The shelf · Living alone and single life
Does Singled Out hold up?
Singled Out: How Singles Are Stereotyped, Stigmatized, and Ignored, and Still Live Happily Ever After, by Bella DePaulo (2006)
A social psychologist argues that single people face systematic bias, which she calls singlism, and that research overstates the benefits of marriage.
The short answer
Its count of single Americans is out of date: there are now far more. Its central claims about marriage research are still being checked for the book.
The claims, checked
There are almost 90 million single people in the United States.
Outdated The Census Bureau counted 132.3 million unmarried Americans aged 15 and over in 2022, 49.3% of that age group. The two counts use different age limits; both show growth.
Evidence: US Census Bureau