Comments on: Columnist: Not true that 50 percent of marriages end in divorce http://www.bloggernews.net/14417 High-quality English language analysis and editorial writing on the news. Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:00:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Doug Payton http://www.bloggernews.net/14417#comment-1458 Doug Payton Tue, 06 Feb 2007 20:55:32 +0000 http://www.bloggernews.net/14417#comment-1458 Another thing that skews the numbers are "serial divorcers". If someone has 3 marriages, there are 6 married couples that are hanging in there to keep the rate at 50%, but it's really just a few generating the stats on that side of the ledger. I don't deny that the divorce rate is much higher than I wish it was, but there's more to it than raw numbers. Another thing that skews the numbers are “serial divorcers”. If someone has 3 marriages, there are 6 married couples that are hanging in there to keep the rate at 50%, but it’s really just a few generating the stats on that side of the ledger. I don’t deny that the divorce rate is much higher than I wish it was, but there’s more to it than raw numbers.

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