A photo illustration of two engagement rings sitting on a graduation cap and cord. (Photo illustration of Brooklyn Draisey/Iowa Capital Dispatch)

In the hope of prompting further study, research from Iowa State University is revealing nuance present in an answer to an increasingly asked question: Why are marriage rates falling, and is more education making an impact?

ISU economics professor John Winters and Kunwon Ahn, an ISU alum currently working as an associate research fellow at the Korea Labor Institute, published a study comparing marriage rates of groups at different ages to the level of education they’re likely to have. While they found going to college makes someone less likely to get married at a younger age, in older age groups the answers get more complicated.

Winters said t

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