U.S. high schoolers are less likely to say they want to get married someday, and less inclined to have children if they do. The drop has been sharper among teenage girls than teenage boys.

That’s according to a Pew Research Center analysis of survey data from the University of Michigan.

As of 2023, 67% of the nation’s 12th graders (17-18 yr olds) say they’ll likely choose to get married someday, down from 80% in 1993. Another 24% say they don’t know if they’ll get married, up from 16%. The share saying they don’t plan on getting married someday is largely unchanged.

The share who say they’re very likely to want to have kids in this situation has also decreased over this time span (48% in 2023 vs. 64% in 1993).

The drop in those who say they want to get married reflects shifting views among girls. Boys are more likely than girls to say they want to get married someday (74% vs. 61%), but this wasn’t always the case. In 1993, a larger share of girls (83%) than boys (76%) said they wanted to get married.

The share of boys saying this is virtually unchanged over the 30-year period. But the share among girls dropped by 22 percentage points.