Divorce rates in the bible belt

xoxoxoBruce · 12-15-2004, 09:28 AM

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Originally Posted by jinx

No one? 50% higher than 49% is 73.5%... isn't it?

Yes & no, that would imply that only 26.5% of the bible belt marriages last. The problem lies in the higher bible belt divorce rate is already factored into the national rate. I think that's a distorted picture.

jinx · 12-15-2004, 09:58 AM

But they wouldn't have used the national average in any way to figure out the divorce rate in the bible belt - just noted that that's where the higher numbers were coming from and compared them to the average.
The 74% figure is wrong anyway because they aren't counting the number of marriages that fail, they are counting the number of divorces per 1,000 people. As Wolf pointed out - there are probably much higher marriage rates in the high divorce rate states.

xoxoxoBruce · 12-15-2004, 01:22 PM

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they are counting the number of divorces per 1,000 people.

Nevermind.

12-15-2004, 09:58 AM	#2
jinx Come on, cat. Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: general vicinity of Philadelphia area Posts: 7,013	But they wouldn't have used the national average in any way to figure out the divorce rate in the bible belt - just noted that that's where the higher numbers were coming from and compared them to the average. The 74% figure is wrong anyway because they aren't counting the number of marriages that fail, they are counting the number of divorces per 1,000 people. As Wolf pointed out - there are probably much higher marriage rates in the high divorce rate states. __________________ Crying won't help you, praying won't do you no good.

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