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« on: July 18, 2005, 04:49:32 PM » |
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On the hand, red states lead in teen births and divorces.
Again, great lie. Almost twice the percentage of people are married in red states than in blue state. Therefore, the slight raw numerical advantage that red states have over blue when it comes to divorce is meaningless and, on the whole, more people are in stable marriages in the red states than the blue.
It's a bit old, 1994, but according to a study by the National Center for Health Statistics, that's not true. bold are red states.
1 Massachusetts 14,530 2.4 2 Connecticut 9,095 2.8 3 New Jersey 23,899 3.0 4 Rhode Island 3,231 3.2 5 New York 59,195 3.3 Pennsylvania 40,040 3.3 7 Wisconsin 17,478 3.4 North Dakota 2,201 3.4 9 Maryland 17,439 3.5 10 Minnesota 16,217 3.6 Louisiana *** 3.6 12 Illinois 43,398 3.7 13 District of 2,244 3.9 Columbia Iowa 10,930 3.9 15 Nebraska 6,547 4.0 Vermont 2,316 4.0 17 Michigan 38,727 4.1 18 South Dakota 3,022 4.2 South Carolina 15,301 4.2 Hawaii 4,979 4.2 21 California *** 4.3 22 Maine 5,433 4.4 New Hampshire 5,041 4.4 24 Ohio 49,968 4.5 25 Virginia 30,016 4.6 26 Kansas 12,093 4.7 Utah 8,999 4.7 28 Delaware 3,385 4.8 29 Montana 4,153 4.9 30 Missouri 26,324 5.0 West Virginia 9,179 5.0 32 North Carolina 36,292 5.1 Colorado 18,795 5.1 34 Georgia 37,001 5.2 35 Oregon 16,307 5.3 36 Texas 99,073 5.4 37 Alaska 3,354 5.5 38 Washington 29,976 5.6 39 Mississippi 15,212 5.7 40 Kentucky 22,211 5.8 Arizona 23,725 5.8 42 Florida 82,963 5.9 43 New Mexico 9,882 6.0 44 Idaho 7,075 6.2 Alabama 26,116 6.2 46 Indiana *** 6.4 47 Wyoming 3,071 6.5 48 Tennessee 34,167 6.6 49 Oklahoma 21,855 6.7 50 Arkansas 17,458 7.1 51 Nevada 13,061 9.0
That's divorce rates per 1,000 people. Supersoulty was talking about divorce rate per married people.
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