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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by Retra on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:08PM (#12183861)
You don't think there's any causal link?
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by seizethecheese on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:11PM (#12183875)
There may be, but it also may be that there is a third factor which makes the husband more likely to be unemployed and also a less valuable mate.
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by greenyoda on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:27PM (#12183962)
In fact, I can think of several factors like that: alcoholism, drug addiction, anger management issues, clinical depression, chronic diseases, etc.
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by lmmlzxx on Thursday July 28, 2016 @10:08PM (#12184641)
And potentially that men (and women) may react a certain way to unemployment that makes them difficult to be with.
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by Retra on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:50PM (#12184079)
If there is a third factor, that doesn't stop anything else from being a factor.
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by hueving on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:24PM (#12183949)
Yeah, if the husband is emotionally unstable that could lead to both things.
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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by vacri on Thursday July 28, 2016 @08:13PM (#12184221)
The very word 'factor' requires there to be more than one. A single thing can't be the factor.
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