Apparently,

non-college-educated, single men over 40 have more chance being killed by a terraist than they do getting married, if this bullshit article is to be believed.

If there are concerns about an "underclass," then this isn't really an issue about marriage but about economics. And if there are concerns more men are unwilling to "commit," whatever that means, it is probably good news they aren't in the marriage pool to make lives miserable for a spouse.

And:

Some social scientists have found that married men are healthier and earn slightly more than unmarried men. But it is unclear whether marriage produces higher incomes and better health, or whether people who are richer and healthier in the first place more often choose to marry.

I always thought the "better wed than dead" claim failed to explain why it supposedly is that married men are allegedly in better health and live longer than those who don't. As for the financial advantages, having two incomes in a household helps a hell of a lot, which is why staying single is so hard financially. You have to do everything on one income without the cushion of somebody else's.

And:

Beyond the questions of finances and health, there is the issue of how content these men are. All the men interviewed for this article looked younger than their age. All said they were happy with their lives, even Mr. Cunningham, with his clear longing for a family of his own, and Mr. Thomas, of Fort Collins, who said he might move to Denver to meet more women.

Mr. Ryan, too, said he enjoyed being single. He stood talking in his kitchen on a Saturday when he had no plans other than a solo bike ride. It was a slow weekend day — his birthday, in fact — and though the phone never rang, he was free for dinner.