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I suspect that the temptation to divorce and upgrade in some way may be greater for men with a lot of power and/or money. So I think we would expect leaders of

I suspect that the temptation to divorce and upgrade in some way may be greater for men with a lot of power and/or money. So I think we would expect leaders of any type to be more likely to do this.

lazide 3y ago
According to this article, the states with the highest divorce rates are: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-highest-divorce-rates https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with... Do any of those strike you as anything but predominantly conservative? Arkansas 10.70% Oklahoma 10.40% Nevada 10.20% New Mexico 10.20% Kentucky 10.10% Wyoming 10% Delaware 9.40% Utah 9.40% Kansas 9.20%
- n9 3y ago
  I would like to see these stats compared to the average age of marriage by state. The top states regarding divorce are, overall, rural and relatively poorer (except for Delaware.) I'd also like to see the marriage rate by state for comparison, too. Arkansas has more than 2x the marriages per capita of California (lowest divorce rate), for instance, but only 20% fewer divorces... Again, this article is a bad conceptual and statistical analysis of the data.
  - lazide 3y ago
    Sure - but good luck untangling the various factors because urban environments are almost always Democrat (blue) and rural environments are almost always Republican (red). By large margins. Maybe folks have to move to rural areas after a divorce because they’re broke, for instance. Or older people tend to stay in conservative areas, and younger ones move to the cities, and older folks are more likely to be divorced? And since populations are mobile, maybe they got married in the blue (or red state) then moved and got divorced. But if someone says ‘Conservatives have fewer divorces’, that really seems implausible considering the data.

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I suspect that the temptation to divorce and upgrade in some way may be greater for men with a lot of power and/or money. So I think we would expect leaders of

by pfannkuchen 3y ago

I suspect that the temptation to divorce and upgrade in some way may be greater for men with a lot of power and/or money. So I think we would expect leaders of any type to be more likely to do this.

lazide 3y ago
According to this article, the states with the highest divorce rates are: https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with-the-highest-divorce-rates https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/articles/states-with... Do any of those strike you as anything but predominantly conservative? Arkansas 10.70% Oklahoma 10.40% Nevada 10.20% New Mexico 10.20% Kentucky 10.10% Wyoming 10% Delaware 9.40% Utah 9.40% Kansas 9.20%
- n9 3y ago
  I would like to see these stats compared to the average age of marriage by state. The top states regarding divorce are, overall, rural and relatively poorer (except for Delaware.) I'd also like to see the marriage rate by state for comparison, too. Arkansas has more than 2x the marriages per capita of California (lowest divorce rate), for instance, but only 20% fewer divorces... Again, this article is a bad conceptual and statistical analysis of the data.
  - lazide 3y ago
    Sure - but good luck untangling the various factors because urban environments are almost always Democrat (blue) and rural environments are almost always Republican (red). By large margins. Maybe folks have to move to rural areas after a divorce because they’re broke, for instance. Or older people tend to stay in conservative areas, and younger ones move to the cities, and older folks are more likely to be divorced? And since populations are mobile, maybe they got married in the blue (or red state) then moved and got divorced. But if someone says ‘Conservatives have fewer divorces’, that really seems implausible considering the data.