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Originally Posted by kutulu
It still doesn't matter. Sample size is what matters. It's only relevant if you look at a large group of people. Anyways, that's not the point.
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The "sample size" is the entire United States- every marriage and every divorce and their correlations by age and sex at time of divorce.
How much bigger of a sample do you need? How much bigger of a sample of divorce rates
in the U.S. can you get than
the whole U.S.?? There isn't one. That is THE BIGGEST sample size there is.
It's like Secretmethod70 is saying "every human on Earth breathes air" and offers up "every single human being on Earth" as his sample size... and then you come along and want a larger sample...
On-topic, I think part of the reason that they don't work out as often is because at that age, most people aren't in the "settling down" phase yet. Also, I think a lot more of the "infatuation/puppy love" thing goes on, especially the lower in age you get. A couple gets together, they're all happy and whatnot and decide to get hitched after a few years... and then they realize they're not settled with themselves... so how can they be settled with someone else yet?
I truly believe one major component of marriage is this- either you know exactly who you are going into the marriage, or- the relationship leading up to the marriage pulls everything into perspective and you become aware of who you are through the relationship with the other person (sort of a "you complete me" type of thing). To me, I don't think most people are fully aware of "who they are" until early- to mid-twenties... which would put them on track for a few years of relationship, and marriage right around 25 or so... right where the numbers say it lasts.