This statistic shows the results of a 2010 survey regarding the closeness of relationships in the United States compared to the relationships of the respondents' parents. As of 2010, 51 percent of the respondents stated their own relationship is closer than their parents' relationship.
Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same?
According to the source, based on those who are currently married or living with a partner (n=1,512). Missing percentage points to 100 percent are due to “Don't know/Refused” responses.
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Pew Research Center. (November 18, 2010). Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 22, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Pew Research Center. "Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same?." Chart. November 18, 2010. Statista. Accessed December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Pew Research Center. (2010). Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 22, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Pew Research Center. "Compared to Your Parents, Is Your Relationship with Your Spouse/Partner Closer, Less Close or about The Same?." Statista, Statista Inc., 18 Nov 2010, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
Pew Research Center, Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same? Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/ (last visited December 22, 2024)
Compared to your parents, is your relationship with your spouse/partner closer, less close or about the same? [Graph], Pew Research Center, November 18, 2010. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/247117/closeness-of-relationships-in-the-united-states-in-2010/
