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Millennials Are Causing the U.S. Divorce Rate to Plummet
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:12 pm
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:12 pm
I know we give them a lot of shite for being soft, spoiled, etc. But when they do good I think they’re equally deserving of an attaboy as well. So, having said that, good job Millenials. Keep up the good work!
Bloomberg
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Bloomberg) -- Americans under the age of 45 have found a novel way to rebel against their elders: They’re staying married.
New data show younger couples are approaching relationships very differently from baby boomers, who married young, divorced, remarried and so on. Generation X and especially millennials are being pickier about who they marry, tying the knot at older ages when education, careers and finances are on track. The result is a U.S. divorce rate that dropped 18 percent from 2008 to 2016, according to an analysis by University of Maryland sociology professor Philip Cohen.
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Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:13 pm to Darth_Vader
Because all of those betas need a woman to take care of them and baby them like their momma did.
This post was edited on 9/25/18 at 1:14 pm
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:13 pm to Darth_Vader
Are their marriage rates also down? I wonder if the ones chosing marriage are more serious than their predecessors since the non married stigma is basically non existent in this generation
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:14 pm to Darth_Vader
They don't date or get married so of course the divorce rate is lower. Duh!
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:14 pm to Darth_Vader
I think the Great Recession also played a role.
Uppity spouses are less likely to jump ship when their financial outlook of going solo is murky (grass isn’t greener).
Uppity spouses are less likely to jump ship when their financial outlook of going solo is murky (grass isn’t greener).
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:14 pm to Darth_Vader
Millennials are the worst! They don't even get married at 22 for the sake of being married!
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:15 pm to Darth_Vader
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way to rebel against their elders: They’re staying married.
I'm just not getting married.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:16 pm to Darth_Vader
A) There's still plenty of time for them to get divorced.
B) Some of you don't understand how rates work.
B) Some of you don't understand how rates work.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:17 pm to Mingo Was His NameO
Millennial here. I rather be involved with someone for a long period before I tie the knot. None of that quick shite
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:17 pm to Darth_Vader
The single mom(never married) rate is probably higher than ever also.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:17 pm to LSUBoo
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B) Some of you don't understand how rates work.
I suggest you tell this to the guy who did the study and Bloomberg for publishing it. Maybe they’ll fire him and hire you to take over his job.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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Young people get the credit for fewer divorces because boomers have continued to divorce at unusually high rates, all the way into their 60s and 70s. From 1990 to 2015, according to Bowling Green’s National Center for Family and Marriage Research, the divorce rate doubled for people aged 55 to 64, and even tripled for Americans 65 and older. Cohen’s results suggest this trend, called “grey divorce,” may have leveled out in the past decade, but boomers are still divorcing at much higher rates than previous generations did at similar ages.
Boomers are the worst.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:18 pm to Darth_Vader
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I suggest you tell this to the guy who did the study and Bloomberg for publishing it. Maybe they’ll fire him and hire you to take over his job.
That's not was I talking about, shitdick.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:19 pm to Darth_Vader
Probably because millennials are less likely to get married.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:19 pm to Salmon
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Fewer people are getting married, and those who do are the sort of people who are least likely to get divorced, he said. “Marriage is more and more an achievement of status, rather than something that people do regardless of how they’re doing.”
This is also true.
Marriage is a class signaler now.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:19 pm to Darth_Vader
Millennials have a number of years to go before they hit the prime age for divorce rates to take off. Better studies have suggested that the oldest of the Millennial cohort isn't doing any better in this metric really.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:21 pm to lsu xman
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The single mom(never married) rate is probably higher than ever also.
Probably? It most definitely is. Single mothers is the majority of babies born today.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:21 pm to Clames
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Better studies have suggested that the oldest of the Millennial cohort isn't doing any better in this metric really.
link?
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:22 pm to Darth_Vader
I believe it. They are more educated and make better decisions. Likely to get out of college and live life and travel for a few years before even thinking about getting married.
Compared to the older generation, especially the women, who thought you should just marry the hometown sweet heart by age 22 and start popping kids out.
Compared to the older generation, especially the women, who thought you should just marry the hometown sweet heart by age 22 and start popping kids out.
Posted on 9/25/18 at 1:22 pm to lsuwontonwrap
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Probably because millennials are less likely to get married.
Doesn't matter when it comes to PERCENTAGES of divorces.
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