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Wednesday, December 14, 2005 12:00 AM

Living single

In a new book, sociologist E. Kay Trimberger says the "new single woman" is successful, social, smart -- and loving life on her own.
By Rachel Safier

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  • Wednesday, December 14, 2005 02:51 AM

    Living single

    ...just under 54 million women ages 15 and older -- or 45 percent of all women -- are single, up from 38 percent in 1970."

    I don't think of a 15-year-old as a "single woman." Can you even marry without parental permission at that age? Maybe they used the same age range in the 1970 Censusm but it still seems skewed to me.

    —Marbles

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