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Why? In the past (pre 1960s/70s/80s) spouses largely didn't meet in college/university level education or at the workplace, or if they did, it wasn't as peers.
by beerandt 5y ago
Why? In the past (pre 1960s/70s/80s) spouses largely didn't meet in college/university level education or at the workplace, or if they did, it wasn't as peers.
But my point isn't so much that people meet in college, so much as there isn't really a good way to adjust statistical measurements to account for the popularity of a particular field/job, as was suggested up thread.
There are way too many related, interdependent, conflicting variables, with common field of study being a major one, even for the smaller disciplines.
- bumby 5y agoOut of curiosity, makes you think they didn’t? I mean, it was prevalent enough to coin a derogatory term for women who attended college for the explicit intent to be a wife [1]. I not sure I agree there isn’t a way to adjust for other variables, but I will concede it doesn’t seem like the data went that far. [1]https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRS_Degree https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/MRS_Degree