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"But Killewald’s study, which will be out in the August issue of the American Sociological Review, disputes that suggestion: “My results suggest that, in genera
by Overtonwindow 4y ago
"But Killewald’s study, which will be out in the August issue of the American Sociological Review, disputes that suggestion: “My results suggest that, in general, financial factors do not determine whether couples stay together or separate,” she says."
I am curious, does the myth that rich men will marry poor women, but rich women will not marry poor men, apply here?
- ip26 4y agoMyth? The research over the last decade has born it out.
- epicureanideal 4y agoIs that a myth? Staying together is different than forming a couple in the first place. If they don’t ever become a couple they wouldn’t break up.
- paxys 4y agoI'd be interested in reading this study, because for a long time it has been conventional wisdom in this country that problems with a family's financial situation is the top cause for divorce.