American men are more eager to marry than American women. From 1970 to the late 1990s, men’s attitudes toward marriage became more favorable, while women’s became less so. By the end of the century,...

American men are more eager to marry than American women. From 1970 to the late 1990s, men’s attitudes toward marriage became more favorable, while women’s became less so. By the end of the century, more men than women said that marriage was their ideal lifestyle (Coontz, 2005).