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The article reports on the changing perception on marriage in the society in Great Britain who are marrying at a later age and are acceptable to having children outside their marriages and their view on being single is also changed with more and more people remaining single. Marriages are now deemed not that necessary. Views of women on marriage is also mentioned.

The article discusses marriage age and marriage statistics in Japan, including the relationship between reductions in marriage and a declining population. An overview of Japanese women's decisions to remain single, including in regard to the fertility rate in the country, is provided.

The article reports on the prevalence of child marriage around the world as of 2017. The World Bank and the nonprofit International Centre for Research on Women identified Niger as the top country in terms of the percentage of women who married before they reached 18 years old, followed by Chad, Bangladesh and Mali. The link between child marriage and poverty is discussed, as well as the role of education in efforts to curb child marriage.

An editorial is presented on the economic and social conditions of men, focused on the problems facing men with limited educational attainment and low skills in developed countries. Topics include the decline in marriage among the working class, the employment rates of men versus women with only a high-school diploma, the effect of the U.S. criminal justice system on men, and necessary educational changes.