Comments on: Straight Men Vote With Their Feet on Marriage http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/03/31/549/straight-men-vote-with-their-feet-on-marriage/ Things either exist or they don't Fri, 05 Dec 2008 09:11:05 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: John T. Kennedy http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/03/31/549/straight-men-vote-with-their-feet-on-marriage/#comment-299 John T. Kennedy Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/?p=549#comment-299 Post hoc ergo propter hoc? There's hardly any evidence presented here that men have gone on a marriage strike or that the author has correctly identified any cause of the decline in the marriage rate. Of course it's possible that she has, but her argument is terribly weak. Post hoc ergo propter hoc? There’s hardly any evidence presented here that men have gone on a marriage strike or that the author has correctly identified any cause of the decline in the marriage rate. Of course it’s possible that she has, but her argument is terribly weak.

]]> By: Julie Leung http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/03/31/549/straight-men-vote-with-their-feet-on-marriage/#comment-300 Julie Leung Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/?p=549#comment-300 Thanks for the interesting link: I've been thinking about this post. I have heard that marriage rates have been declining but when I tried to go look for a specific source to post here, I couldn't find one yet... Thanks for the interesting link: I’ve been thinking about this post. I have heard that marriage rates have been declining but when I tried to go look for a specific source to post here, I couldn’t find one yet…

]]> By: Chip Gibbons http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/2004/03/31/549/straight-men-vote-with-their-feet-on-marriage/#comment-301 Chip Gibbons Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.thebinarycircumstance.com/?p=549#comment-301 I'm not sure about the statistics either. She links to <a href="http://www.cdc.gov/nchs/data/nvsr/nvsr47/nvs47_21.pdf" rel="nofollow">this CDC site</a> which gives stats for 1996-1998. It says that marriages declined from 8.8/1000 to 8.3 or 8.4/1000 depending on whether you use corrected or noncorrected numbers. In another post, they link to this <a href="http://www.mdch.state.mi.us/pha/osr/marriage/Tab3.1.asp" rel="nofollow">Michigan State U. table</a>, which indicates that the marriage rate in 1990 was 19.6/1000 in 1990, 16.6/1000 in 1998, and 15.6/1000 in 2002. That's a 20% drop in twelve years. I wonder how much of it is due to the aging population. For every 1000 people, a lot less of them are of marrying age these days. I also don't know how the CDC can say the rate in 1998 was 8.3/1000 while the MSU can say it was 16.6, exactly twice that number. Both sites say their rate figures are per 1,000. I’m not sure about the statistics either. She links to this CDC site which gives stats for 1996-1998. It says that marriages declined from 8.8/1000 to 8.3 or 8.4/1000 depending on whether you use corrected or noncorrected numbers.

In another post, they link to this Michigan State U. table, which indicates that the marriage rate in 1990 was 19.6/1000 in 1990, 16.6/1000 in 1998, and 15.6/1000 in 2002. That’s a 20% drop in twelve years.

I wonder how much of it is due to the aging population. For every 1000 people, a lot less of them are of marrying age these days.

I also don’t know how the CDC can say the rate in 1998 was 8.3/1000 while the MSU can say it was 16.6, exactly twice that number. Both sites say their rate figures are per 1,000.

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