For the first time more American women are living without a husband than with one. According a New York Times analysis of U.S. census results, 70% of black women, 51% of Latinas, 45% of white women and 40% of women of Asian descent do not have a spouse. Husbands of some are in jail or another institution, and others have a spouse who works away from home. But the vast majority of these women are either not yet married or they are divorced or widowed. "For better or worse, women are less dependent on men or the institution of marriage."

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