An editorial in the NYT today talked about marriage and had a link to a marriage quiz. Not particularly worthwhile on its own, but some the actual answers were surprising.
For example, more men than women say that marriage is their ideal lifestyle. Men tend to become more content with their marriage over time and women less so. And apparently women want out of the marriage more often than men.
So in a way the difference in contentment makes sense. The institution of marriage has never been truly equal. Women, on the whole, I think give up more in the relationship than men.
The stats also suggest that men tend to look for someone fimilar in education and earnings to themselves.
That makes sense, although I think the results would be different when the women is more educated or makes more money. Some of this I know from experience.
Maybe most interesting, is that the divorce rates among born again Christians (35%), Pentecostals (more than 40%) and in the Bible Belt are about the same or higher than atheists and agnostics (37%).
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O.k...I'm the only one not allowed to blog for days.....LOL
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