Posted on 09/19/2021 1:09:04 AM PDT by Cronos
This is very interesting. Shouldn’t we have lower divorce rates?
It’s the divorce repeaters that drives up the divorce rates. They just don’t have the maturity to stay married. Consequently, they marry more often.
In the Northeast, you’ll probably find that they just don’t marry as often, which results in less divorce.
Imagine a vehicle traveling a constant 100 mph.
Another traveling 15 mph.
The latter accelerates to 20 mph.
Which has the greater rate of acceleration?
““In the South, there are higher rates of marriage and higher rates of divorce for men and women,” said Diana Elliott, a family demographer with the U.S. Census Bureau and co-author of the new report. “In the Northeast, you have people who are delaying first marriages, and consequently there are lower rates of marriage and lower rates of divorce.””
It says the answer in the article.
I’d guess if what’s called serial monogamy among non-married is included there’d be no difference or the south would be lower.
Because we are not Catholic enough
And we suck
/s
It stands to reason more marriages more divorces
A lot of America’s doesn’t marry anymore
There is a regional racial and money aspect to it
Regions with low marriage rates will have less divorces
These stats are based on overall divorce rates...
Which makes this an agenda driven article
Episcopalians
Protestants least religious denomination next to reformed Lutheran
Asking about divorce is priceless..
In California liberals shack up with 5 ‘partners’ in 4 years... but those breakups don’t count as ‘divorce’...
This has been true a long time. The reason is the Northeast has more Catholics.
When you’re taught that marriage is for life, you tend to hesitate to marry and then hesitate to divorce.
Judicious application of statistics will enable to “prove” anything you want.
In the Northeast, we have lots of people not getting married in the first place.
They don’t let you get a divorce... unless you are married.
It’s them dang Southern wimmin. Like my sisters.
that’s what I’d think - more living together and not committing because they’re in cities out of relatives sight, whereas in the South more social and family pressure to marry. Median age 25. By the time Southern Girl is 35, she’s got 10 years of marriage already while Northern Girl is just getting started on her honeymoon years Median age 30.
Idiocracy, here we come!
But seriously, I think that there maybe a pressure to marry the person you’re currently “in love” with, versus in the NE and California, they just shack up.
Why are most American commies spoiled brats of ‘elites’ rather than people who work for a living?
Perhaps we have a higher marriage rate to begin with. The article kinda leaves that out.
Good observation. ...I was pondering the reason why the lowest % was in heavily Dem States. ...Cohabitation in lieu of marriage is likely the answer.
You got that right.
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