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It's a shame the "being the same age" item didn't separate the data for men being older from the data for women being older (for heterosexual marriages). With
by Bill_Dimm 12y ago
It's a shame the "being the same age" item didn't separate the data for men being older from the data for women being older (for heterosexual marriages). With society being somewhat more accepting of older men marrying younger women rather than the other way around, it would be interesting to see if marriage success agreed with that or not.
- Someone1234 12y agoI noticed that. Anecdotally a lot of older people in successful marriages (10+ years) have the stereotypical "man older than women" configuration (with 3 years older seeming to be common). I'd be interested to see if a marriage is stronger or weaker when the man Vs. women was 1-5 years older. Or if the gender of the older person is irrelevant.
- hammock 12y agoIt bothers me when folks don't separate the genders when doing analysis like this. Men and women can't be treated as interchangeable; a marriage with an older man is crucially different from one with an older woman, and a marriage with a more educated man from one with a more educated woman.
- gmarx 12y agoI disagree that society is more accepting of older men marrying younger women. There is a different reaction to it, a different set of assumed scenarios, but in my limited experience people accept both until the age difference goes over about a decade.