A growing number of high school girls are losing interest in marriage, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis.

One marriage expert says changing messages from Hollywood and parents could be a factor.

“We’ve changed the stories we tell our young people,” said JP De Gance, founder and president of the marriage ministry Communio, in an interview with Fox News Digital. “And that’s changed their imagination of what the future might look like.”

The Pew analysis , based on 2023 data from the University of Michigan, found that just 61% of 12th-grade girls want to marry someday, down from 83% in 1993. Among boys, the number held steady at 74% — now higher than girls for the first time.

The poll also found fewer high school boys and girls expect to have children if they marry someday

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