population issues the difference m the results obtained by the two studies stems from different assumptions about what women Are doing with their in05 Somol Henrj that will be Learned Only Over Lime census Sladics and Ether research have found Hal women Are not marrying As Early As they have in Pool years instead pursuing educations and careers the question thai arises is arc they going to College Ana getting ctr Skaj of gulling  j and having a la mimics. Of Aie Alliey just Posl Pong husbands and children the Harvard Yale study done by Neil g. Bonnell David e. Bloom and Patricia h. Craig concludes Hal women arc marrying As readily As Ever after they leave school. Thus those who reach 30 or 35 of 40 Wilhour a spouse probably have decided to skip marriage Altos Cher. It concludes. On the other hand the census research contends thai College educated women Are creating a new pattern us marrying later but still marrying and Hal women who Pul Oft the trip to the altar have no feat intention of foregoing in altogether. The truth May lie somewhat in Between the results of the iwo Sladics concludes Exler depending on the desires of the woman m question since Bolh studies looked Al women Exler adds one Addi Honal Factor that will Likely also have a bearing the availability of unmarried men women on the leading Edge of Ine Post world War ii baby Boom May face a problem in this area he suggests since traditionally women marry men slightly older than themselves women born Between 1946 and 1958. Lor example May find themselves facing a Man shortage because of the smaller generation preceding them bul if women choose to marry within their same age group. The Odds Are belief Exter adds. Since men have postponed marriage too there Are More than enough single men within each five Vear age group below 65 to balance the number of single women in Hal group Exter says marriage prospects for women in percent Likely to marry by age 65 according to education Levels education Overall likelihood elementary school some High school High school graduate some College College graduate Grad school 77.5% 74.3 63.6 72.0 81.0 69.1 85.9 60.4% 68.4 53.8 55.9 59.7 66.3 67.8 43.7% 60.5 44.4 40.6 38.2 40.9 42.3 29.9% 50.9 32.7 26.9 23.s 22.8 22.9 18.0% 39.2 21.0 15.3 12.4 10.8 9.3 Chicago Tribune graphic source Chicago Tribune news reports . Census department or v Page 14 the stars and stripes