There is also the possibility that examining divorce statistics within various educational and income strata would show a group difference not seen in the more general analysis.
I also love the earlier part on the page where they note that although it is basically an urban legend that 50% of marriages end in divorce, they go on to say that many experts predict that, "if current trends continue", that will eventually be true. What they fail to mention is, if current trends continue, eventually the divorce rate will be 150% as people who never got married in the first place start divorcing one another. Rick Dr. Rick Froman Professor of Psychology John Brown University 2000 W. University Siloam Springs, AR 72761 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (479) 524-7295 http://www.jbu.edu/academics/sbs/faculty/rfroman.asp -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul Smith Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 1:53 PM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: [tips] Re: Deities "R" Us - tangental On 7/19/06, Rick Froman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Has anyone done this research controlling statistically for education > and income? It just seems like the logical thing to do. I'd be interested in seeing it as well, but notice that even if doing so eliminated the difference, it wouldn't change my point that in the real world (where people DO have various levels of education and income) there don't seem to be any wonderful protections against divorce inherent in religious practices. (unless of course the rule were "since the statistics suggest that you would have been happily married if you made more money and had a higher income, you can go ahead and have sex even though you're not married"). I'm not claiming here that having a certain religion causes divorce (my argument doesn't depend on that), but simply that it doesn't eliminate divorce. Paul Smith --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang= english --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
