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By not discussing the plummeting marriage rate [1] and changes in the data sets [2] this article is deeply flawed. There is reasonable evidence that divorce ra
by carsongross 12y ago
By not discussing the plummeting marriage rate [1] and changes in the data sets [2] this article is deeply flawed. There is reasonable evidence that divorce rate has remained about the same for the last 20 years despite the plummeting marriage rate [3].
People correctly sense that marriage is a deeply wounded institution in the west, particularly for the lower (and, increasingly, middle) classes.
[1] - http://www.prb.org/images10/usyoungadultmarriage.gif http://www.prb.org/images10/usyoungadultmarriage.gif
[2] - http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/ny-times-happy-talk-about-divorce/ http://dalrock.wordpress.com/2014/12/04/ny-times-happy-talk-...
[3] - http://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sciences/NCFMR/documents/FP/FP-12-05.pdf http://www.bgsu.edu/content/dam/BGSU/college-of-arts-and-sci...