This means that despite 30 years of cultural rot, familial destruction, and statist ridicule of traditional norms, marriage is no worse (to slightly better) than during the Carter Administration. Whoda thunk.
Yes, I saw that, and considering that most of the things going on that people did not know about each other 50 yrs ago, and now the ‘out of the box’ weirdness they do know about each other, it boggles the mind, that these statistics are so close.
The four or five states not included should not have made too big a difference in the statistics, maybe CA? I did not look up State by State. What did surprise me is that deaths are included, and would military losses affect it?...or the additional 10 years of death statistics? Those could be a study of their own.
The improvement in numbers has to do with people being older now, when they marry...I guess. Some people are mature at 18, some at 30 or 40, some never!
I really felt sad, that so many men now think marriage is evil, and all women are money grubbers. SAD!
Good observations, Doodle!