Reply To: Is there a Shidduch Crisis?

I had heard the reason there is a crisis is because in the yeshivsh world Boys marry girls 3-4 years younger. There is also a huge population explosion in the yeshivish commuty as there are more and more births every year

So there are more 19 year old boys and girls than 23 year old boys and girls hence the differnce between 19 year old girls and 23 year old boys.

In the chassidic communities where the boys and girls are the same age there is no shortage