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The median age gap for a first marriage in the USA has been ~2 years since at least the 1950s (though the ages themselves have gone up) [1]. It was higher in 18
by mycologos 3y ago
The median age gap for a first marriage in the USA has been ~2 years since at least the 1950s (though the ages themselves have gone up) [1]. It was higher in 1890 than it is today.
[1] https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizations/time-series/demo/families-and-households/ms-2.pdf https://www.census.gov/content/dam/Census/library/visualizat...
- dcow 3y agoGlobally, not just US. The US has been heavily feminized since the first half of the 20th century. It makes sense that the age gap would decrease about 1 generation after legal suffrage. Thats my point, in societies where breeding is valued, you have larger age gaps. In societies where breeding is not valued, or perhaps more accurately, where careers take a front seat, the age gap diminishes.
- mycologos 3y agoIsrael is, I think, the poster child for pro-natal developed countries. Their average age gap is only 0.4 years larger than that of South Korea or Japan [1]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_age_at_first_marriage https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_age_at_fi...