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Contrary to the title, the chart at the top of the page pretty convincingly shows that the divorce rate is constant across decadal marriage cohorts.



This chart shows that for example, someone married for 10 years in the 2000s experiences a ~15% rate of divorce compared to those in the 70s and 80s who faced a ~20% rate of divorce at the 10 year mark. The trend I see looking at the 10 year mark is that the 60s had the lowest. The 70s and 80s were the highest, the 90s subsided, and the 00s are lower still, heading back to 60s levels. That seems like a surge that is over to me, no?


That chart is pretty suspect:

- It doesn't go a good job of presenting the data that it is.

- The data it's presenting isn't clearly related to the data discussed in the article.

- It cites the SIPP as the source of the data, but makes no mention of which Panel/Wave(s) (years) it's referencing.




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