Category Marriage and divorce
Some basic facts about the distribution of sex
The Canadian Community Health Survey is an annual voluntary survey, carried out by Statistics Canada, that collects information about a wide range of health outcomes and risk factors. As part of the 2013-14 survey, 47,764 Canadians between the ages of 15 and 49 were asked about their sexual activity – whether or not they have […]
How can son preference persist?
In much of North Eastern India, there are 915 or fewer girls for every thousand boys – a sex ratio of more than 1.09 boys per girl. The persistence of such high sex ratios is puzzling, because it violates Fisher's Principle. In most species, the ratio of males to females is approximately one to one. […]
The macroeconomics of Big Wedding cultures
How do you build a macroeconomic model of a "Big Wedding" culture? Do Big Wedding cultures spend too much on consumption and too little on saving and investment? If so, what's cause and what's effect? I don't know the answer. I don't even really need to know the answer. But this question has been stuck […]
For better or for worse – or for insurance coverage?
One of the puzzling things about the United States is its extraordinarily high marriage rate. Among OECD countries, only Turkey and Cyprus have a higher rate of marriage (Source, OECD).
Wife jokes as an indicator of marital discord
Last night I was watching a Best of Dave Allen DVD. I like the funny wordplay, but some of the wife jokes are lame. A wife joke is a joke like this one: "First guy (proudly): "My wife's an angel!" Second guy: "You're lucky, mine's still alive."
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