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Globally, 62 percent of married women ages 15 to 49 use a method of family planning and 56 percent use a modern method. Examples of modern methods include the pill, intrauterine devices, implants, injectables, condoms, and sterilization. These rates are twice as high among women living in high-incom…

Health improvements and financial gains among older adults, as well as a delay in marriage among younger people, have fueled an increase in the population living alone. In 2013-2017, about 13 percent of adults ages 18 and older were living alone. But the nationwide percentage masks extensive state and local variation: While at least 15 percent of adults were living alone in about 1,100 of the 3,142 U.S. counties, the share was less than 10 percent in about 240 others.