>via Matthew Yglesias
>
><http://www.divorcereform.org/94staterates.html>http://www.divorcereform.org/94staterates.html
I make this point (among others) in my contribution to The Nation's special issue on marriage (using figures a few years newer than Yglesias').
The page is at <http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20040705&s=henwood>. In my browser the layout doesn't work too well, but you can see the graphic alone (which helps) at <http://www.thenation.com/special/images/marriagestatssk.gif>.
Here's an excerpt from my copy:
>The states of the old Confederacy have a divorce rate 23% higher
>than the rest of the country (4.8 vs. 3.9 per thousand persons). The
>"red" states-those carried by Bush in 2000-have a divorce rate 29%
>higher than the "blue" (Gore) states (4.5 vs. 3.5 per thousand).
>Makes you wonder about family values.
Doug
