Posted on 03/02/2010 8:10:09 PM PST by canuck_conservative
U.S. marriages last longer than unions where couples live together outside matrimony, the Centers for Disease Control reported today.
About 78% of marriages lasted five years or more, compared with less than 30% of what the CDC called cohabiting unions, or couples living together outside marriage.
One reason cohabitations were shorter-lived than marriages is that 51% of couples who lived together made the transition to marriage within three years, CDC said in a statement....
Other findings:
• The odds of staying together 10 years or longer in a first marriage are better for couples of the same racial origin, the report found.
• Nearly 80% of couples who have their first child at least eight months after their first marriage are likely to celebrate their 10th anniversary; those who don't have children are more than twice as likely not to last 10 years.
• About 75% of marriages between men and women 26 years old or older last at least 10 years, compared with only about half of teen marriages.
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...
Why is the CDC doing a study like this?
Yes, that would skew the statistics beyond meaninglessness.
In other news, teenagers only survived 7 years on average, while adults survived decades longer. Some of those teenagers did, reportedly, transition into adults.
I don’t know but when agencies go outside their purpose (CDC is diseases not social issues) they go rogue and need to be cut off or defunded immediately, even if their stated purpose was originally good.
I don’t know, but the results have very real implications.
Ladies, don’t let your daughters become unpaid whores — it doesn’t pay in the long run and any kids from such a situation are in a terrible situation.
I say “ladies” because I want to mention that girls learn from their Moms what they should be when they grow up. If Mom is a slut, then daughter follows.
Pingout tomorrow.
that is right! Normally when you shack up you incur much less liability, and your partner often is confused enough to think that they own your life.
A simple 20 dollar bill after each “entertainment session” is all that is necessary to keep them from getting that confused feeling.
As my Daddy used to tell me, “Guys will never buy a cow when they can get milk for free.”
Lawyers doing market research. If you don’t get married, you don’t need divorce. Lawyers really really want you to get married, because that increases the population of people who will someday get divorced.
Marriage is more than just the milk.
So honestly, I never liked that analogy.
Let me phrase that better -
A fulfilling life requires more than just milk”
Nice try at impersonation, but after reviewing your last 50 posts (5 were enough) there is NO way you are Gene Simmions. You’re not smart OR clever enough.
Nice try at impersonation, but after reviewing your last 50 posts (5 were enough) there is NO way you are Gene Simmons. You’re not smart OR clever enough.
Duh. How can I get some money to do a “study” to find out if water is wet?
Lol on the teenage story!
Ya but I’ll guarantee you’ll get less milk after you’ve bought the cow.
I heard that before and resented being compared to a cow. Then I had children and started breastfeeding them, it didn’t matter so much anymore.... :)
Speak for yourself! :)
I saw a study to see whether married men live longer. They decided that it only *seems* like it’s longer.
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