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English: In 2004 the United States Census Bureau conducted a Current Population Survey. Among other things, it surveyed whether US residents were married, divorced, separated, widowed, or never married. Their aggregated and categorized data was then released to the public in 2005.
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| Date | 29 June 2005 |
| Source | United States Census Bureau. The data to make this graph can be directly retrieved from http://www.census.gov/cps/data/cpstablecreator.html***AND*** http://www.census.gov/population/socdemo/hh-fam/cps2004/tabA1-all.csv |
| Author | United States Census Bureau |
Sorry, but I am not sure I understand your comment. Do you mean to say that you believe the data in this graph would refute a frequently stated statistic that half of marriages end in divorce?
ReplyDeleteHere's a quote from social researcher Shaunti Feldhahn : "There is no such thing as a 50 percent divorce rate. It’s never been close,” she told The Blaze. “Right now … 72 percent of people are still married to their first spouse — that’s Census Bureau data.” She explained her analysis of the marriage data to The Blaze: And of the 28 percent who are no longer married to their first spouse, Feldhahn said that a good chunk of those people were married when their husband or wife died and were never actually divorced. So, theoretically, the divorce rate must fall somewhere below the 28 percent mark.
DeleteRead more at: http://www.nationalreview.com/home-front/377786/fifty-percent-all-marriages-end-divorce-and-other-myths-nancy-french
Yes, this is only one set of numbers that appear to refute that supposed "statistic". It apparently came from some projections that never happened.
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