First off the rate of increase should be looked at in terms of variance from the increase in marriage rates. If there are more domestic conditions where more than one person is in a household then of course you're going to see higher rates of domestic problems. In short it's like pointing out a higher rate of cancer in industrialized nations compared to third world nations.
And you are not addressing the instances where problems emerge but there's no domestic contract, nor broken contract, to tie the numbers to. When a man beats his girlfriend and they don't live in the same place, or beats her children, or abuses them, is that all being counted?
If the man or person doing the violence is not technically related, and doesn't live in the same house, then is it considered 'domestic violence'? Is it considered 'parent/child incest' when it's one in a long line of boyfriends to the mother?
Your math is flawed. Divorce constitutes a percentage of marriages. Marriages formed from multiple years factor into the divorced for any given year. In order to make your math valid you must pick a given year (actually several to make a good sample) and then research the number of divorces from that year.
Or you can just look at the divorce rate in Mass. being an indicator that people in that state don't rashly get into marriage unlike Nevada with the highest rate.
Utah looks to be about right in the middle of states with the divorce rate (26th). Utah has the highest prevalence of depression of any state, and is above average on suicide rate, but one of the lowest in the western region.
You'll note that my compilation compares the ratio of marriages to divorces on a per capita basis.
Utah has a high rate of depression largely because we don't have a significant portion of our populace unwittingly self medicating themselves for the condition via chronic imbibing the depressant commonly known as 'alcohol'. Sans this haphazard self treatment we actually go to get medical help and proper treatment. It's funny, I know, but that's a big part of why our depression is so 'high'
They probably have the lowest divorce rate because no one gets married anymore! And that is costly for the state and for the kids. Gay marriage has already devalued marriage.
8.1% of coupled households consist of unmarried heterosexual partners, according to The State of Our Unions 2005, a report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The same study said that only 63% of American children grow up with both biological parents -- the lowest figure in the Western world.
Now that is spin. O'reilly has got some serious competition.
willybeama1 1 week ago
Wow, that guy wasbent out of shape
prestda1 2 years ago
"The higher marriage rates mean a lot to kids".
I think you'll find that a lot of those states with the higher marriage rates also have higher domestic violence and parent/child incest rates.
What does THAT mean to kids?
In those circumstances, divorce might mean a lot to kids.
BluesChanteuse 3 years ago
You're missing a few things.
First off the rate of increase should be looked at in terms of variance from the increase in marriage rates. If there are more domestic conditions where more than one person is in a household then of course you're going to see higher rates of domestic problems. In short it's like pointing out a higher rate of cancer in industrialized nations compared to third world nations.
HiveRadical 3 years ago
And you are not addressing the instances where problems emerge but there's no domestic contract, nor broken contract, to tie the numbers to. When a man beats his girlfriend and they don't live in the same place, or beats her children, or abuses them, is that all being counted?
HiveRadical 3 years ago
If the man or person doing the violence is not technically related, and doesn't live in the same house, then is it considered 'domestic violence'? Is it considered 'parent/child incest' when it's one in a long line of boyfriends to the mother?
HiveRadical 3 years ago
Your math is flawed. Divorce constitutes a percentage of marriages. Marriages formed from multiple years factor into the divorced for any given year. In order to make your math valid you must pick a given year (actually several to make a good sample) and then research the number of divorces from that year.
Or you can just look at the divorce rate in Mass. being an indicator that people in that state don't rashly get into marriage unlike Nevada with the highest rate.
thanatos101b 3 years ago
I'd like to get that spreadsheet when you finish it!
Hemaun 3 years ago
Utah looks to be about right in the middle of states with the divorce rate (26th). Utah has the highest prevalence of depression of any state, and is above average on suicide rate, but one of the lowest in the western region.
topaz61 3 years ago
You'll note that my compilation compares the ratio of marriages to divorces on a per capita basis.
Utah has a high rate of depression largely because we don't have a significant portion of our populace unwittingly self medicating themselves for the condition via chronic imbibing the depressant commonly known as 'alcohol'. Sans this haphazard self treatment we actually go to get medical help and proper treatment. It's funny, I know, but that's a big part of why our depression is so 'high'
HiveRadical 3 years ago
dosen't Utah have a higher than average divorce rate?
divinegoddessartemis 3 years ago
They probably have the lowest divorce rate because no one gets married anymore! And that is costly for the state and for the kids. Gay marriage has already devalued marriage.
ace8842 3 years ago
You are right, I looked it up.
But Massachusetts has one of the highest abortion rates, one of the lowest birth rates
According to guttmacher institute.
New Jersey has the HIGHEST teenage abortion rate in the US.
Lastly, Massachusetts has the second highest Catholic population, Rhode Island being first.
omiolo1 3 years ago
8.1% of coupled households consist of unmarried heterosexual partners, according to The State of Our Unions 2005, a report issued by the National Marriage Project at Rutgers University. The same study said that only 63% of American children grow up with both biological parents -- the lowest figure in the Western world.
omiolo1 3 years ago