patriarchy redux?

[Dennis Breslin]

The lit suggest its a correlation with income as well as age at
marriage.  Low incomes plus young age at marriage generally spell
higher divorce rates.  It just so happens that they're located 
in states with larger numbers of christian fundamentalists.
Fundamentalists may also have higher divorce rates but that
may be complicated by a greater tendency to be
populated by converts and consequently something else 
is at work as they transit the life course.

DB

Nathan Newman wrote:
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Max Sawicky" <sawicky at bellatlantic.net>
> 
> >latest fun fact I've heard from the marriage front
> >is more divorce in states w/more christian
> >fundamentalists.
> 
> Actually, I wonder if that derives from earlier marriages in such states or
> just the propensity to marry rather than live together?  In more secular
> states, people may live together more often at earlier ages and therefore
> avoid formal divorces.  In more secular states, they may be more likely to
> marry only when they are pretty sure it is going to work out in the longer
> term.
> 
> -- Nathan