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Re:Ask HN: Marriage by bokonist on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @08:13PM (#617864)
Those statistics are totally the wrong ones to look at. It's "Age at marriage for those who divorce in America". You want "Divorce rate by age at marriage".
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Re:Ask HN: Marriage by breck on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @08:27PM (#617881)
"Divorce rate by age at marriage" + the age of marriage as a percentage of all marriages (otherwise you might find 80% of marriages at age 60 are successful but fail to realize that probably accounts for a <1% of all marriages).

I think it's kind of funny that we're all seeking statistics on marriage. Where are the romantics on HN?

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Re:Ask HN: Marriage by davi on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @09:31PM (#617944)
Numerate romantics seek sanity check?
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Re:Ask HN: Marriage by mmc on Tuesday May 19, 2009 @09:47PM (#617954)
Very good point. Finding the second breakdown seems harder.

At any rate, it's still the wrong game to play for the OP.

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Re:Ask HN: Marriage by sokoloff on Sunday May 24, 2009 @12:04PM (#624429)
And presumably you want that for only first marriages.
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