Singles outpacing married people in finding new jobs, study says - KYTX CBS 19 Tyler Longview News Weather Sports

EAST TEXAS (KYTX) - When it comes to finding a new job, married people aren't having nearly as much luck as people who are single.

The labor department says single men and single women lost about five million jobs during the financial crisis.

However, 90 percent of those people have jobs again.

Of the six million married people who lost their jobs, only about 22 percent of them have gone back to work.

That could be by choice though. The same study suggests that in two-income households, married couples have more freedom in taking time to find a new job.