Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Employment Status

Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by rhino369 on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:36PM (#12184011)

That the average for all marriages, but certain groups account for a disproportionate amount of divorces. The rate is a lot lower if you take out groups like that: under 20 when married, shotgun weddings, the already divorced, poorly educated, etc. IIRC, latinos who marry under the age 18 have an 80% 5-year divorce rate.

I'd heard people say a 20% lifetime chance of divorce if you are a middle class, educated, non-divorcee, and over 25. But I can't vouch.

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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by honkhonkpants on Thursday July 28, 2016 @10:31PM (#12184715)

But it's not just the uneducated that have high divorce rates. When I worked on Wall Street people there referred to their first wife as "my first wife" ... when they were still married to her! The expectation that everyone at the firm would eventually burn through 2 or 3 spouses was bizarre to me.

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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by JamesBarney on Friday July 29, 2016 @09:58AM (#12186823)

It doesn't seem that bizarre. If I called my current wife my first wife I doubt I'd still be on wife one.

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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by drumdance on Thursday July 28, 2016 @07:42PM (#12184045)

I've seen similar numbers. I'd be curious to see how becoming an entrepreneur affects this. Practically every entrepreneur I know over the age of 40 has divorced.

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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by faddat on Friday July 29, 2016 @02:37AM (#12185322)

Entrepeneurship killed a significant relationship of mine. It was entirely about money, she felt that I should continue to pursue my former profession, which provided meager, but stable income.

I was thinking about her and my future, which would require more than meager, stable income could provide.

Society hates entrepreneurship and that is why it is not a popular track: you need really thick skin to pursue it.

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Re:Harvard Study: Biggest Factor in Divorce Is Husband's Emp... by themaninthedark on Friday July 29, 2016 @11:38AM (#12187523)

It's not about the money or lack of but the risk vs reward. Most males are risk takers where as most females are risk adverse(the why is many fold and not just limited to humans or even mammals).

My wife would hate it if I wanted to start a company, if she couldn't see a solid plan. If she could see the opportunity but more importantly the roadmap she would be on board.

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