Women are less likely than men to form families with a less educated spouse (Therbom, 2004(8]) and poorly educated men are more likely than any other group to remain single (De Hauw, Grow' and Van Bavel, 2017(9|). This could be due to gender imbalances in access to education in the past, but may also reflect broader differences in spousal preferences. There is also some evidence that unions characterised by a more educated female spouse tend to be at a higher risk of dissolution. While it remains unknown how changes in broad patterns of relative educational opportunities may shape relationships, the brief evidence presented suggest that there may be important risks associated with males' disadvantage in educational attainment just as there were disadvantages associated with females’ lower participation in the past.