Some people have interpreted this as evidence that millennials are more conservative than they seem, based on the idea that staying married is a conservative va

Some people have interpreted this as evidence that millennials are more conservative than they seem, based on the idea that staying married is a conservative value. But I think it's just as easy to see this the other way: if staying married is a conservative value, then getting married in the first place surely is as well, and millennials seem less willing to do that unless they're confident it will work out.