On these figures in particular, two things:Originally Posted by Mirage
I just recently found some interesting statistics, and I'd like to hear your view of them.
Lookie here ;o
What are your opinions on these figures, and divorces in general?
- correlation != causation.
- it's statistics. There's a part where they look at the rate depending on where you live, and the two areas who have the highest rates are the poorest. So, maybe poor => divorce (teenage pregnancies, abuse, etc...) and poor => getting into some branches of religion, in which case it's the income to some extent that tells if there's more risk of a divorce, not religion. Unfortunately, the satistical study didn't really investigate that aspect.
About divorce: it's really unfortunate, because children or not, it means that the couple failed to work their differences or even to see them early. In a lot of cases, I think the divorce is necessary, because forcing people together makes things worse for them and for their kids if they have any, or even is a danger to some of them (beatings from a drunk spouse/parent for example). In my relatives, I've seen some divorces, some of which were really bitter, some of which were "smoother" at least when seen from the outside.
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