We now accept donations by credit card as well as check. Make your check payable to ATMP and mail to P.O. Box 991010, Boston, MA 02199. To Be Married in Retirement A report presented at the Social Policy Association annual conference at the University of Surrey, Roehampton said that in retirement, 1960s baby boomers will be better off in earnings and pension entitlements than their parents' generation, and less likely to be married or to have children. In 1901 only one British household in 20 contained one person. In 1999 almost one in three did.
Single men are the country's fastest-growing social group.
By 2016, it is forecast that more than half of men aged 30 to 34 will be living alone. The number of women living alone is expected to almost triple by 2011. At present, 3.8 million women live alone in the UK, but, according to First Direct bank, that figure is likely to rise to 11 million over the coming decade. The number of divorces in England and Wales dropped from 152,633 in 1988 to 145,214 in 1998, while marriages fell from 348,492 to 267,303. Professor Charlie Lewis of Lancaster University attributed the fall in both divorce and marriage rates to the rise in the number of couples living together.