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Only 1/3 of adults have four-year degrees. If dating were purely random you’d expect about 11% of marriages to be between partners with degrees, so this figure

Only 1/3 of adults have four-year degrees. If dating were purely random you’d expect about 11% of marriages to be between partners with degrees, so this figure is perhaps a little lower than what I’d expect but not too far off.

Retric 9y ago
Adults is a very wide range, younger people are more likely to get married (aka not be married) and significantly more likely to have a collage education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Educational_Attainment_in_the_United_States_2009.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...
- in_cahoots 9y ago
  Sure, but the original quote about 15% of couples having dual degrees also looked at the whole population. What you’re saying is true but isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison in this case.
  - Retric 9y ago
    To be more clear, the married population is very different from the total population. People are also likely to match with people of similar ages. 20-24 years 9.7% 25-29 years 32.9% 30-34 years 52.4% 35-39 years 63.3% 40-44 years 65.5% 45-49 years 65.4% 50-54 years 65.3% 55-64 years 65.6% 65-74 years 64.4% 75-84 years 54.2% 85+ years 33.4% So 50+ population is more than twice as likely to be married vs 20-29, but the 20-29 population is significantly more likely to have a degree. Modeling this correctly would be a little more difficult than just saying % married with degree vs. total population with degree as you need to look at population sizes and age ranges that get married etc. Data from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/families/cps-2016.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/families/cps-20..., though I did some basic math to compare Married Spouse Present + Married Spouse Absent vs total population.

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Only 1/3 of adults have four-year degrees. If dating were purely random you’d expect about 11% of marriages to be between partners with degrees, so this figure

by in_cahoots 9y ago

Retric 9y ago
Adults is a very wide range, younger people are more likely to get married (aka not be married) and significantly more likely to have a collage education. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_United_States#/media/File:Educational_Attainment_in_the_United_States_2009.png https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educational_attainment_in_the_...
- in_cahoots 9y ago
  Sure, but the original quote about 15% of couples having dual degrees also looked at the whole population. What you’re saying is true but isn’t an apples-to-apples comparison in this case.
  - Retric 9y ago
    To be more clear, the married population is very different from the total population. People are also likely to match with people of similar ages. 20-24 years 9.7% 25-29 years 32.9% 30-34 years 52.4% 35-39 years 63.3% 40-44 years 65.5% 45-49 years 65.4% 50-54 years 65.3% 55-64 years 65.6% 65-74 years 64.4% 75-84 years 54.2% 85+ years 33.4% So 50+ population is more than twice as likely to be married vs 20-29, but the 20-29 population is significantly more likely to have a degree. Modeling this correctly would be a little more difficult than just saying % married with degree vs. total population with degree as you need to look at population sizes and age ranges that get married etc. Data from https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/families/cps-2016.html https://www.census.gov/data/tables/2016/demo/families/cps-20..., though I did some basic math to compare Married Spouse Present + Married Spouse Absent vs total population.