[extropy-chat] FWD (SK) Re: Question about divorce stats

[Mike Lorrey]

--- "Terry W. Colvin" <fortean1 at mindspring.com> wrote:

> --- Anton Mates wrote:
> 
> > Counting only people whose marital history I know completely, about
> a 
> > third of the marriages I know ended in divorce.  However, most of
> said 
> > people are in their thirties or younger, upper-middle class and
> from 
> > the SF area, so that's probably skewed low.
> 
> That's a 10% lifetime rate for my population as I
> see it.

There is definitely a family thing to it. Counting marriages in my
family (grandparents, parents, aunts and uncles, siblings and cousins,
there is also a 10% divorce rate in my family as well). Only three of
nine family members of my generation have gotten married, one twice (we
are all in our 30's by now), and my generation has the only divorce in
the family. 

The divorce rate among people I know I'd say is much closer to the
national average.

Mike Lorrey
Vice-Chair, 2nd District, Libertarian Party of NH
Founder, Constitution Park Foundation:
http://constitutionpark.blogspot.com
Personal/political blog: http://intlib.blogspot.com

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